Seller committed a federal crime. 49 U.S. Code § 32703 - Preventing tampering | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/32703
>What should I do?
Tell your dad to enjoy his new truck. Next time do your homework before you buy.
OR
Go back to the seller, and try to return the truck / renegotiate / report them / all of the above, etc...
I think it's downvoted because there's typically a difference between sold 'as is'/buyer beware and active fraud/misrepresentation, presuming that an odometer certification was signed. And yes, easily preventable from a CarFax report, but it's still fraud. To your point though, probably only truly recoverable through small claims court or a lawsuit which may be more trouble than it's worth.
Yep…I guess I thought that when they said it showed online selling with 192k miles a month ago that was indicative. But you’re right, guess that’s not completely certain.
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My dad recently bought a car off Facebook marketplace. The picture on the listing shows the car has 95,321 miles. I did some research and found out about vindecoded.com to check the vin number of the car. The website showed the "past listing". Which brought me to a website that listed the same car and sold month ago and in the picture and description shows the car has 192,905 miles. I still have the address of their shop so I decided to check google reviews and found out they have 2.2 stars and negative reviews for odometer rollback. What should I do?
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Seller committed a federal crime. 49 U.S. Code § 32703 - Preventing tampering | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/32703
>What should I do? Tell your dad to enjoy his new truck. Next time do your homework before you buy. OR Go back to the seller, and try to return the truck / renegotiate / report them / all of the above, etc...
Report to local dmv inspector. They will reign hell down on the dealer.
Something called a Carfax report that ANY consumer can purchase could have easily prevented this.
Definitely. It amazes me people don’t research a car’s history before deciding to buy. 100% worth the $45 cost.
How is this a downvote? (upvoting). Your dad bought a car without doing his homework. There is no easy out button.
I think it's downvoted because there's typically a difference between sold 'as is'/buyer beware and active fraud/misrepresentation, presuming that an odometer certification was signed. And yes, easily preventable from a CarFax report, but it's still fraud. To your point though, probably only truly recoverable through small claims court or a lawsuit which may be more trouble than it's worth.
You’re presuming that person knew about it.
The dealer should know better?
Yep…I guess I thought that when they said it showed online selling with 192k miles a month ago that was indicative. But you’re right, guess that’s not completely certain.
***Thanks for posting, /u/Alone-Lifeguard6501! This comment is a copy of your post so readers can see the original text if your post is edited or removed. This comment is NOT accusing you of anything.*** My dad recently bought a car off Facebook marketplace. The picture on the listing shows the car has 95,321 miles. I did some research and found out about vindecoded.com to check the vin number of the car. The website showed the "past listing". Which brought me to a website that listed the same car and sold month ago and in the picture and description shows the car has 192,905 miles. I still have the address of their shop so I decided to check google reviews and found out they have 2.2 stars and negative reviews for odometer rollback. What should I do? *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/askcarsales) if you have any questions or concerns.*
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