Despite digital odometers being used in cars for decades, odometer fraud went up throughout the U.S. in 2022 compared to the previous year. The car market has been unkind to car buyers in the last few months, what with outrageous car prices that are only now starting to come down, but we can also add increased odometer fraud to the list of possible pitfalls.
The practice of rolling back either digital or mechanical odometers in used cars, known as “odometer rollbacks,” increased by seven percent year-over-year with more than 1.9 million cars showing false mileage on the clock. Many people believe that manipulating mileage went by the wayside after odometers went digital, but CarFax claims “it’s never been easier — or cheaper — to remove thousands of miles from a car’s history in one fell swoop.” The company explains that digital odometers can be changed by tamp
Total cases of odometer fraud were reportedly highest in California, but these odometer rollbacks increased sharply in Texas, Florida and Arizona. CarFax says the 10 U.S. states with the most cases of odometer fraud were as follows:
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