thunder_x
7/14/2006 12:22:48 AM
when buying a used car, how do you know if someone rolled back the odometer ?
WheelBrokerAng
7/14/2006 12:32:53 AM
You can check the car out on carfax and if it's not in there I would be cautious if you already suspect this has been done..
WheelBrokerAng
YeuEmMaiMai
7/15/2006 9:48:31 PM
you can also try checking with the DMV to see if they have an inconsistant odo history
deserthonda
7/15/2006 10:12:11 PM
both ideas are fine and dandy unless of course the person has owned the car for many years without any transactions ........
they can roll back ( replace the speedometer/odometer with one with lesser miles ) as many miles as they please ,not going below the last title transfer and no one would know ..
I have seen a few shady used car lots do that ..
One of them used to be our customer and a few year before they sold the car , well few years later this personwas planning on buying it from a used car lot, and wanted a buyer's chk out before they purchased it ...
well upon checking the vin # ( records on out computer ) the car had less miles that the last time we had worked on it...
Joepa
7/19/2006 4:08:56 PM
My guess is that this can't be done to the digital odometers right?
Chiovnidca
7/19/2006 5:30:44 PM
quote:
ORIGINAL: Joepa
My guess is that this can't be done to the digital odometers right?
They could still swap one from a lesser milage car.
