Cases of odometer tampering are on the rise as a record number of Americans seek used cars. NBC News’ Marissa Parra has the details on how people can protect themselves when they’re in the market for a used car.
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#Cars #Scam #Fraud
I have 482,000 on my odometer. Hope it’s not rolled back.
makes me think of the movie used cars happy this scam is still going
easy fix when you get use car just buy a new motor
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She wanted to buy her 16-year-old daughter a 2010 Buick Enclave for her first car? Does her daughter have three children and gave up on life already?
Used cars are a scam anyway you look at it third party reports like Carfax exist to take the dealer of the hook from responsibility not to protect the buyer and there is no real way for the public to verify much at all about a car’s history sad to say
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You can almost never trust a car dealer.
The problem is- there are many wanna-be “dealers” who don’t have any documentation. They are the small fry, just waiting to get their grimy hands on larger deal sizes, that’s why they are doing this. Eventually they will rip off enough people so they may get the legal dealers’ license where they interact with the government to separate you from your hard earned money in a more legal fashion. Its a racket all the way down.
The larger dealers have enough traction to just simply over-charge you for their cars, and just because you have no other option you pay for it….
the reporter is way too hot for NC!
Same thing happens with expired food at grocery stores, they doctor up the food to look fresh
I don’t trust anybody, Especially a Dealership.
Don’t people check the VIN history before buying?
The miles on a car are almost of no concern, with today’s precisely built engines and quality oils.
A similar reciprocating engine in airplanes, will go millions of miles before overhaul.( 2000 hrs is typical compression check).
The problem is that the rest of the car is crap…but, can be easily rebuilt.
Many mercedes have over 750000 miles on them.
Of course, this assumes factory tune uips etc.
A car with 20000 miles can be trash, while another with over 100000 miles is a good buy.
Harry Wormwood DID IT!!!
Of course it’s cheating, nobody ever got rich being honest 😂.
The question is what the heck happened to the person or businesses who rolled back the odometer?????????? Are they arrested and jailed? If they aren’t severely punished for rolling back odometers then they just keep doing it!
I had this happened to me. Bought a car with 107k but really had 190k+…reported it to the state attorney generals office and they send you forms so you can prove they scammed you…very hard to do when you purchase the car cash from Facebook! So at the end of the day nothing at all was done smh.
@K_Escobar Sorry to hear it happened to you. That is why the scammer continues to scam people because nothing much ever happen to them even if they are caught.
Dealerships are more of a scam than ever. Here’s how you protect yourself:
1. When you look at a car, look at the wear and tear of the steering wheel, driver seat, and most importantly, the foot pedals. If it’s higher mileage, those will be worn in more.
2. This can technically go with 1, but overall wear too can tell you a lot. Pop the hood and look for written dates (oil change stickers, inspections, etc.). The oil filter is another common place for notes too (I write down miles on mine). Get a carfax if possible too. Check for rust too. Look at the frame and the supports of the seats. Just because a car has low mileage doesn’t mean it’s healthy. Rust on the frame (not just superficial but actual decay) is dangerous. Rust on the seat supports could mean a few things – If it’s just the driver seat, it’s probably just from a spilt drink or water from their shoes. But this still shows age. If it’s on both seats, the car either had a lot of operation or worse, was in a flood.
3. Some mechanics do it for free, but most an hour of labor. Get a pre purchase vehicle inspection. Whether the car is brand new off of the lot or it’s your first car. Having a second or third set of eyes is critical. True mechanics have amazing scan tools to check all sorts of live data and possible codes aka check engine lights. If a dealer or private seller does not want you to get it inspected, DO NOT PURCHASE THE CAR! It’s a red flag and they honestly should’ve had it inspected before selling it. If the dealer doesn’t let you drive off of the lot with it to check it out and get it inspected by your mechanic, they’re hiding something. If a private seller does not let you get it inspected, it’s not worth the hassle. If they’re iffy about it, invite them to come along for the ride. If they still refuse, do not buy it!
4. Common sense. If something is too good to be true, it probably is.
Went to carmax yesterday n they accused my vehicle of being over clocked.. seems likes its a national scam
People wouldn’t have this problem if the US wasn’t so car dependent. Ask government leaders what they’re doing with Infrastructure Bill Funding and why they’re not investing into public transit, trains, light rail, or safer infrastructure for bikes and pedestrians!
