Used car sales warning for buyers as odometer tampering on the rise – and how to avoid it – 7NEWS

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An affordable second-hand car that the previous owner only took to the shops and back: It seems like a deal too good to be true.

That’s possibly because, with a recent rise in odometer tampering, it is.

A 7NEWS Brisbane investigation has revealed how easy it is for a prospective car seller to have their odometer wound back, with an undercover journalist successfully having 160,000km wiped off an 1997 Mercedes in exchange for $150.

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