How your unit’s Sale Light is determined

How does it work?

• Before RideAuction inspects the unit, buyers see “Seller reported · Not yet inspected”, built from your disclosures only.
• After RideAuction approves its condition report, the unit shows Inspected when nothing material is announced, or Disclosures apply when it is. Material conditions include a mechanical issue, missing parts, a warning light, a fluid leak, a moderate or major finding, an odometer or hours reading you could not confirm, a branded title, a lien and no keys.
• The unit shows Serious condition (red) instead when it does not start or run, has a safety concern, or its frame or chassis is rated poor. You can’t choose or remove the light; if the condition is fixed before bidding opens, ask RideAuction to inspect the unit again.
• Your disclosures matter: when the inspection finds something you said was not there (or the other way round), buyers see both statements and the unit shows Disclosures apply.
• Ownership documents pending shows next to the light when you reported no ownership document or a lien outstanding (and the unit needs ownership documents).
• When it freezes: the light can change before bidding — for example after a new inspection version. It is fixed when bidding opens and kept with the result. A change after buyers could see the unit is marked “Updated after publication”.
• Where buyers read your statements: your disclosures are shown labelled “Seller Reported”, and RideAuction’s RideAI Insights tab on the lot page turns them into a short plain-language summary. Material points — for example no odometer or hour reading, damage, mechanical problems, missing parts, salvage or rebuilt branding, a declared lien, or answers that contradict each other — are gathered in one light-red “Before You Place a Bid” panel. Each note is labelled with how it was written: “Automatic summary” (RideAuction’s rule-based writer) or “AI-written note, checked against recorded facts by Ride” (an AI language model wrote the wording from your records and any approved report, and Ride checked it before showing it). The AI cannot remove or soften a point in that panel. It may leave things out and it is not an inspection. A bottom line says the condition information is supplied by the selling dealership and is not an independent inspection or guarantee; on an unreserved lot a bold line also says it sells “As-Is, Where-Is”. Only an approved RideAuction report is shown as RideAuction Inspected — your own or a third-party inspection never is, and not having a RideAuction inspection is not a warning. If your answers disagree (for example the unit does not run but you report no mechanical issues) the panel will say so, so keep them consistent. The private reserve amount and your identity are never in it.
• Why accuracy matters: a precise, honest disclosure avoids differences with the inspection and helps buyers bid with confidence.

What do I need to do?

• Answer every disclosure question precisely when you submit a unit.
• Open your submission after approval to see “Your unit’s Sale Light” and the reasons for it.
• If you disagree with an inspection result, contact RideAuction — a correction is a new report version, and the light is recalculated before bidding opens.

What happens next?

Read how inspections work for sellers to see what the inspector records.