Sell your damaged Honda
Honda occupies an unusual position here: a strong reputation for reliability paired with a comparatively small local parc, since almost everything sold in South Africa is imported rather than built locally. The practical effect on a damaged Honda is that replacement parts are expensive and often on a lead time, so assessors reach an uneconomical-to-repair verdict at damage levels that a higher-volume make would shrug off. Owners of a well-kept Ballade or Jazz are frequently taken aback when a car with no mechanical fault whatsoever is declared a write-off.
Get an offer on your Honda
Tell us what you have and send a few photos. We come back with an offer within 24 hours, collect anywhere in South Africa for free, and pay you on the day we collect.
Get my free quoteHonda models we buy damaged
These are the Honda models we are asked about most, but we buy every Honda model and derivative — including ones not listed here.
- Honda Ballade
- Honda Jazz
- Honda Civic
- Honda CR-V
- Honda Brio
- Honda Amaze
Damage we see on Honda vehicles
Front and front-quarter collisions are the most common Honda file we open, and the combination of a deployed airbag set, a damaged bumper beam and a cracked headlamp is usually decisive because those specific parts carry high replacement costs. Older Jazz and Civic models also come to us after hail, and CR-V cases are frequently reversing and low-speed rear impacts.
We buy Honda vehicles with accident damage, flood damage, hail damage, mechanical failure and non-runners, as well as insurance write-offs coded Code 2, Code 3 or Code 4.
What your damaged Honda is worth
Scarcity works in the seller's favour here. Because new Honda parts are pricey and not always immediately available, used panels, lamps, airbag modules and i-VTEC engines are genuinely sought after by independent workshops, which lifts what a damaged Ballade or Civic is worth relative to its wrecked appearance.
We buy Honda models across every year — older high-mileage vehicles right through to current-shape cars only a year or two old. Age matters far less than what the vehicle is worth intact and how sought-after its parts are, so it is always worth asking.
Before you sell
If you are not sure how your Honda has been coded after a write-off, or what you are legally allowed to sell, read Code 2, 3 and 4 vehicles and write-offs explained. You can also browse every brand we buy.