Odometer Rollback Question
05-29-2008, 03:53 PM
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Odometer Rollback Question I ran a carfax on the transam i'm looking at. It's had 4 owners. The 2nd owner, who owned it for 6 years, shows an odometer rollback 2 years after he bought the car, showing 23k+ miles down to 14K 2 years after he bought it.. And then he had it for another 4 years. But, the year after it shows the rollback, it's at 40k miles..? I doubt he drove that much in a year. You think this is just a clerical error? Plus can you "rollback" the digital gauge or what?! I don't think he would roll it back considering it was mid-ownership, not like he was selling it or anything.
05-29-2008, 04:50 PM
#4
Hey slow, here you are
Title or registration issued
Loan or lien reported
POTENTIAL ODOMETER ROLLBACK
Registration updated when owner moved
the vehicle to a new location
CARFAX Advisor™
CARFAX analyzed the mileage history and the sources of this information. Our analysis indicates a potential odometer rollback. Please verify the mileage with your dealer or a qualified mechanic.
Idk how you would verify the milage..
Title or registration issued
Loan or lien reported
POTENTIAL ODOMETER ROLLBACK
Registration updated when owner moved
the vehicle to a new location
CARFAX Advisor™
CARFAX analyzed the mileage history and the sources of this information. Our analysis indicates a potential odometer rollback. Please verify the mileage with your dealer or a qualified mechanic.
Idk how you would verify the milage..
05-29-2008, 05:01 PM
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I ran a carfax on the transam i'm looking at. It's had 4 owners. The 2nd owner, who owned it for 6 years, shows an odometer rollback 2 years after he bought the car, showing 23k+ miles down to 14K 2 years after he bought it.. And then he had it for another 4 years. But, the year after it shows the rollback, it's at 40k miles..? I doubt he drove that much in a year. You think this is just a clerical error? Plus can you "rollback" the digital gauge or what?! I don't think he would roll it back considering it was mid-ownership, not like he was selling it or anything.
My car had never been at a dealership or anywhere esle so there was no record at all anywhere.
05-29-2008, 05:13 PM
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That could be many different things.
He wrote down the wrong number on the form. An error.
Carfax could have the wrong data.
The cluster could of been replaced and someone didn't note the sticker.
Insurance or inspection could of reported the wrong number...
He wrote down the wrong number on the form. An error.
Carfax could have the wrong data.
The cluster could of been replaced and someone didn't note the sticker.
Insurance or inspection could of reported the wrong number...
05-29-2008, 05:34 PM
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Yeah i see what you guys mean. My only problem here is that I was looking to buy a warranty for the car from CARCHEX if I get it. (It's being sold by a person not a dealership) and I was doing an online quote before with a live help person. Once they saw the odometer rollback they said they cant offer a warranty. I'm still trying to figure out if this means that the car has more mileage than it really does, or if the problem was corrected..
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05-29-2008, 08:23 PM
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Personally I think the guy put a different odometer in it to not run up the miles and for some reason forgot to change it out during an inspection or something.
You're never going to get that off the record. No one in the world can prove what happened and no one with any authority is going to care enough to investigate it to find out.
05-29-2008, 11:14 PM
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Did you not read post #5?
It costs $300 to buy a new guage cluster with any mileage you want entered onto it. So its very easy to roll back the mileage on a 1998-2002 F-Body. After I did mine, no less than 10 other guys did the same thing I did.
So, its simple. You will be buying a car that you have no clue how many REAL miles are on it, period. If you can't get a warranty, then pass on that car and find another one.
It costs $300 to buy a new guage cluster with any mileage you want entered onto it. So its very easy to roll back the mileage on a 1998-2002 F-Body. After I did mine, no less than 10 other guys did the same thing I did.
So, its simple. You will be buying a car that you have no clue how many REAL miles are on it, period. If you can't get a warranty, then pass on that car and find another one.
05-29-2008, 11:33 PM
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Its been done since the day the first car was made with an odometer and it will continue to be done as long as humans are on earth.
I know no less than 100 people that have done it. So that means there are 10's of thousands nationwide that have done it. Its the American way, like lawsuits
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I know no less than 100 people that have done it. So that means there are 10's of thousands nationwide that have done it. Its the American way, like lawsuits
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05-30-2008, 01:16 AM
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Although that may be true, you will find yourself in a jail cell for trying to play it off and sell that car without disclosing it. And at that point if your not being shady, good luck finding anyone dumb enough to want to buy your car at that point. If your going to hold on the car, fine whatever creams your twinkie. There is no real point in changing out your cluster to alter the mileage, unless its broke.
Its been done since the day the first car was made with an odometer and it will continue to be done as long as humans are on earth.
I know no less than 100 people that have done it. So that means there are 10's of thousands nationwide that have done it. Its the American way, like lawsuits .
I know no less than 100 people that have done it. So that means there are 10's of thousands nationwide that have done it. Its the American way, like lawsuits
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05-30-2008, 02:36 AM
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Although that may be true, you will find yourself in a jail cell for trying to play it off and sell that car without disclosing it. And at that point if your not being shady, good luck finding anyone dumb enough to want to buy your car at that point. If your going to hold on the car, fine whatever creams your twinkie. There is no real point in changing out your cluster to alter the mileage, unless its broke.
05-30-2008, 04:28 AM
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Basic information about 'rollback' (even digital) from NHTSA. It is a federal offense with state laws that can further fines. Might want to scan Congressional documents, previous owners may be in the hot seat.
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/...te/809441.html
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/...howdisplay.pdf
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/...te/809441.html
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/...howdisplay.pdf
05-30-2008, 08:01 AM
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Did you not read post #5?
It costs $300 to buy a new guage cluster with any mileage you want entered onto it. So its very easy to roll back the mileage on a 1998-2002 F-Body. After I did mine, no less than 10 other guys did the same thing I did.
So, its simple. You will be buying a car that you have no clue how many REAL miles are on it, period. If you can't get a warranty, then pass on that car and find another one.
It costs $300 to buy a new guage cluster with any mileage you want entered onto it. So its very easy to roll back the mileage on a 1998-2002 F-Body. After I did mine, no less than 10 other guys did the same thing I did.
So, its simple. You will be buying a car that you have no clue how many REAL miles are on it, period. If you can't get a warranty, then pass on that car and find another one.
Like you said the CARS MILEAGE can be rolled back with a low mileage odometer.
05-30-2008, 08:07 AM
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Well i was saying "rolled back" figuritively, not literally. Obviously a digital odometer cannot be rolled back. If you guys saw the carfax, you would see how it doesn't make sense. I'd say its almost definitely an error. Thanks for those links gearhed i'm gonna check them out now.
