I recently bought a car.
When I bought it, I only checked vehicle history via NSW Service that didn't include odometer rollback information. I found out later that my car odometer is rolled back from 170,000 to 107,000. In result, I bought that car with the price of above market price.
I am going to report this to NSW Service and hopefully I would get some compensation from the scammer. I would be much appreciated if anyone drop any advice for this case.
Hey op, any update on how you are going to proceed on this matter?
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Why would any potential buyer NOT check the Odo when they inspected the vehicle?
Sound like a rookie error.
There was an article in the weekend paper in Perth a couple of weeks ago about a dealer buying a quantity of cars from Queensland that the odometer wound back "up to 190,000km". They said that this was uncovered when a customer looked up the manufacturers website showing the last service at substantially higher km. The Perth dealer refunded in full. Apparently investigations are continuing.
If you get a scan tool it can read the kilometres. Even if the viewable odo was wound back that one probably wasnt
You have to contact the Department of Corrective Services to rectify the wrong odometer
Actually if the car is currently garaged at home, they should contact Department of Home Affairs first.
Either will do
More than likely a typo as it's too much a coincidence… also who rolls back the odometer on such round numbers…. unless you are rounding to the nearest thousand….
Or it's miles and not km since 107000 miles is around 170000 km
Ignore the odometer when buying second hand. Instead, multiply the age in years by the average of 13,000 kms per year. Triple that value if it's a ute or fleet car. Also, a digital odometer can be changed faster than a analogue one. This advice was given by a mechanic.
Whats that 63k kms? Just move on mate wont make difference soon.
OP, there are too many plausible alternative explanations. For example, it could be a 107,000 miles is about 170,000km. It could be a typo. To me this website looks like junk. I've plugged a number of my old cars into their search, and only one car - my current car - appears. I would not jump to conclusions based on this information.