Linus72

Hello,
I'm writing this for a buddy of mine who recently bought a 2012 Lexus is250.
He bought it from Michigan and it was driven to him. I think he paid $12k or similar, I'm in Virginia.
So, he asked me to take it to O'Reilly's and do a code scan on it and it said p0750, etc.
However, at the top corner of the printout it said the car has 140K miles- but the OD in the car says 72,550??
WHat gives??
If my buddy got ripped like this it's probably a felony to change the OD isn't it?
Thanks for any advice.
I'm not sure if he got it from used car dealer or private I'll ask him.

Margate330

Welcome to Club Lexus and your 1st post!

Oh man, what you're reporting doesn't sound good at all.

mmarshall

Welcome to CL.

Definitely sounds like it needs some investigation....could very well be a rollback.

Modern digital odometers are much more difficult to roll back than the old ones where you just hooked up a drill to the mechanical cable, but are not impossible.

In rare instances (and I've had this happen once), odometers and/or dash-screens have to be replaced for various reasons (failure, damage, theft, etc...) and the new odometer starts over at 0 mileage. But, when that happens, Federal law in the U.S. requires a sticker to be attached to the vehicle (often on the door-jamb) documenting the odometer-change at whatever mileage, so that the vehicle's true mileage can be determined.

Linus72

Thanks for answering, will be there in a bit and will look on door jamb. He actually paid $14,000 and I know he said it was advertised as having 72k.
$14k is a bit much for a 146k car so I think there's some **** in the game.
It says it's a federal crime and interstate crime too.

jimbosr1

Did your friend get a Carfax on the vehicle before he bought it?

Trackruner

Download the app "Carfax car care" and put his plate or VIN into it. It should show you all the mileage.

Striker223

Digital odometers are extremely easy to adjust to whatever mileage you want, or you just swap a lower mile cluster in if you are trying to scam someone.

jimbosr1

With the right software changing a digital ODO takes seconds to do.

Linus72

Ok thanks.
he said he got it from copart auction site.
I looked and there are no stickers on any door, etc.
Ok I'll check out the Carfax app.

jimbosr1

Copart auction, you win the bid you own it. Rolled back or not,as is sale.

Margate330

Yeah, this whole deal is sounding worse and worse.

I'd get a Carfax as mentioned above and an auto check AND Google the vin and see if anything weird shows up.

link13

It sounds like a cluster swap. I don't believe there is any recourse for your friend. Sorry to say it, but buying a car at auction comes with these types of risks.

tex2670

OK, but it's still a crime to roll back the ODO. We don't know who rolled it back, but you can't commit a crime and then say "AS IS Sale!"

Striker223

True but unless you can prove Copart did it or had active knowledge of it being done good luck getting any resolution.....

tex2670

Agreed you have to prove it, but AS IS doesn't absolve anyone from crimes