Is it legal to sell a truck with the incorrect mileage displayed ?

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  1. DUNE-T

    DUNE-T Road Train Member

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    You can also change ecm and then nothing will show right miles
     
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  3. Shutupandkeeptruckin

    Shutupandkeeptruckin Bobtail Member

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    Yes.. they have fixed the drag link this morning..! 2006 Volvo vnl 670 automatic
     
  4. Brandonpdx

    Brandonpdx Road Train Member

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    I cant believe they haven't figured out how to sneak that 7th digit onto the factory odometer to keep it very clear how many miles it has. (Outside of fraudulent tampering of course)
     
  5. Farmerbob1

    Farmerbob1 Road Train Member

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    It might be for the same reason that a lot of companies and government offices have horribly outdated software. It is very possible that the software they use in their hardware has changed. Their new software guys don't know the old code. It would cost an arm and a leg to have someone come in freelance to do the work.

    That's why there is still COBOL in the world.
     
  6. LumbraX

    LumbraX Medium Load Member

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    Mine is titled 08 built in 07 and it shows 7th digit.
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  7. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I had a 03 Columbia. It showed it. It went from 999999.9 to 100000 0. Had a space where the decimal point used to be and didn't show tenths anymore but the miles kept going up. Had 115900 0 when I quit. Even more amazing was that the engine was a Mercedez.
     
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  8. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    My w900 shows 1 million 340,000 ish miles.

    But not all vehicles have that capability. Specially older vehicles.

    There's also a law that vehicles over 10 years are exempt from miles.

    I don't know if that's included in the federal odometer act of 1972. I"m too lazy to dig that up right now.
     
  9. 86scotty

    86scotty Road Train Member

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    Perhaps the manufacturers put a 7th digit on trucks they know will last that long (like Volvo) and not on ones they know won't.

    You're welcome.
     
  10. MagicMan22

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    No it’s not illegal as long as it is disclosed...although in some states it doesn’t matter at all
     
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  11. Shutupandkeeptruckin

    Shutupandkeeptruckin Bobtail Member

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    Clarity:: 2007 Volvo VNL 10th anniversary series 260000. On dash... if possible please help me figure out the accuracy of the vehicle mileage I have the vin I can up load.
     
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