Buying and selling cars in Argentina

We have an old Honda Fit/Jazz 2008 which we've now decided to sell since the lad has agreed that we can share his two year old Ford Ka.

Anyway, the Honda SRS airbag light started to come on permanently some weeks ago and by sheer coincidence we received a recall letter from Honda a couple of weeks ago.

Long story short, they replaced the airbag and window actuators under warranty and we were hoping that this would solve the SRS light. But no, the SRS module is faulty and the cost to replace is around AR$50,000, which is about a quarter of the car's value.

I then found a trick for erasing the SRS memory using a paperclip but that didn't work, then I removed the module, but the light stays on.

I've had a number of quotations for diagnosing the module, possibly resetting it as well, but with no guarantee that the light will go off permanently. Either way, the airbag needs to work and or the warning light needs to disappear before we sell the car.

Quotations are upwards of AR$5000, but may not solve the problem.

Any ideas, anyone?

PS

We don't pay car tax on the Honda any more as it's over ten years old, but the running and maintenance is costly.

I'll see if I can find it

Quote from JAN

Now Argentine are supposed to be worried about warning lights????

U mean huge red blinking lights, with flags coming out and very loud warning alarm sounds at the same time.......

It's bad?

It's like selling anything - you want to have as few question marks as possible.

I'm already replacing the front grille, rear light cluster, trying to fix the central locking and getting that damned light to go out.

In fact, we nearly sold it a few months ago, but all these points put the buyer off.

I'll see if I can find the bulb.

Quote from Rice

I’d have thought anyone buying a 12-year-old car would be looking for basic transportation, not a beauty contest winner.

The idea is to get as much money for the car as we can and details are important, particularly if I can fix them at minimum cost or less.

My other career was salesman and I was trained to get the buyer to want to buy and not to give excuses for perceived problems.

Fiat Mobi.

The cheapest new car in Argentina now costs over 2 million pesos, thanks to inflation and devaluation.

In May 2019 we advertised the Honda Fit (Jazz) 2007 model for AR$185,000 and the market price is now AR$950,000. That's pretty crazy when you think about it.