lo cierto es que un vehículo hace regularmente 20.000 kms anuales y es lo que se estima minimamente, esto debe estar acorde a otros factores de desgaste como ser:
la textura del volante se alisa con el uso en los costados superiores y traseros, superficie del agarre de palanca de cambios, gomas de los pedales de aceleración, freno o embrague- también los pestillos de cierre de puertas si son manuales- corroborar especialmente el odometro.
en USA el solo hecho de tenerlo alterado significa carcel y cualquier policía que lo observe irregular DEBE proceder en el tema, aunque solo le estén preguntando por una calle.
?Como es esto?
los odometros o velocimetros como los llamamos acá son muy sensibles a la manipulación y ante la menor presión que sufren ( como para moverlos un poco) quedan desalineados y jamas se podrán alinear correctamente.
Como por ejemplo este odometro que les muestro "podria" estarlo.
A veces es mejor comprar uno con mas kilometraje y no otros con tan pocos kilometros que uno se pregunta para que lo habran tenido? para ir al supermercado?
CÓMO DETECTAR EL FRAUDE ODOMETER?
Mira el desgaste de los vehículos, en especial el pedal acelerador, pedales de freno y embrague, para asegurarse de que parece coherente y adecuado para el número de kilometros que aparece en el odómetro
Tome un mecánico de confianza con usted para examinar el coche
Consulte en una tienda que vendió el vehículo anteriormente por las copias de formularios de revelación del odómetro del vehículo
Pida ver el título y comparar el kilometraje con el odómetro del vehículo. Asegúrese de examinar el título de cerca si la notación kilometraje parece alterado o es de alguna manera no es fácil de leer
Comparar el kilometraje en el odómetro con el kilometraje indicado en el mantenimiento del vehículo o en los registros de inspección. Además, la búsqueda de cambio de aceite y pegatinas de mantenimiento en las ventanas, marcos de puertas, guantera o debajo del capó
Compruebe que los números en el indicador del odómetro se alinean correctamente. Si son corruptos,desalineados, tienen vacíos o se sacuden al golpear en el tablero con la mano.
Examine los neumáticos. Si el odómetro de su vehículo muestra 20.000 millas o menos, debería tener los neumáticos originales. Si no lo son, que deberían haber sido sustituidas por otras mejores, si usted ve los neumáticos que son peores que los originales, entonces algo debe haber salido mal
RESUMEN
La detección del fraude del cuentakilómetros de los organismos de aplicación de la ley puede ser difícil y requerir mucho tiempo. Para el delincuente sin embargo, la manipulación del cuentakilómetros representa un método de riesgo relativamente bajo de lograr la riqueza personal considerable. Pueden pasar años antes de que los consumidores dan cuenta de que ha sido víctima de fraude del cuentakilómetros reversión, si es que lo hacen. En raros casos en que los concesionarios atrapados por usted, que con entusiasmo negociar un acuerdo financiero con el cliente a fin de evitar la publicidad negativa y posibles problemas con la ley. Millaje reversión y sistemas de blanqueo de título puede variar de crudo brillante. Son simplemente por la imaginación del delincuente. Ni las barreras geográficas y los requisitos de titulación se presentan como obstáculos para las personas que se han comprometido a llevar a cabo sus planes
Debo aclarar que la parte traducida proviene del foro patagonia usuario: biodiesel mussoJames Bernstein, Newsday, Wednesday, June 8, 2005 escribió: LINK publicacion:"Odometer Fraud: A Crime That's Spinning Out Of Control
Feds Say Mileage Is Rolled Back On 450,000 Cars A Year
You open your favorite newspaper or log on to your favorite online service and spot what you think is a great car deal: a 3-year-old Toyota Camry with only 30,000 miles for $13,000.
The seller insists on driving the Camry to your house, hands you the keys and lets you take it to your mechanic for a checkup. Later, after you agree to the asking price, you get the title.
A few days after, you have a question and phone the seller. You get a recorded message saying the phone has been disconnected. The seller has vanished.
You've been had
You check Carfax or another information service and learn the Camry you bought actually has 50,000 miles on its odometer, not 30,000. According to the Kelley Blue Book, an industry bible, the price should have been about $10,000. You've been taken for $3,000.
Used car scams is one of the modern era's oldest professions and is among the biggest of the scams is odometer fraud. In the New York metropolitan area, the crime is almost out of hand, say federal investigators, who complain they don't have enough manpower to deal with the problem.
"It's just rampant," Richard Morse, chief of odometer fraud investigation for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in Washington, D.C., said of odometer fraud in the metro area. What makes the crime so prevalent in this region is the large number of high-priced cars in New York City, Long Island and elsewhere, he said.
