Alright Auto board... i need some advice...
Story time:
I'm about to move across the country and have been preparing to sell one of my vehicles.
It's an '07 Honda, clean title, well maintained, 124K miles.
I'm not looking to sell it privately because I'd like to sell it before my move.
I take my KBB instant cash offer to a dealer and am anticipating the usual negotiation.
However, I was NOT expecting this....
Dealer comes back after initial review with the CARFAX. "Potential Odometer Rollback"
Come to find out, 5 years ago in another state, I had taken my vehicle to get the engine mount replaced at a reputable mechanic, or so I thought. They recorded my mileage at 170K miles. Not even a year before that on the CARFAX, odometer reading was 92K miles. So you mean to tell me between years 10 and 11 of owning the vehicle, I drove it another 80K miles? Not a chance lol
So clearly, the mechanic made a clerical error or lied for some reason, my thought to potentially offer to buy it from me and point to the mileage to get a better deal. What doesn't help the situation is I brought the vehicle back to the same mechanic 6 months later and they reported the odometer at 176K miles.
2 months after that, I take the vehicle for an oil change elswhere and the odometer is reported at 110K miles. 1 month later, I take the vehicle back to the mechanic who made the error/lie, and he reported it at 111K miles.
This, of course, ruins the credibility of my KBB instant cash offer. I don't believe a dealer will buy this without sending it to auction.
I'm going to call the mechanic that ****ed up my odometer reporting 5 years ago when they're open to fix this with CARFAX, but I doubt they're going to be amenable to fixing it considering I live nowhere near and its been 5 years. If they don't play ball, I figure I'll threaten with a civil lawsuit.
What would you do here, besides the above/trying to sell the vehicle privately?
Expensive lesson learned... always take a pic of the odometer before having vehicle serviced and always double check what they report the mileage at in the paperwork.
Story time:
I'm about to move across the country and have been preparing to sell one of my vehicles.
It's an '07 Honda, clean title, well maintained, 124K miles.
I'm not looking to sell it privately because I'd like to sell it before my move.
I take my KBB instant cash offer to a dealer and am anticipating the usual negotiation.
However, I was NOT expecting this....
Dealer comes back after initial review with the CARFAX. "Potential Odometer Rollback"
Come to find out, 5 years ago in another state, I had taken my vehicle to get the engine mount replaced at a reputable mechanic, or so I thought. They recorded my mileage at 170K miles. Not even a year before that on the CARFAX, odometer reading was 92K miles. So you mean to tell me between years 10 and 11 of owning the vehicle, I drove it another 80K miles? Not a chance lol
So clearly, the mechanic made a clerical error or lied for some reason, my thought to potentially offer to buy it from me and point to the mileage to get a better deal. What doesn't help the situation is I brought the vehicle back to the same mechanic 6 months later and they reported the odometer at 176K miles.
2 months after that, I take the vehicle for an oil change elswhere and the odometer is reported at 110K miles. 1 month later, I take the vehicle back to the mechanic who made the error/lie, and he reported it at 111K miles.
This, of course, ruins the credibility of my KBB instant cash offer. I don't believe a dealer will buy this without sending it to auction.
I'm going to call the mechanic that ****ed up my odometer reporting 5 years ago when they're open to fix this with CARFAX, but I doubt they're going to be amenable to fixing it considering I live nowhere near and its been 5 years. If they don't play ball, I figure I'll threaten with a civil lawsuit.
What would you do here, besides the above/trying to sell the vehicle privately?
Expensive lesson learned... always take a pic of the odometer before having vehicle serviced and always double check what they report the mileage at in the paperwork.