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Fax report wanting to know about possible recalls there was a flag that said odometer discrepancy. Reporter the report showed an early 2013 the jeep already had 173,000 miles on it. Were talking about 40 more mileage on that thing than i was led to believe it had. Reporter how does it mileage go from 173,000 back to 109,000 . Many of us dont even realize odometer fraud still exists. Reporter many consumers believe that only old analog odometers are susceptible to roll back but digital odometers are actually easier to change. Instead of having to do it by hand manually withly analog odometers its as simper plugging hardware and software into the cars computer and it can be done in seconds. Reporter roll backs happen more often than you might think. Car fax says that in our region alone, over 90,000 vehicles have odometer readings that simi dont add up. Over 60,000 in pennsylvania. 27,000 in new jersey. And 2,000 in delaware. Car fax says it collects data from into thousand sources natio ....
It is a scam that milks american car buyers out of more than a billion dollars every year. Three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan joins us now much this is a problem that could affect a million vehicles on the road today, jim. That is right. Ukee and jessica. When people buy a used car one of the first questions they ask how many miles does it have on it . Dont be surprised if the number youre given isnt accurate. It looked really good on the ebay listing. Mileage was quite residential for a nineyearold car. Reporter with 109,000 miles this jeep seemed like the perfect suv for wayne boss sicks son so he bought it. But when he later ordered a car fax report wanting to know about possible recalls there was a flag that said odometer discrepancy. Reporter the report showed an early 2013 the jeep already had 173,000 miles on it. Were talking about 40 more mileage on that thing than i was led to believe it had. Reporter how does it mileage go from 173,000 back to 109,000 . Many of ....