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Inspection Company Claims Clocking Is On the Rise
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 AiM Mobile Inspections reports a growing trend of tampered digital odometers among off-lease vehicles in the Northeast. AiM, which reviews up to 9,000 off-lease vehicles each month in the region, has seen an estimated 30 percent increase since January 2011 in the number of vehicles with potential odometer tampering.
AiM identifies digital mileage tampering by combining these techniques: - Reviewing tires for wear and tear, if they match each other and the original manufacturer sales specifications.
- Inspecting seat, upholstery, gas pedal and brake pedal wear and tear.
- Conducting an auto history report that shows the vehicles paper trail as it relates to accidents, odometer issues, title brand and frame damage.
- Conducting an engine and transmission fluid analysis. Technicians scrutinize the fluid by parts-per-million, comparing data to original manufacturers standards to identify how the vehicle has been maintained. Results of the AiM Certified inspection show if a vehicles engine and transmission components have been overheated, raced, filled with additives to disguise mechanical problems or flooded. If AiM determines that the odometer might have been tampered with, further investigation includes identifying repair and reviewing maintenance sensors status in modern cars.
With analog odometers, AiM looks for: - Misaligned numbers, particularly ones showing larger denominations.
- Missing or misaligned screws in the dashboard around the gauge cluster.
- A replaced dashboard or entire instrument panel.
Tampering with an odometer is a federal offense and was written before the standardization of digital odometers in new vehicles. However, since 1992, Americans have purchased millions of vehicles with digital odometers that can be rolled back.
In fact, fraudsters need to look no farther than the Internet to find a YouTube video titled Mileage Correction Tool Review Top 10.
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