# ‘Some states are seeing an increase in fraudulent odometer rollbacks on used cars’ **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 10, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/some-states-are-seeing-an-increase-in-fraudulent-odometer-rollbacks-on-used-cars/200585 "2025-06-10T03:28:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 2:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/some-states-are-seeing-an-increase-in-fraudulent-odometer-rollbacks-on-used-cars/200585/11 "2025-06-13T02:21:30Z")
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… > [@The reason I believe newer cars last longer than cars 50 years ago did](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-reason-i-believe-newer-cars-last-longer-than-cars-50-years-ago-did/200349): > > We like to talk about how newer cars just last so much longer than older cars did. We all know when a car 50 years ago reached 100k miles it was used up and worn out. Well wait just a minute. That is wrong! How could that possibly be wrong? We you see back then odometer fraud was rampant. Over half the cars sold maybe closer to 75 percent had odometers that were rolled back. People made much better money back then and bought new cars frequently. They also really piled the miles on them quickl… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/some-states-are-seeing-an-increase-in-fraudulent-odometer-rollbacks-on-used-cars/200585)._