I did not get any replys under the on the svt forum so I posted it here looking for one...I was looking at getting a 2003 Cobra from a guy so I ran a CARFAX on it and everything came back clean expect it said it had a "Potential Odometer Rollback" So I asked him and he said that was a mistake and it was another car...On 5/25/07 it was registered with 18,917 and on the same day at the same DMV it was registered with 49,834...I does sound kinda weird but my question is I have a 1997 Cobra and if you take apart the dash you can roll the odometer back, but I think on the 2003 Cobra it is digital electronic reading..Is there a way to rollback the Odometer if it's one that has a digital display? Thanks for reading ...peace

 

the dealer can do it for good reasons

 

well since it is controlled by software one would assume anyone could do it as long as they had the proper programming knowledge...

 

Thanks for the reply's...It is a private seller but he says that car fax is messed up! I just figured that you would have to kinda reset the hole computer back to 0 miles if you messed with it..

 

I thought the dash cluster had it's own memory in it?? But it also correlates to the PCM as well.. If that's the case, then it could've been a swap out.. Not sure why, since it wouldn't be all that cheap, even going through a junk yard..



JT

 

Yea I thought it was a great deal of work for the average person...I think it is just a mess up. I started looking for stuff on Google about CARFAX reports not being all that accurate and have bogus claims on there. I saw tons and tons of posts from people that are raising hell at there so called "Accurate Reports" good and bad ones....I don't know.... when I go to look at it I will be able to tell if it has 50,000 miles on it..Thanks

 

its pretty easy to change mileage with a friend at a ford dealer