PCS / VPC Vehicle Checklist | Jeskey Premium Detailing

A practical checklist for preparing your privately owned vehicle for shipment. Save it, print it, and use it alongside the current instructions from your servicing VPC and transportation office.

Important: This guide supports preparation; it does not guarantee acceptance. Requirements can vary by route, destination, vehicle, and VPC. Confirm the current rules before turn-in.

1. Appointment & documents

Confirm your VPC appointment, reporting time, location, and local instructions.Bring complete PCS orders and all amendments.Bring the required registration, shipping authorization, title or lienholder documentation, and identification.If another person will deliver the vehicle, confirm the required authorization or power of attorney.Print proof that the VIN has no unresolved safety recalls, or coordinate any exception with the VPC.

2. Vehicle readiness

Fuel level is one-quarter tank or less.Vehicle is safe and operable; service and parking brakes function.No fluid leaks; warning lights or mechanical issues have been addressed.Windshield and windows do not have damage affecting safe operation.Complete keys are ready: ignition, doors, trunk, gas cap, wheel lock, and lockable compartments. No valet-only key.Non-factory alarms are disabled; antifreeze protection is verified if required.

3. Remove personal property

Empty the glovebox, console, door pockets, seatback pockets, cupholders, cargo compartments, and hidden storage.Remove food, wrappers, liquids, air fresheners, loose electronics, pressurized cans, flammables, and prohibited items.Only leave items specifically permitted by current VPC guidance; inventory anything authorized to remain.

4. Interior

The interior is completely dry. Complete wet cleaning early enough to prevent trapped moisture or mildew.Vacuum carpets, upholstery, seams, mats, and underneath every mat.Move seats fully and clean beneath, between, and around seat rails, mounts, tracks, and locking channels.Clean between seats and the console; check vents, pedals, trim edges, and tight crevices.Lift or remove movable rear seating where permitted and clean underneath.Remove pet hair from fabric, carpet, cargo areas, and seat tracks.

5. Cargo & spare-wheel area

Vacuum the full trunk or cargo area, including side pockets, hinges, latches, and the hatch opening.Remove the spare tire and tools as permitted; clean the spare-wheel well and surrounding cavities.Check for soil, leaves, insects, moisture, food, and personal items.

6. Exterior & mechanical areas

Wash the body, glass, wheels, tires, wheel wells, fuel-filler area, and undercarriage; remove soil and plant material.Clean door jambs, weather seals, trunk or hatch seals, hinge areas, and upper hatch edges.Inspect the engine compartment, radiator area, hood underside, cowl, and windshield housing for leaves, nests, insects, and dirt.Complete a final daylight walkaround and photograph the vehicle condition before turn-in.

What Jeskey can handle

Jeskey Premium Detailing can prepare the cleaning side of your PCS/VPC turn-in with focused work across the interior, cargo area, door jambs, exterior, wheel wells, and engine compartment. You remain responsible for documents, recalls, fuel level, mechanical condition, and confirming your VPC's current requirements.

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PCS / VPCturn-in checklist.

1. Appointment & documents

2. Vehicle readiness

3. Remove personal property

4. Interior

5. Cargo & spare-wheel area

6. Exterior & mechanical areas

What Jeskey can handle

PCS / VPC
turn-in checklist.