urgent advice needed please bought a car...

downs523

its mileage has been changed, says 66k on clock but vw informs me its last been serviced 2008 with 75k on it? what do i do with regards to the person who sold it me? had it for about a month now.

vaio

dealer or private sale? how old & how much?

downs523

private, bought for 6700, had 65k on clock,55 reg golf vw says its done 75k last spring 08 on last service, nothing came back on hpi check

downs523

got sellers mobile and address, just want to know if its against the law and what to do next

vaio

If the person who sold it to you had owned it from new then they must have changed the mileage. If they weren’t the only owner then proving who changed it and when is going to be the problem.

If it was advertised as only having 66k but actually has 75k then that’s false advertising but whether a private seller is liable for innocent mistakes in adverts I’m not sure.

I’m also not sure about the miles, taking 10k off hardly seems worth the trouble and risk, could it be the 75k at VW was a mistyped 57k? What does the rest of the history say? What about MOTs?

downs523

mot this june with mileage from whats on car is correct, but then they only read it from the car so this is not accurate, the 75k service last year was at vw, that could have been alot higher by the time the seller got it as its over a year old so it would have been more than 10k knocked off. last owner before was hsbc vehicle finance company., looked at last 2 service history stamps and im thinking there fake as they do not come up on vw system and the postcodes are not recognised

x-cupcake-x

You can see what history was recorded at MOTs here
http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/

You'll need the reg no, and document reference number from the V5 or MOT test number from the [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif,sans-serif][SIZE=-1]VT20 MOT Test Certificate[/SIZE] [/FONT]

Are they saying it's had the 75k service done or was done at 75k, if a car is low on miles the dealer will still stick to the service schedule for example my last service was the 100k service but it has only done 80k

downs523

thanks for the above its got a previous mot at 98k miles!!!!!! what do i do now???

downs523

x-cupcake-x wrote: »

You can see what history was recorded at MOTs here
http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/

You'll need the reg no, and document reference number from the V5 or MOT test number from the [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif,sans-serif][SIZE=-1]VT20 MOT Test Certificate[/SIZE] [/FONT]

Are they saying it's had the 75k service done or was done at 75k, if a car is low on miles the dealer will still stick to the service schedule for example my last service was the 100k service but it has only done 80k

it was last serviced when it had 75k on the clock last year spring time nt sure if it was the 75k service. this car had 98k on clock jan this year so its definatly been changed! can i legally get a refund or money backetc...

hartcjhart

contact the seller and ask how long they have owned the car(say nothing at this time about mileage)if only a short time they may have clocked it,
then say you have checked the history and that it has been clocked and before you go to the police you will give him a chance to give you your money back,
if he says nothing to do with him then you need to find out who the previous owner to him was

knocking 20k of a clock may not sound a lot BUT it does make a difference price wise and for ease of selling

Chippy_Minton_2

So what mileage was on the previous MOT's and service history when you inspected them prior to parting with your cash?