This article will detail the “New car has model year older than 2019” error message and how to remedy it.
If you’ve received this message, it means that a vehicle is being listed as NEW, but the model year listed is older than 2019. Google requires that NEW cars be less than 3 years old.
*To remedy, do the following based upon the data collection method being used (Site Scrape or FTP)
- Site Scrape - Ensure all vehicles being presented as NEW on VDPs be less than 3 years old, otherwise they have to be considered USED. (Current model year threshold is 2019)
- FTP - Update vehicle “YEAR” column to be less than 3 years old for NEW vehicles, if the vehicle is older than 3 years, it must be listed on the .csv file as USED.