"My staff is small," Morse said, explaining that he has only one investigator to work on cases in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. "We can only do so much."
Widespread problem
Indeed, the problem of odometer fraud is daunting. Morse estimates that at a minimum, about 450,000 cars a year across the country have their odometers "spun" by criminals, some acting on their own and some who are members of gangs. The NHTSA estimates that odometer tampering costs U.S. consumers as much as $10 billion annually in inflated car prices.
It might seem that, with digital odometers so prevalent these days, such fraud would be harder. But, Morse said, it's even easier.
"A lot of mechanical odometers had some tamper resistance built into them," he said. "If you were not careful, you would break them. With a digital odometer, all you need is an interface between a laptop computer and a control module, where the [odometer] information is stored. Then, you type in the right codes, and that reprograms the odometer," said Morse, who has been managing the federal government's odometer program since its inception in 1978.
Federal regulators say that big, organized rings that "spin" odometers work in this area. Each one, government investigators say, turns over thousands of autos each year. A particularly hardworking criminal may turn over as many as 80 to 100 cars annually, government investigators say.
Organized rings that purchase, say, a 2-year-old car with 80,000 miles on the clock and roll it back to 20,000 miles can then sell the car for $4,000 more than its actual market value, the investigators say.
The American Automobile Association says the very nature of the used car market in the United States makes it fertile ground for fraud. Cars can change hands several times before they reach a used car lot, and fraud can occur at almost any step in the process, AAA said.
A federal crime
"Unscrupulous operators can commit fraud by changing the odometer reading, cleaning the vehicle to make it appear to an untrained eye that the vehicle has been driven fewer miles and sometimes washing the title," AAA said, referring to a practice of having new, lower mileage titles issued in states that allow this to occur.
Only in America
The United States is believed to be the only country in the world that has federal criminal penalties for odometer fraud. It is illegal to reset or alter an odometer with the intent to change mileage or to file a false odometer disclosure statement, federal regulators say. One recent law, the Truth in Mileage Act, requires the seller to disclose the vehicle's mileage on the title when a car's ownership is transferred. The title, the law says, must be printed by a secure process to decrease the possibility of counterfeiting or altering titles.
But people do get caught. Last year, regulators say, there were 14 convictions nationwide for fraud. "These are cases where everyone went to prison," Morse said.
One of the most famous cases last year involved an Tulsa, Okla., man, William Satterfield, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy and odometer tampering. What made the case unusual is that Satterfield was chairman of the Oklahoma Used Motor Vehicle and Parts Commission from April 1995 until November 1996. He was responsible for law-enforcement activities for the state involving car dealerships. He was sentenced to a 50- month jail term, and was ordered to pay a $7,500 fine and $1,337,000 in restitution.
Fast-growing crime
Federal officials say odometer fraud is on the rise nationwide because sales of used cars are increasing, the result of the fast-rising prices of new cars and a growing number of late-model used cars coming off leases.
The rising prices of used cars make the crime of odometer tampering a lucrative one. But what makes federal investigators' jobs more difficult is that some odometer criminals are expert at "washing" titles.
Morse said washing is sometimes done by changing the mileage on the title certificate, then reregistering the car in a different state where motor vehicle officials sometimes ignore alterations, even obvious ones, and issue titles with the new, lower mileage. Some of the scammers are expert at altering titles, turning a 7 into a 2, an 8 into a 3 or a 9 into a 4.
And the hunt for criminals is made none the easier by scarce manpower.
How to tell if mileage has been spun
How can you tell if your odometer has been rolled back? It's not very easy, but there are some telltale signs:
- The mileage shown on the odometer is low but the tires already have been replaced.
- Screws in the dashboard are missing or are misaligned, mostly around the gauge cluster.
- Traces of fingerprints are visible in the dust that accumulates on the odometer's numbers.
- The numbers are scratched, particularly near the edges.
- Numbers are misaligned, particularly those showing larger denominations.
- You have a mechanic check out the car, and he tells you he doubts the mileage is accurate.
Are there any steps you can take before you buy to make sure the odometer reading is accurate? You can:
- Look for oil stickers, service records or warranty cards that may reflect the true mileage.
- Ask to see the odometer statement, which the seller received when he bought the vehicle.
- Try to contact the previous owner, even if you're buying the car from a dealer.
- Get hold of the previous owner's name by contacting a state Department of Motor Vehicles office and providing it with the vehicle identification number (VIN), which is visible through the front windshield on the driver's side of the car.
- James Bernstein, Newsday, Wednesday, June 8, 2005
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