Vehicle Mileage Check Query

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Wed 21 Apr 2004 12:31
Vehicle Mileage Check Query - leigh1
I recently traded in a BMW 318CI for a BMW 325CI. The 318CI was bought used by me from a BMW dealer under the approved used scheme with 10K on the clock. Shortly after I did this I got a letter from Vehicle Mielage Check asking me to confirm the mileage when I bought the car and when I sold it.

I thought no more of this until I got a letter today saying that the information I had provided conflicted with other information they had on the vehicle which said it had 19K on the clock at the time I bought it and asking for proof of the mileage I stated. I can provide this proof from the orignal invoice.

If it eventually turns out that the vehicle had 19K on the clock when I bought it and hence 9K more miles than stated when I sold it, where do I stand. Can I be held liable and could the dealer whom I bought the new car off claim from me. Or is it a case of buyer beware (the dealer) and does the fact that the transaction has been completed remove any further liability from me.

Having said that I\'ll be pretty upset if I\'ve paid a premium for an approved used car and been sold one with a changed mileage!

Any advice / thoughts appreciated.
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Wed 21 Apr 2004 12:57
Vehicle Mileage Check Query - DavidHM
9k miles simply isn\'t worth clocking back; I\'d put this down to the fact that the 9 and the 0 are next to each other on a keyboard.

Sorry.
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Wed 21 Apr 2004 17:33
Vehicle Mileage Check Query - Cardew
Who are "Vehicle Mileage Check?"
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Wed 21 Apr 2004 20:24
Vehicle Mileage Check Query - martint123
They're and outfit that pester people who sell cars and then charge others for the information you give them.
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Wed 21 Apr 2004 20:38
Vehicle Mileage Check Query - Blue {P}
It's quite a worthwhile service if you ask me, they go to the trouble of collating mileage information about thousands of cars, storing it on computer, and making it instantly available to the used car buyer for a small fee. Naturally they are a business and have to make this charge to stay afloat, if they weren't around then there would be no tool at all to prevent the clocking of cars.

We automaticlly submit the details of all of our trade-in vehicles to VMC to help prevent them from being clocked in the future.

Blue
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Wed 21 Apr 2004 20:45
Vehicle Mileage Check Query - Cardew
A service that DVLA were supposed to be providing see

www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=20407
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Thu 22 Apr 2004 11:13
Vehicle Mileage Check Query - And1
Vehicle mileage check is part of the experian group.
A similar group - Independent Vehicle Mileage Association
is run by HPi.
They are trade only databases. All reputable dealers, auction
houses etc will have access to one of these.
Data is sourced from the DVLA, BVRLA, RMI etc.
Recently experian has set up a stand alone mileage check
to the public. The site is www.wisemileage.co.uk, although
it is currently under maintenance. Halford also offer this
over the phone.
Who are "Vehicle Mileage Check?"
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