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Carfax
Literally every car on Facebook
Facebook does nothing for you when it comes to fraud, possibly only when law enforcement is involved. You report the person and check months later they’re still there. Facebook 😂🤣
This reminds me of Matilda’s dad 😂
A real red flag is seeing a owner who owned a car for a long period of time or a new owner who just bought the car re selling it and the last odometer reading on the title is very similar to the odometer reading now say its up 10,000 miles in 10 years in reality it went up over 100,000 miles and the next owner just switched the odometer before thy retitled it. Because you put down the odometer reading when you register your new used car u bought they ask u the nilege and they only have the old mileage from when the old owner titled it in there name years ago
*pours Mt.Dew into champagne glass and lights candle* It’s a beautiful world out there folks. Nothing like a news channel promoting dealership purchases. I’ll stick to my old cars here! Have fun everyone else.
Btw if you unhook the battery and touch the leads together to drain the system. It should reset the odometer… But they didn’t tell you that, just go to your dealership. Lololol
Matilda 🎉
This is the problem with car buying,women need to have a man be involved when buying a car,with all due respect
Coming from a car salesman, “Go to a dealership you trust” 😂😂😂
😅
“Buy from a dealership you trust”. NO SUCH PLACE ON EARTH.
Been there last year
Don’t buy cars on Facebook or on OfferUp
Buy from a dealership
Unfortunately my mom fell victim to this last year buying a car from Facebook Marketplace which a family member was with her to check it out and that family member said it ran good. When I finally got a chance to look at the car and do a carfax, the last report was a few years ago with 255k mileage last reported. The odometer was rolled back to 164k. This was on a 2005 Honda Oddyssey. I wish was there at that time.
I mean it’s fb though
You know what’s also a scam? Used car prices right now.
Her husband is there for a reason
Guy says a red flag is seeing an odometer reading report that goes up then goes down on the car history report. Oh really..you don’t say Captain Obvious 🙄
Those Buick 3.6ls have timing chain and transmission problems. I wonder how much time she has left or if those components are original.
Just look up the vin number so you know the last reported mileage as well as accident history. Plenty of free vin check sites
What was the point of going digital???!!!
…another way to verify the mileage is w/ the authorized dealership’s service department to see the full service history especially when the vehicle is a late model one.
I hope people are ready to break in to car dealerships and other things for survival and put a way to they’re selective outrage aside because we all know money never sleeps in this world everything plays apart including mother nature.
People forget other things could be mistaken for Odometer Fraud, for example when u put a new motor or transmission on a car now ur car with 200k miles could have 100k since the motor was replaced that’s not odometer Fraud..🤨🤨
Happened to me with a used car but went out within 20 miles and I had to dish repairs out because they wouldn’t take it back and I couldn’t get a refund. I paid $6000 not including fees, I’m walking to work as of now but saving for a new car and hopefully by the time I buy the markups will cool down like that are now
I would have sued them for every pennies
Gals I’m not looking for a car😂
Happened to me bought a 2015 Honda with 63K miles on it. Come to find out the car was stolen and actually had 283,422 miles reported from the last owner before it was stolen.
Never buy a used car from a car lot
Yep, and carfax cannot be trusted. Equifax is most reliable.
The only way to know if the car had been rolled back is using a computer to read the time-stamped of the operational hours vs the miles
Just buy new y’all needa stop being cheap
Lol….dude said go to a dealership that has your back
This is why is never buy a car without a carfax
Just lost 1k to an ebay seller. Can’t get my deposit back.
Carmax bought my 2018 Charger with a engine knock (LOUD AS DAY) a couple years ago for $1500 more than I paid for the car lol. I say all that to say, throughly inspect any car before you buy it wether it’s through a dealer or private party.
Neither a dealership you can trust nor a dealership that has your back exist. It’s a delusion.
Don’t buy used car problem solved
If your 1996 Toyota Camry was rolled from 300k to 126k don’t worry it’ll go another 300k
Buy it from a dealership that you “trust” -said nobody ever lol
Welcome to third world USA. Lol
A sack sharadder
Who “trusts” a dealership 🙄..if I want to save money and they want to make money, why would I trust them to save me money? Especially in a post pandemic inflation era. 😮💨
Id buy a used car from a new car dealership or a rental car agency, no where else. You strike me as cheap. Being cheap usually is the way to spend the most money as the lower upfront costs usually means more repairs to make costing coin.
