Odometer changed 156

[fogsworth]

Not specifically an Alfa post but I'm looking for a bit of advice. I've just bought a 156 from a trader. It was advertised as having 55000 mile on the clock, which it did. I've been checking out the car and found a receipt for changing the odometre at 17,000 miles so it's actually done 72,000. There is also a mention of it in the service book. I'm going to speak to the trader and possibly trading standards. Does anyone know what my rights are.

Cheers

[Groober]

Sorry can't be of much help but you will be much better off asking in General Gassing as it's a bit empty in here.

[wrinx]

Depending on where the odometer was changed it may have had the mileage corrected to show the right mileage...unlikely, but you never know!

I recently read that the ECU memory holds the real mileage but I guess that might mean a visit to the local Alfa dealer to be hooked up.

Ignoring all th above and assuming the dealer sold the car knowing the fault, you have a claim and they could very well be done for the offence. But I suspect they'll plead ignorance and claim not to have seen the invoice (although it is his responsibility to note this). Either way you should easily get a refund...the rest depends how much you want to push.

wrinx

Edited by wrinx on Thursday 17th June 21:55

[Raverbaby]

You could take it to a local garage with alfa software and get the true reading in the ECU.
IIRC the ECU stores it in Km so you would need to convert it to miles.

[fogsworth]

Thanks to you all for replies