May
28
In buying a used car, if the trade-in the dealer accepts from me turns out to have false mileage, am I liable?
Filed Under Buying & Selling
Sumner Kagan
The dealer now says (after we’ve entered into the contract) that the mileage on my car was tampered with. Assuming this is true, and assuming I was not the one who did so (nor anyone associated with me did it) am I liable for breach of contract? Can the Contract be rescinded or altered? If it is true that the mileage is false, I suspect it was done before I bought the car (used when I bought it) 8 years ago.
The dealer now says (after we’ve entered into the contract) that the mileage on my car was tampered with. Assuming this is true, and assuming I was not the one who did so (nor anyone associated with me did it) am I liable for breach of contract? Can the Contract be rescinded or altered? If it is true that the mileage is false, I suspect it was done before I bought the car (used when I bought it) 8 years ago.
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No you should not be held liable because you signed an odometer statement when you bought the car used. and who ever sold it should have known weather or not it was accurate. so it might be up to you to track down the person who sold it to you. The dealer might be pressuring you now but it is there fault because they should have you fill out a appraisal form asking you weather or not the Odo. has been tampered with amongst other important info!
You are in fact liable. When you sign off on your trade in title you are saying that the miles that are on the vehicle are true. The dealer can change your contract by re-doing the deal.