Odometer fraud rises as record number of Americans seek used cars

[Responsible Allen Iverson]

 

[-DMP-]

Damn that’s trash. I bought my current car off Craigslist and could’ve easily fallen victim to something similar, even tho I head it checked out at a dealership

 

[Striving For Greatness]

Good thing I’m on the coli, I’ll never buy anything from Facebook marketplace after that Halloween mask thread

 

[skylove4]

Ol

head ass nikkas

 

[Motife43]

Hol up, she obviously aint run that purchase by her husband if he pointed out the rollback when he first drove the car. He probably would seen that before purchasing it

 

[jeh]

Ol

head ass nikkas

I forgot about that scene in Matilda

 

[Schadenfreude]

This is why you always have a car you're purchasing looked at by someone who knows about cars; most newer cars record the vehicle mileage in more than one place; the cluster could say one number, while another module could say the number is something else. The discrepancy may come if someone replaced the cluster and didn't reprogram the mileage; I've seen where people will swap the cluster out to report a lower mileage than the car actually has. Despicable.

 

[gonnagetit]

All you do is get a Carfax and Auto check and verify when it was registered and milage reading from owners with the yearly emissions. This would give more than accurate reading

 

[HollywoodP]

Ol

head ass nikkas

this the first thing that popped into my mind when i read the thread title.

 

[Cladyclad]

My boy rollback miles he return on his leased cars. Not one issue yet. So trusting a dealer is not it

 

[Motife43]

My boy rollback miles he return on his leased cars. Not one issue yet. So trusting a dealer is not it

for real? how is that done in the digital odometer era?

 

[Stuntone]

for real? how is that done in the digital odometer era?

easy. Just do it before you get in services done.

 

[feelosofer]

Carfax can catch most odometer discrepencies. If you run one it will cost you 30 dollars but its worth it .

 

[Schadenfreude]

easy. Just do it before you get in services done.

The computers in cars now will snitch on you if the odometer's been changed, you just have to know where to look. Every modification or change written to the computer or if a component is stored in multiple ECU's. It'll even show the time, the date, the component, and the hardware/scan tool/Mac address etc of said component. Be careful out here brehs.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

I forgot about that scene in Matilda

That was my oldest son's favorite movie when he was a kid