Investigation into vehicles involved in crashes, badly repaired and sold

Investigation into vehicles involved in crashes, badly repaired and soldThe agency in charge of the country’s land transport system has confirmed investigations are ongoing into vehicles which have likely been in crashes, badly repaired, warranted and sold without the purchaser knowing. A spokesperson for NZ Transport Agency said an investigation was underway into the poor repair work on vehicles which resulted in their warrant of fitness being revoked. The transport agency has the power to prosecute a person or company for breaches of legislation it is responsible for. “Waka Kotahi [New Zealand Transport Agency] began investigating several vehicles that were reported to have been involved in accidents and not repaired properly around July 2021,” the spokesperson said. The transport agency might inspect vehicles following accidents and crashes at the request of the police but did not capture data on every car involved in a crash as it did not typically inspect vehicles following an accident.