Odometer rolled back…
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Odometer rolled back…
I recently brought my C7 into the local car super store for a price estimate.
The vin check they did showed a mileage discrepancy and the car being in
two other states(Florida and New Jersey).
I had previously ran two check and the dealer it was bought from and there own check.
Florida and New Jersey did not show on either of those and the loss of mileage.
Messaged the place I bought it from. They are confused about the report. Will see more on Monday what they have to say.
Thinking I’m kinda hosed at this point in time.
Bit long. Thanks for reading.
The vin check they did showed a mileage discrepancy and the car being in
two other states(Florida and New Jersey).
I had previously ran two check and the dealer it was bought from and there own check.
Florida and New Jersey did not show on either of those and the loss of mileage.
Messaged the place I bought it from. They are confused about the report. Will see more on Monday what they have to say.
Thinking I’m kinda hosed at this point in time.
Bit long. Thanks for reading.
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I bought my 2015 with only 5500 miles on it, but the carfax showed a recent state emission check at 46,000 miles, which I assume was 4600 miles but somebody mistakenly added a zero.
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My 2014 I bought in January showed a mileage discrepancy on CarFax.
Turned out the car came from Canada and the problem was the conversion from Kilometers to Miles.
Turned out the car came from Canada and the problem was the conversion from Kilometers to Miles.
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Rollbacks are against the law, needless to say, and the dealer you bought it from would be on the hook to buy it back.
You will never be able to sell this car with that mark on its CarFax.
You will never be able to sell this car with that mark on its CarFax.
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Crazy thing is the discrepancy or two other states do not show up on Carfax or the other vin checking company used(cannot remember the name right now). It does show of on Autocheck website. Did get an offer of 27.5k with the discrepancy showing.
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Anybody know if this is the real scoop or just poop?
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Then, Credit Karma alerted me of a mileage rollback on my vehicle. The reported odometer was 16,500 miles. Valvoline reports their services to CarFax.
I went back to the receipt and sure enough, that's what they typed in when they asked for my odometer reading that day.
I called their corporate office. It appears that they have a department just for issues like this. I guess it happens quite often.
Within a week, the corrected mileage was reported on CarFax.
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I too use to think that you couldn't roll back the milage on the newer cars with digital odometers and elctronic memory/computers etc. I asked the guy who did my custom tune about that and he said it's easily done and you can buy devices on eBay that will allow that if you know what you're doing.
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Good luck with the dealer in getting the discrepancy corrected. Hipenitbdoesn’t turn into a real hassle.
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This is likely a clerical mistake. It’s almost impossible to alter an odometer today. There would be no resale value in that small change versus the effort involved. The dealer can go back through the transfers with the prior parties and get it corrected. It will take some time but it can be done. Been there, done that.
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Was the selling dealer a GM dealer? If the previous owner/owners used a dealership to perform maintenance, there would be a record. For the last few years, GM dealership service writers have been using electronic OBD port readers to check a car's mileage when the vehicle is brought in for service. It might be worthwhile to check with a GM dealer to see the service records.
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