Odometer Rolled Back On a Used Car

[Jamesp]

I'd provide the seller with an itemized list of monetary damages and walk away from the wasted time. If the seller refused to make me whole monetarily, I'd provide one more chance before going to the law. Either the seller screwed up, in which case the seller needs to settle damages, or its an attempted scam. The sellers attitude will demonstrate which it is.

[BoxsterSteve]

Originally Posted by Jamesp

The sellers attitude will demonstrate which it is.

It could go either way.
You might be in for a fight, or he may be very accommodating. Who knows, he may have bought the car at an auction and been sandpapered by the guy he got the vehicle from.
Sadly, this kind of thing is hardly a random occurrence. The used car industry can be crooked as hell.
Best of luck to your brother and his boy.

[Chuck W.]

Originally Posted by Jamesp

I'd provide the seller with an itemized list of monetary damages and walk away from the wasted time. If the seller refused to make me whole monetarily, I'd provide one more chance before going to the law. Either the seller screwed up, in which case the seller needs to settle damages, or its an attempted scam. The sellers attitude will demonstrate which it is.

Solid advise.

I was helping my son-in-law find a used Toyota 4-Runner. Everything looked great on one.... until we ran a CarFax. The odometer had been rolled back more than 60,000 miles. Seller played dumb.

[911monty]

I will offer to approach with a cool head and see where it goes. Sometimes honest mistakes happen. My son in law had a Volkswagen Jetta he attempted to trade in to Carmax, they reported back speedometer error. In the end turned out that at a service the odometer was entered incorrectly. Even though the error was obvious it was NEVER worked out.