Mileage turned back?

gam3r · 24 Jun 2006 at 18:45

Ok. My sister bought her car back in Febuary/March 2005. The car in question is a Ford Focus CL 1.4L 5DR hatchback with an 02 plate, which was bought from a Ford dealer in London.

At the time of purchase, my sister was told by the sales person that the milage was around the 3500 mark(cant remember the exact figure).

Just for the record, i was not present when my sister bought or struck a deal for the car so she was just buying the car herself so it didn't occur to her that she needed to run any background checks on it(HPI,logbook etc).

Today, while looking at her service logbook for the first time i noticed there is a full service history but the weird thing is that at the first service, there is around 7k~ miles done, at the second service there is 16k~ done and at the third service(done before my sister bought it) there is now 3k~ miles?!

It also says at this particular service there was major work done(a box, ticked) so how on earth did 16k become 3k?

Engine rebuild or something? Could it have been in some sort of major accident? Is it ok for a dealer to sell a car like this, especially being a FORD dealer, without telling us about it?

My sisters first reaction was to think about selling the car a.s.a.p after running a HPI check on it.

Can someone recommend me a company for HPI?

It seems rather weird ; at one service the mileage is 16k(according to the logbook) and at the next it has magically become 3k..

Would you guys sell?

PMKeates · 24 Jun 2006 at 18:47

Short of them realising the odometer was recording at over 5 times the normal rate, and assuming that the mileage at those recorded services was indeed that mileage, then no, I can't imagine they can sell it without mentioning that fact.

Firestar_3x · 24 Jun 2006 at 18:48

Phone up ford and ask for the service reccord for the cars vin number / numberplate, they should be able to tell you, if its done over 16k and the clocks are showing 3k demand your money back in full with compensation or take them to a small claims court.

L0rdMike · 24 Jun 2006 at 18:49

My Fiesta dash board went at around 30k miles. When the part was replaced it showed 0 again and I got the garage to write a letter/note conforming what had happened.

Locky · 24 Jun 2006 at 18:49

id go back to the dealer and demand somert be done about it tbh

gam3r · 24 Jun 2006 at 18:50

So i could call up ford instead of RAC for a HPI check - free?

TiZoR said:
id go back to the dealer and demand somert be done about it tbh

But we have had the car for over a year now?

Firestar_3x · 24 Jun 2006 at 18:51

No need to do an hpi check i don't think that will show how many miles it has done anyways, don't sell it do what i said above.

gam3r · 24 Jun 2006 at 18:52

Call Ford Customer services i assume?

Firestar_3x · 24 Jun 2006 at 18:53

gam3r said:
Call Ford Customer services i assume?

Call the service department, the place you order parts from, ask them to check out your cars service record since your unsure which service it needs next, basically use your grey matter.

V-Spec · 24 Jun 2006 at 19:17

if you've had the car for a year then theres prolly nothing you can do, even if the car had major work the milage would need to be recorded, sounds like a major screw up by them..

gam3r · 24 Jun 2006 at 19:22

When we got that the dash read around 3k as well..