Used cars under $5,000 near San Diego, CA

Used cars under $5,000 near San Diego, checked for the two things that ruin a cheap car: a branded title and a rolled-back odometer.

Listed now277
Median price$3,600
Cheapest$900
Median miles152,000

What these are selling for

Asking prices run from $900 to $5,000, with the middle of the market around $3,600. The cheapest third average $2,275 with about 169,000 miles on them; the priciest third average $4,800 at roughly 150,407 miles. That gap is what the extra money actually buys. By-owner prices move week to week, and the best-priced cars are usually gone within a few days of posting.

Know before you drive out

Every car here is checked for salvage and rebuilt titles, odometer rollbacks, and dealers posing as owners. Before you meet a seller, run a VIN check or a license plate lookup on the car.

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