On Manheim, a CR icon means the car has a Condition Report, and Manheim itself says you should never make a buying decision on the report's grade alone. The grade is a filter. The damage items, announcements and sale light are the decision.
- Max repair budget
- $2,701
- As % of resale
- 22.5%
Turn the damage items on the report into a repair budget before you set a bid. Estimates only.
Sources are Manheim's new dealer buyer FAQ, Simulcast Buyer's Guide and NAAA Auction Condition Report position statement, checked October 2026.
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What is a Manheim condition report?
The buyer FAQ says "the CR indicates that a vehicle has a Condition Report." It is an inspection record attached to the listing. Manheim's Simulcast guide lets you open a vehicle's CR from the Run List and return to the car on the block, so you can check it mid-sale.
Why isn't the grade enough?
Because Manheim says so: "You should never make a buying decision on a Condition Report grade alone." A grade compresses a list of damage items into one number. Two cars with the same grade can have different damage in different places, and one repair costs you more than another.
Read in this order:
- The damage line items and photos, not the number.
- The announcements and seller comments, which can disclose more than the inspection found.
- The sale light (see Manheim run list and sale lights).
- The title status (title present vs title absent).
What can't a condition report tell you?
The NAAA position statement (updated June 1, 2026) calls the report "the result of a visual inspection conducted by an individual inspector." It lists what the report does not cover: electrical issues, mechanical issues with the engine, transmission and drivetrain, non-visible structural issues, vehicle history (title, accidents, flood, salvage, theft and similar) and open safety recalls. It says reports are "not intended to diagnose vehicle condition, certify safety or roadworthiness, or estimate repair costs," and that buyers "are responsible for exercising due diligence."
Manheim's Post-Sale Inspection policy describes the PSI as a "basic mechanical, structural, and flood inspection," which is a different product with its own cutoffs. See Manheim PSI.
For digital purchases, Manheim's Digital Buyer Protection excludes issues "disclosed in the inspection report or pre-sale documentation." So the report decides what you can claim as well as what you buy.
How much does a condition report cost?
The pages we read give no price for a condition report on a purchase, so we do not quote one. The PSI policy states only that the buyer pays the PSI fee whether the car passes or fails. Check your invoice and the order screen.
What does a good routine look like on a buying day?
Before the lane, not in it:
- Pull the condition reports for your short list the day before and read the damage items in full.
- Mark each damage item as cosmetic, mechanical-risk or unknown, and put a repair number on the first two.
- Note which cars are red or yellow light, since announced conditions change what you can claim afterward.
- Decide your walk-away bid per car and write it down. A report read under pressure in the lane gets read as a grade.
The Simulcast guide lets you open the CR from the Run List mid-sale, which is useful for a final check but a poor place to read one for the first time.
What should you do with a bad report?
Subtract the repair from your max bid, not from your hope. Estimate the repair cost with the calculator above or the repair-to-value calculator, then run the result through the max bid calculator. If the repair math pushes the bid below where the car will trade, pass.
Related: Manheim arbitration deadlines for what you can do after you win.
Put local resale beside the report
A report tells you what is wrong with the car. It tells you nothing about what the car sells for near you. The free CarFlipIQ Chrome extension shows local resale, days to sell and a max bid after fees on Copart and IAAI lot pages. New accounts start with a 7-day free trial (card required, $0 today). Its manifest also lists manheim.com, so it loads on Manheim search and detail pages too. Manheim publishes no buyer fee table, so net your own rate-sheet fee out of any max bid by hand.