odometer rollback

[rfleming]

Is it possible to roll back the digital odometer on a 2001 Pathfinder? I'm selling mine and a prospective buyer checked it out using Carfax. They have and inconsistent odometer reading that signals a possible rollback. I believe it's a clerical error but I would like to know how easy it is to tamper with the millage.

When I brought this subject up at work, a lot of people said it was easy, yet no one really knew much about the actual task, which makes me wonder if it's actually a common practice. Wouldn't there be some safeguards in the odometer to prevent this?

[KoukiS14]

Super easy with a standard odo (just buy a dif gauge cluster)I really don't know with digital -- this is my first vehicle with a digital. I'd like to know as well.

[Pisspi]

I've heard it's easy, but with newer vehicles, I've heard they've made it impossible to roll back without an obvious sign, like something broken on the back of the gauges.

I've come across a used vehicle that had it's odometer rolled back 100,000km!

I asked for his Aircare report to see if it has emissions problems, of course he said it's been thrown out. I went to the Aircare website, typed in the VIN and noticed a big roll back 5 years before.

[KoukiS14]

I've heard it's easy, but with newer vehicles, I've heard they've made it impossible to roll back without an obvious sign, like something broken on the back of the gauges.

I've come across a used vehicle that had it's odometer rolled back 100,000km!

I asked for his Aircare report to see if it has emissions problems, of course he said it's been thrown out. I went to the Aircare website, typed in the VIN and noticed a big roll back 5 years before.

Well, at least you have that. Where I live, the only time an odometer is typically recorded is at purchase. I could buy a car, drive it for 200k miles, then replace the gauge cluster and bring it down to something reasonable -- nobody would know. Not something I'd ever consider doing, but it's just too easy.