Certified pre-owned is a fancy way of saying "used, with a 7 year drivetrain warranty from the manufacturer", which is a lot different than "used and those broken things are your problem now". The checklist isn't the point.
Honda advertises it as being sure that everything on this huge checklist is double-checked and ensured to be working properly before you buy it. The salespeople specifically tell you that. My point is that ads and salespeople lie (surprise) and the "certified" bit doesn't mean anything.
I'm not discounting having a warranty. You can get a warranty on a used car from all sorts of places. Certified Pre-Owned is defined by Honda (and many others) to specifically have the advantage of not having specific things broken when you buy a car. That's what the "certified" part is. That's the whole reason they mention, specifically, the 182 point certification check. It's one of the main reasons my friend paid all the extra money for a certified pre-owned car vs getting the same basic car "used" elsewhere. My point is that the "certified" bit is mostly BS. And not just at Honda. You're still likely to get a car with a bunch of broken stuff when it's "certified".
