BelizeBreeze
Senior Member
None of this matters until you get an opinion as to the age of the module and the correct reading on the odometer.Supmom810 said:This is the way the deal went:
Drove to Orlando to look at the car my son saw on a website.
Dealer said car was "loaded" and in excellent shape with no mechanical problems.
Dealer said they just put a new paint job on car approx. 2 months ago.
Dealer took my son for a test drive. Never said anything about the odometer and my son said he did not notice it while on the test drive. During the test drive it was making a clicking noise while turning and the stereo was not working. Once they got back to the lot, son asked about the clicking. Dealer asked his mechanic to look at it. They told us that it needs new springs, looked as though the previous owner lowered the car.
My son has a pair of springs from his old Honda that his father bought for him as a "fix it upper" that didn't get fixed.
Mechanic said the speakers were taken out of the car by the previos owner. That was ok too, my son was going to change them out anyhow.
Signed a contract
The car is a 1995 Honda Civic EX, 5 spd. and the selling price was $5,495.
Odometer Disclosure Statement was included in the contract and states that the odometer nows reads 159617 and that to the best of their knowledge it reflects the actual miles on the car. Nothing was checked about exceeding the mechanical limits or that they are miles unknown.
Then we signed the bill of sale that showed the car was sold "As Is" and the seller makes no warranties.
Certification of Pollution Control Devices or Systems was also part of the contract.
We signed everything, gave him the down payment and left.
We went half a block to get gas and there was no gas cap, turned around, they gave us a gas cap.
Once we got on the turnpike, son called and said his Speedometer was not working. We pulled off at the first rest stop, I called the dealer from my cell phone, he told us that the speedometer sensor module was just replaced and that it may have become diconnected and when we got home to remove the screws, and see if the pin was pushed in. The pin was in and we reconnected it, still does not work. I asked my son what the miles read and he told me 159617.
I again called the dealer the next day. He said try and stretch the pin and if that didnt work to get someone else to look at it, we might have to buy a new one for around $90 and have someone to fix it. I asked him how long he had the car and he said for about a month. When I asked why he replaced the module, he just said they needed to. I then asked how that would effect the title and odometer disclosure and he said it would not effect it at all.
I did not mean for this to turn "ugly" on here. I just wasn't sure how this should have been reported, if we should have been told about this at the time of the deal and if this was considered odometer fraud.
Thank you for everyone's advise. I will let you know what the service guy says tomorrow.
Did you check the car history as advised on the Florida Secretary of State's website or did I post that just to hear myself type?