‘The Wisconsin DOT says last year, nearly 6,000 vehicles in the state showed signs of odometer rollback, more than three times the year before. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates nationally 450,000 vehicles are sold each year with false odometer readings. The data firm Carf…

[image] JoeMario: I’m curious what else carmakers have tried over the years to stay ahead of the aftermarket cheats. Beyond the warranty period, I don’t see why they would care unless there are federally mandated mechanisms to prevent it. The old mechanical odos had the wheels to scrape lines…

[image] TwinTurbo: But, they need to support R&R in the field so there needs to be some way to set the odometer on the replacement cluster (or other storage locations). Mechanic shows us how easy it is to change odometer

Good reason to buy new, if you can afford it

I had touched on this topic and how it really effected older vehicles that had an alarming percentage of vehicles with rolled back odometers, complete with several realistic scenarios and was told rollbacks didn’t happen as often as I said despite providing irrefutable proof!. So dont worry about i…

There was a time when they would just roll all the odometers back to zero on used cars. Maybe they still do or maybe not now with the computer systems. At least then you had to evaluate a car on Condition instead of mileage. I have a little sympathy after usually having high mileage cars in great…

Rick you clearly said 50-75% of vehicles had been rolled back, no one said it didn’t happen, just not at the rate you said it did… [image] The reason I believe newer cars last longer than cars 50 years ago did General Discussion We like to talk about how newer cars just l…

Yeah, that particular conversation quickly got out of control :rofl:

[image] RandomTroll: The Wisconsin DOT says last year, nearly 6,000 vehicles in the state showed signs of odometer rollback, more than three times the year before. The important question is how statistically significant is the Wisconsin DOT’s findings? I have no idea how many running, drivab…

[image] bcohen2010: [image] RandomTroll: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates nationally 450,000 vehicles are sold each year with false odometer readings. The important question is how many vehicles have had the mideage rolled back by unscrupulous sellers, compared…

[image] davesmopar: Anyway, 450,000 is wayyyyyyyyy less than the 27,150,000 that someone else said they were… is that “someone else” in Indiana? :wink:

‘Some states are seeing an increase in fraudulent odometer rollbacks on used cars’

General Discussion

davesmopar June 13, 2025, 2:21am 11

Rick you clearly said 50-75% of vehicles had been rolled back, no one said it didn’t happen, just not at the rate you said it did…

Topic		Replies	Views
Odometer fraud General Discussion	16	5295	December 3, 2017
How easy/common is odometer tampering? General Discussion nissan	18	2452	August 14, 2022
Digital Odometer Rollback General Discussion jetta , volkswagen	15	5227	December 9, 2010
Possible odometer fraud Buying/Selling kia , sorento	15	2250	March 16, 2020
Odometer roll back General Discussion toyota , camry	14	6416	September 8, 2021

‘Some states are seeing an increase in fraudulent odometer rollbacks on used cars’

Related topics