Interpretation ID: aiam1322
Somerset Motors Inc.
U.S. Highway 22
White House
NJ 08888;
Dear Mr. Teeling: This is in reply to your letter of October 15, 1973, concerning th means by which you can establish that the odometer on a car you have purchased has been reset.; Without detailed information about the car and about the circumstance which lead you to believe that the odometer has been altered, we can only offer a broad outline of the possible methods of proof. One source might be a former owner who had registered more miles on the odometer when he sold the car than are shown upon subsequent resale. Another source might be a repair shop or service station that had worked on the car and recorded its earlier mileage. A third source would be physical evidence on the car itself: excessive engine wear, excessive brake lining wear, or physical marks of tampering on the odometer or odometer cables. We would be interested to learn of the outcome of your situation.; Yours truly, Richard B. Dyson, Assistant Chief Counsel