Nothing new
Thank all the Trump supporters for this. Trump did away with mileage standards in 2017 and the carmakers just stopped making low cost gas saving vehicles. Now all thats left are the most expensive models.
Right because requires stricter emissions standard isn’t making anything expensive. Brain dead you are
How do they do this if the odometer is digital?
Special computers
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But what would the title say??? The Vin and mileage should match.
It happened to me back in 2021, but I had no choice because there was a rental car shortage shortly after my car was totaled. Odometer and title read 140K, it was actually 237K and it wasn’t even his title to begin with. The original title owner released ownership 8 months prior, so the tax office lady was looking at me funny. Never buying used cars off Craigslist ever again. I’m pretty good at weeding out mechanical issues and cosmetic damage coverups, but these scammers are taking it too far now.
Unless you have some kind of subscription or the dealer offered the report upfront, a single car history report is not free and you ended up paying for it over nothing if you found out that the car of interest is not what it is advertised such as mileage issue, rolled back odometer, or swapped out engine such as the original engine has 200k miles on it and it was dead, and previous owner replaced the engine with another used engine that has 100k miles on it but the rest of the parts such as transmission stayed at 200k miles usage.
I wouldn’t buy from someone I don’t know. I wound buy from a dealership so that if this happens I have some sort of recourse.
THE COUNTRY OF CROOKS…….
In other words, don’t be stupid
soooo many cases on ppl’s court an judge judi due 2 ppl not doin their due diligence gettin the pos used car an inspection. come on ppl.😑😑
Just check engine hours
😂😂
Just bouth a 93 caprice with 350000km on the clock i doubt anything was done there.
Is there a device which can be purchased to check mileage?
– wow…. Last year – I sold my Chevy truck 250K miles to my neighbor —- I installed a new GM 5.7 crate engine with rebuilt trans & rear. Him no care about the miles ….never had issue so far- him drive it every day…. Wish people would just leave odometers alone 🤷🏻♂️
Pre-pandemic? You mean pre-joe Biden.
No description of the suspect? Interesting
Car that old with low miles is fishy in the door don’t have to resource to government its a lemon
Never buy a used car without getting it inspected by a trustworthy mechanic.
A dealership you trust😂🤣😂 Can’t even trust a preacher, so not many will trust a dealership. You just pay and hope it works when you drive off the lot and they fix it with whatever warranty if applicable
I have a 2002 f150 I resurrected at 90k miles. So far I put 200k miles and I would never roll it back. I’m hoping to reach my second 500k mile vehicle soon.
Maltida dad…
The dealer said “buy from a dealer” that’s laughable. You buy from a dealer & you’ll pay 35-40% more. At that rate you may as well take the chance on a used car with incorrect mileage. I didn’t believe it’s as common as this story would lead you to believe. Buy from an individual that has own the car awhile. Run a car fax for $40 bucks. And don’t buy cars from people that can’t speak English, or can barely speak English. That should be a dead giveaway it’s a scam.
On our way to a 3rd world country if we aren’t already sad.
I can tell by the way a car drive if it has 210,000 miles. You can look at the brake and gas pedal and see wear. You can look at the steering wheel and the driver seat. Take the oil cap off and look at it.
Election fraud is on the rise also.
Doesn’t the DMV suppose to have a record of it and warn you about it
That’s fraud plain and simple.
Thank your Democratic leaders
Democrats are not focused on American interest, they’re busy going after trump and making their pockets bigger
No wonder why I saw a 1984 Peterbilt 359 with only 30,000 miles and yes it’s an original Detroit Diesel 8V92 not brand new Cummins ISX
A lot of scamming on Facebook
Do a carfax to see the last milage history report
Get a bike
Did she say $6,400 with 90,000 miles on it. That’s a red flag right there come on bro that’s common sense is she that stupid can I get a car under 100,000 miles for $6,400 come on lady use your brain
A dealership you trust? Are you kidding?
I bought a used car odyssey from Dealership EchoPark in Plano Texas for $21000. After a month car started having coolant leak and turned out to be a crack in the engine. With no option I had to sell it for $2000 😢. Dealerships are also not reliable
Goes right back to biden making affordability in America unattainable…