Mileage Awareness Communication - Leased Car

marlot

PierremontQuaker03 said:

So I queried how the lease company got my mileage and they said "the vehicle isn’t being tracked, however we do receive the ‘odometer reading’ plus any ‘fault codes’ from the CANbus on the vehicle, which allows us to (1) advise about potential mileage issues and to advise on service due dates based on time and/or mileage; and (2) to act upon any potential ‘vehicle health issues’ that we may be alerted to".

 

Given the number of people who clock lease cars, this sounds a very sensible idea.

Jenni_D

marlot said:

PierremontQuaker03 said:

So I queried how the lease company got my mileage and they said "the vehicle isn’t being tracked, however we do receive the ‘odometer reading’ plus any ‘fault codes’ from the CANbus on the vehicle, which allows us to (1) advise about potential mileage issues and to advise on service due dates based on time and/or mileage; and (2) to act upon any potential ‘vehicle health issues’ that we may be alerted to".

 

Given the number of people who clock lease cars, this sounds a very sensible idea.

That's news to me. Source for that please?

Grumpy_chap

Jenni_D said:

marlot said:

PierremontQuaker03 said:

So I queried how the lease company got my mileage and they said "the vehicle isn’t being tracked, however we do receive the ‘odometer reading’ plus any ‘fault codes’ from the CANbus on the vehicle, which allows us to (1) advise about potential mileage issues and to advise on service due dates based on time and/or mileage; and (2) to act upon any potential ‘vehicle health issues’ that we may be alerted to".

 

Given the number of people who clock lease cars, this sounds a very sensible idea.

That's news to me. Source for that please?

I never heard of clocking lease cars either. 

I understand the majority of lease cars are not driven by the bill payer so, in those cases at least, it would require some substantial process and complicit behaviour by too many people to ensure that none of them blew the whistle.

However, I can also see on some of the very low mileage private lease deals, the temptation could be there.  In those cases some verification of mileage is a pragmatic measure by the lease company, both for protecting their revenue stream (excess mileage charges) and protecting the value of assets for sale.

m0bov

Is there a device plugged into the diagnostic socket?