Question about Miles...

[nycxandy]

Is it possible for the dealership to decrease the number of miles on a car?

 

[bcze1]

Its nearly impossible on a MkV. And doing so would be fraud.

 

[Uberhatch]

I knew this guy that managed to disconnect some electronic shit under the dash of his 2006 F-150. I think he put 50+ thousand miles on it but disconnected it at like 27 which is what the unassuming buyer would see if he sold it.

I would hate to get screwed like that and i'm sure the mechanism is different from car to car... i'd say it'd be pretty darn difficult to tell but bcze1 did mention it to be nearly impossible to do. :iono:

 

[BlaineWasHere]

Its nearly impossible...

That guy you new is a douchebag...

 

[Barnaby]

And doing so would be fraud.

Yup, you can just check the box on a bill of sale stating that your odo is not accurate.

 

[agpatel]

Do not think there is a way on our cars as the ECU is keeping track of the miles as well as something else i would guess and they both have to match or something...but if there is a way its not a easy way...

If you go in reverse does the car account of the miles? Always wondered but never wanted to actually test my theory that they do.

 

[doublevanosrc]

Its nearly impossible on a MkV. And doing so would be fraud.

+1

 

[MC.R]

dashfixer.com seen it used before but im not condoning it

 

[utekineir]

I've been helping my mother look for a tdi off and on the last month or two (waste of time btw way overpriced especially with new cars at 0% financing).

She found this 2000 beetle on autotrader, check out the mileage in the carfax history.

http://www.carfax.com/cfm/ccc_DisplayHistoryRpt.cfm?vin=3VWCP21C51M429921

 

[nycxandy]

I've been helping my mother look for a tdi off and on the last month or two (waste of time btw way overpriced especially with new cars at 0% financing).

She found this 2000 beetle on autotrader, check out the mileage in the carfax history.

http://www.carfax.com/cfm/ccc_DisplayHistoryRpt.cfm?vin=3VWCP21C51M429921

There is definitely some fishy stuff going on.

 

[dosbox]

+1 on the fishy stuff. Avoid like the plague.

 

[Uthor]

I've been helping my mother look for a tdi off and on the last month or two (waste of time btw way overpriced especially with new cars at 0% financing).

She found this 2000 beetle on autotrader, check out the mileage in the carfax history.

http://www.carfax.com/cfm/ccc_DisplayHistoryRpt.cfm?vin=3VWCP21C51M429921

The 10/25/2002 reading seems to be an error (22,000 miles in 6 months?), but I have no idea WTF is going on between 08/19/2004 and 01/13/2007.

 

[MC.R]

The only question i have is how does carfax get the odometer readings to begin with?
let's say they never find out you've hit 20,000 miles and you roll it back to 10,000 how would carfax know?

 

[VeeeDubn]

if they get busted its pretty serious, so i would say they didnt...but you never know.

 

[utekineir]

The dealer selling is the one that disclosed the info about the mileage. No chance in hell i would have let her buy that car, just too fishy.