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From a used car dealer, and by approx. 100,000 miles. (This happened to someone I know.)
The Carfax showed the odometer had 87,000 miles more 17 mos. ago than it currently has, and the other records were all consistent with that. He also found out the dealer lied about something else. He is going to be talking to a lawyer about this.
@ Guy: I had a new engine installed in my own car a couple years ago. You’re right about that.

7 Comments »

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   if you can prove it has been tampered with—i’d sue the dealer. but you are going to have to be able to prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt!

   Comment by s and d e — August 23, 2011 @ 6:39 am

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   It’s illegal and you can press charges against the dealer. (I think this qualifies as fraud.)

   Comment by bookish — August 23, 2011 @ 6:39 am

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   My thoughts are that you are mistaken. Once a car hits 100,000 miles it starts all over again at 1 mile so if you get a car that is old but has low mileage noted on the odometer then one of two things could be possible, either the car has run over 100,000 miles "or" a rebuilt engine has been put in and that too would start it at 1 mile.

   How do I know that? Because I had an old Chevy and put a rebuilt engine in it and the odometer started all over at 1 mile and ran 100,000 miles thereafter plus 328 miles and that’s when I sold it. The odometer registered at 328 miles. When I bought a new car I donated the Chevy to a not-for-profit organization and they wrote it up as having 328,000 miles on their records and I had to correct them informing the engine had been replaced which gave it 100,328 miles and not 328,000 miles. And that that Chevy had 40,000 more miles of good use left in it, probably 4 years of good use left depending on how much the new owner would be driving it. So with all that in mind I do NOT believe the odometer has been tampered with.

   Now depending on the year of the car your friend bought, if it’s not that old of a car then in maybe 4 years they could have reinstalled a rebuilt engine and the cost would be around $1500 (that’s what it cost me to have that done).

   Comment by sophieb — August 23, 2011 @ 6:39 am

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   There are a number of issues here.

   First is how do they know the odo was tampered with?
   If there is a discrepancy in titling it would depend if the odometer change was noted on the last transfer.

   Almost every title transfer includes an odometer statement.

   If this dealer changed the odometer out and did not declare it it would depend on your state law regarding fraud.

   Its tough to prove but worth a visit to discuss.

   It may also be worth a call to the local consumer protection agency.

   btw-the odometer does not change with the engine. It is to measure the mileage on the chassis.

   Comment by a GUY bein' a GUY — August 23, 2011 @ 6:39 am

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   You don’t say how the person discovered it. Would you please elaborate? I would contact the department of motor vehicles and ask what course of action to take. You have to write the odometer reading on the title of the vehicle when you sell it. I imagine there’s a stiff penalty for providing false information to a state agency.

   Please tell us more.

   Comment by Lisa b — August 23, 2011 @ 6:39 am

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   I’m pretty sure that its illegal to do such a thing, so report him to the relevant authority

   Comment by Debbie's angel — August 23, 2011 @ 6:39 am

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   file a suit

   Comment by ken — August 23, 2011 @ 6:39 am

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