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# Website accessibility for auto dealers: ADA and EAA risks

Auto dealers websites usually hinge on inventory search, vehicle pages and financing forms. These are the accessibility problems that most often show up on them, and they are among the issues cited in ADA demand letters. Check your own site for free with a read-only scan.

## Common accessibility problems on these sites

- Inventory filters that only work with a mouse
- Vehicle photos without alt text
- Credit applications with unlabeled fields
- Chat and pop-up overlays that block content

## What we found on 30 auto dealers websites

Average automated score: **66/100**. Share of sampled sites with each issue on at least one scanned page:

- **90%** no accessibility statement link
- **83%** skipped heading levels
- **77%** no "skip to main content" link
- **63%** contact or checkout fields without autocomplete
- **37%** images missing alt text
- **33%** links with no accessible name
- **30%** duplicate element ids
- **27%** form fields without labels

Methodology: Read-only scan of the homepage and up to 2 linked pages of 30 public auto dealers websites in six U.S. metros (Austin, Chicago, Denver, Atlanta, Seattle, Phoenix), scanned 2026-10-26. Site list from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Our crawler honors robots.txt; individual sites are never named. Automated checks find only some issues, and these figures describe the sample, not every business or any legal conclusion. [About our crawler](/research-bot).

## Check your site now

Run the free scan on your homepage and your booking, contact or checkout page. It lists the exact HTML to fix and generates an Accessibility Statement. Avoid overlay widgets; fix the underlying pages instead.

[Run the free AccessPulse check](/accesspulse)

## Frequently asked questions

### What should auto dealers check first?

Inventory filters that only work with a mouse.

### How do I check my own site?

Run the free scan on your homepage and your booking, contact or checkout page. It lists the exact HTML to fix and generates an Accessibility Statement. Avoid overlay widgets; fix the underlying pages instead.

### Is this legal advice?

No. These are technical guidelines and an automated, read-only check, not legal advice or a certification.

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Also see [CitePulse for auto dealers](/hub/citepulse/industry/auto-dealers).

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