"Tony Montana" (sayhellotomylittlefriend)
05/07/2016 at 20:25 • Filed to: None
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"Tony Montana" (sayhellotomylittlefriend)
05/07/2016 at 20:25 • Filed to: None | 1
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So, I’m looking at a car, pretty good price, very pretty, no accidents, blah blah blah. There’s just one thing - I ran the Carfax, and while it was in the possession of a reputable dealer, the mileage rolled back by less than 3K (three day span between the reports). My first reaction was that this wasn’t really a big deal at all... do you think I should be more concerned? My first guess was that something to do with the odometer was replaced while in the dealer’s possession, and they just didn’t enter it in quite right... It just seems like something that isn’t an issue. Am I crazy?
AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> Tony Montana
05/07/2016 at 20:33 |
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If you’re going to roll back mileage, go for broke, not 3k. People enter the wrong numbers often enough, I’m sure that’s all it is. But definitely do your due diligence to be certain.
gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
> Tony Montana
05/07/2016 at 20:34 |
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What are the two numbers that are different? Could it just be a typo and a few miles driving between the two?
GRS1
> Tony Montana
05/07/2016 at 20:35 |
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Just under 3000mi? Seems most likely someone fat-fingered a 9-key pad—that’d be three digits off. I seriously doubt anyone is intentionally committing fraud over 3000 miles.
cbell04
> Tony Montana
05/07/2016 at 20:40 |
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I had a car flagged for odometer fraud. Was just a typo I caused when I bought and registered it in VA then a couple weeks later registered it in NY after a move. Went to sell it 5 years later and carfax informed me of my mistake. It wasn’t worth correcting as it showed I had altered the milage a thousand miles or so on a 120k+ mile vehicle.
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Tony Montana
> gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
05/07/2016 at 20:42 |
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It was ~49k to ~46k
TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
> Tony Montana
05/07/2016 at 20:43 |
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Might’ve been a typo, 6 is just above 9 on the numberpad.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Tony Montana
05/07/2016 at 20:44 |
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I agree with other cmoments, looks like an honest typo. Happens sometimes
valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option
> Tony Montana
05/07/2016 at 20:46 |
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Maybe they ran it in reverse?
Patrick Nichols
> valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option
05/07/2016 at 20:51 |
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+1 Sick Day
His Stigness
> Tony Montana
05/07/2016 at 20:58 |
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Carfax says that all the time, and it’s generally clerical errors. If it has a computer controlled odometer I’m pretty sure it’s next to impossible to roll back the mileage, and as AMGtech said, if you’re going to do it, go for broke.
crowmolly
> AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/07/2016 at 21:01 |
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That was my thinking too. 3k is not worth the risk.
JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
> Tony Montana
05/07/2016 at 21:54 |
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There was a 2012 Volvo s60 with an issue of fat fingers. A service was reported at 75,000 miles Instead of 7500
So huge red flag because the car was traded in with 30k. So the record goes from new to 3500 to 75000 to 15k and so on. Because of it the car is very cheap.
It’ll hurt your resale down the road more than likely unless you can prove it and fix it (with like service records or something)
But that is such a small amount to be off by... I don’t think it’s intentional.
Gerry197
> Tony Montana
05/07/2016 at 23:01 |
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Most odometer issues on carfax are based on errors in reporting by the service departments.
Happen all the time, usually done by the service advisor or oil change guy writing out the wrong mileage on a form.
One of the few areas where Carfax actually reports well is service appointments, so getting off mileage is highly possible.
Too bad they don’t do the same for body work and collisions. Turns out any accident the car is in requires a certain percentage of dollar amount to value in order to be reported.
So not every single fender bender will be reported on Carfax, even if its done properly, with insurance agency involved even at dealership level. Much less some cheap shop done without the insurance’s involvement.
Even if the Carfax shows a clean on accidents, you need to check for them. Borrow a paint depth gauge if you can, check for resprayed areas. Though it could be possible the car was repaired prior to delivery. Many cars are fixed by delivery companies because they are damaged en-rout and repaired prior to arriving at the dealership.
greenagain
> Tony Montana
05/08/2016 at 20:29 |
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It’s called a data entry error