Federal Odometer Act

Federal Odometer Act

The Federal Odometer Act, passed in 1972, modified the United States Code to prohibit tampering with a motor vehicle's odometer and to provide safeguards to protect purchasers in the sale of motor vehicles with altered or reset odometers. [http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/49C327.txt 49 USC CHAPTER 327 - ODOMETERS] Office of the Law Revision Counsel]

The Act provides definitions and civil and criminal penalties for odometer fraud.

Interpretations

The Act was intended to protect consumers buying used vehicles from odometer fraud, typically used against sellers who intentionally tamper with an odometer to misrepresent the actually miles an automobile has been driven. However, in 2004 and 2006 there were two class action lawsuits filed that allege American Honda Motor Co Inc and two of its suppliers violated the Federal Odometer Act because the odometers in approximately 6,000,000 Honda and Acura vehicles overstated the actual mileage by 2% to 4% [http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1163194119145 Odometer Settlement May Earn Class Lawyers $9.5 Million in Fees] Law.com] even though the Act contains no provisions for odometer accuracy. Subsequently, Honda changed the tolerance of its odometers from -1%/+3.75% to ±2.5%. [http://www.odosettlementinfo.com/Vaughn%20Final%20Settlement%20Agreement.pdf Settlement Agreement] odosettlementinfo.com]

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