People often tamper odometers of rental cars in order to dodge the correct reading of mileage of those cars. There are several people who also adopt this type of technique in order to sell their old cars at high price rates. Indeed, odometer fraud is considered to be one of the common scams that are prevalent in the automotive industry and the invention of high quality digital odometers prove to be an utter failure to prevent this type of mistake. On the contrary, the experts believe that digital odometers seem to be easier to be manipulated than the analogue odometers. If this type of fraud occurs in a car, then it is seen that an average of fifty thousand miles is effectively wiped out from its system. This article will highlight on a few tips that you should follow to avoid it by all possible means.

Normally, a car runs nearly twelve thousand miles every year. For instance, if you car is four or five years old and if it runs only sixty thousand miles, then it is expected that this type of device of the car seems to be corrupted at some point of time. It is vital that you should check out the total number of miles that are displayed on it. There are a few car manufacturers who set up special odometer programs so that they are able to show asterisk signs when the mileage is effectively altered at any point of time.

The second step is to ask the car manufacturer to display the original title of the car as quickly as possible. If the title is a new one and if the title is from a different state, there is a possibility that it may be a case of title fraud. Plus, you should inspect the total mileage number of the title closely and you should look out if there is any case of smudging problems or tampering issue associated with this type of device. It is vital that the title of the car should be able to display mileage on clean and white background.

You should ask your car manufacturer to provide necessary details such as inspection sticker, maintenance receipt and so on. You should also check if there is any sort of oil change being done in this type of car. Your next step is to scrutinize the exact mileage on receipts as well as inspection stickers and to compare them with the reading of the odometer. Normally, you can find out the inspection stickers on windows, door frames and other relevant parts of the car.

Your next step is to find out loose screws on the dashboard of your car. If the car’s dashboard is not assembled properly, then you should assume that this kind of device has been corrupted at some point of time.

Inspection of floor mat as well as the brake pedal is necessary. If it is worn out or if this type of device shows low mileage, then you may consider it to be a case of this kind of fraud.

The final step is to hire a proficient mechanical to examine the condition of your car. A proficient mechanic will be able to tell you if there are any broken parts on the old car. It is vital to remember if you use new parts on your old car then you do not have to replace these parts unless the car runs up to sixty thousand miles. If you need to replace these parts before sixty thousand miles, then you may consider that it may happen due to this kind of fraud.