ODOMETER TAMPERING AND FRAUD
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      The cost and value of a vehicle is based upon its mileage.  Under federal law, an automobile dealer is required to certify to the odometer reading.   The odometer history may be misrepresented, though odometer fraud is decreasing with vehicle history tracked by Carfax. 

Free consultation on your odometer fraud case, 973-257-9400

      Our office handles odometer rollback claims.  The position of automobile dealers in odometer fraud cases is usually the following:

• first, suggest that the odometer was not really rolled back, and there is simply an error,
• secondly, if it did occur, explain that the dealer has been in business for over 20  years, and would never deliberately alter an odometer, in view of the penalties involved.   Instead, the dealer professes, we are as much a victim as you (this may be coupled with a promises to do a complete investigation)      
• thirdly, suggest that the consumer has received substantial use of the vehicle which should offset any claim.
  
  To respond to these arguments, it is generally useful to have an attorney experienced in lemon law and automobile fraud.  You should also obtain the vehicle history from Carfax  www.carfax.com and from your state motor vehicle agency.  We argue that the dealer's professed lack of knowledge of consumer fraud is irrelevant.  If the vehicle was sold with an altered odometer, the dealer is liable and if others are responsible, it is the dealer's responsibility to locate them.   Rollbacks are usually done by a third party, two or three levels removed from the dealer, though sometimes the dealer frequently knows something is wrong.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE OF THIS LAW OFFICE

Howard A. Gutman has successfully handled over 200 lemon law, automobile breach of warranty, and odometer  cases. He is the author of the leading article on the lemon law published in the New Jersey Law Journal. He also wrote the Year 2000 Legal Handbook, a book dealing with computer warranties, and is considered a leading authority on all types of warranties.

Prior to establishing his practice, Mr. Gutman was employed by one of the leading law firms in New Jersey and a prominent international law firm located in the Wall Street area. He has appeared on Good Day New Jersey been interviewed by NBC Nightly News and Newsday, and his cases have been profiled in the Star Ledger and New York Times.

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