Former German, same here. Personally I've never heard of people bringing their cars to the dealership which then does the TÜV for them. People do often bring n

Former German, same here. Personally I've never heard of people bringing their cars to the dealership which then does the TÜV for them. People do often bring new cars to a dealership for regular inspections, similar to many other countries, where these kinds of problems would be caught. Still, I wouldn't expect these basic problems to show up in a pretty much brand new car but I'm no expert so who knows if that's reasonable.