New car - dodgy mileage?

[Gordon Brown]

No, compare the 09/02/2022 20948 with one year later 03/02/2023 20949.

Oh yes, I see what you mean...

 

[Gordon Brown]

I'm just interested in what might of happened, I appreciate it's not mine or your job to work out what's going on, it's up to the dealer to explain themselves. I suppose the mileage might have got mixed up and recorded oddly because the car was on different plates at different times... I dunno not yours or my job to work that out.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Apparently he also drove 100miles in reverse from 28/02/2023 to 13/03/2023.

 

[DiyNutJob]

An alternative possibility is that The National Mileage register has data corruption. This can be confirmed by looking at the independent MOT histories/certificates. If these show up and down then the meter is definitely bad.

 

[bernardgreen]

I see you are from a different era, with the backward thinking.

An era long gone. when a hand drill on the speedometer cable would run the clock back in no time.

 

[RandomGrinch]

Complete speculation, but the DVLA have been known to be tardy of late.
How long would it take to register a number plate?
If a milage was reported at application, that would be the same number reported at completion.
And if there were any delays (a quick search suggests 4 - 6 weeks is normal), any subsequent recordings (i.e. between application and completion) would show a jump in the milage?

 

[Old Salt]

Put an obd2 scanner on it the cars actual mileage should show up

 

[Gordon Brown]

Put an obd2 scanner on it the cars actual mileage should show up

I've researched that, apparently the OBD2 reading is just an estimate not a real reading. Not sure if that is true, but it's what the internet says

 

[Old Salt]

Pretty sure my bmw records mileage in the ecu? But I wont go to war over it

 

[DiyNutJob]

Pretty sure my bmw records mileage in the ecu? But I wont go to war over it

You can get it just as easily from the dash.

 

[norseman]

When I bought my BMW four years ago (it's an old car, built '98) the history showed two consecutive MOT's where the mileage was listed as 'unrecordable' followed by the next test where the mileage had increased by exactly 10,000m. The tamper dot is showing as well, but for all I know it could be explained by a cluster replacement to rectify the faulty odometer, with the mileage over those two years being estimated.

Anyway the car has been very reliable in my ownership, with zero engine oil consumption, so I'm not concerned if the current 162k is correct.

 

[cdbe]

An era long gone. when a hand drill on the speedometer cable would run the clock back in no time.

Did that on my motorbike years ago but with an electric drill - went really well till the plastic gears melted.