Dealer Pleads Guilty to Odometer Fraud
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The trusted voice of the auto industry for more than 25 years 5 February 2016 www.autofile.co.nz Issue 2-2016 In this issue Dealer pleads guilty p7 Motorsport icon liquidated p10 Profile on Tony Everett p12 Kia’s glimpse into future to odometer fraud p13 Drop in car sales tipped he effects clocking cars (MVSA), which aims to promote and vehicle has travelled a distance less p14 Japan avoids recession have on the automotive protect the interests of buyers. than what it has actually done. industry, road safety and The registrar, who oversees the The court heard that clocking p16 Knowledge of law key Tconsumers have been highlighted work of the Motor Vehicle Traders cars is usually achieved by replacing in a conviction secured by the Register (MVTR), told the court that the instrument cluster with one registrar of motor-vehicle traders. Pender clocked four different cars. from a similar vehicle or replacing The prosecution of Carl Francis They included a 1996 Honda the chip that holds the reading. Pender resulted in him pleading Civic hatchback, 2003 Toyota Estima It can also be done by accessing guilty to four charges of tampering Hybrid E-Four and 1996 Honda CR-V. the on-board diagnosis port with with odometers without reasonable The most extreme example of specialised equipment and corrupting excuse when he appeared in his odometer tampering related the chip with a lower reading. Specialised Christchurch District Court. to a 1995 Honda Accord station The MVSA recognises there may The legal action was taken by wagon, which was wound back by be occasions when it’s necessary to training that’s the registrar because what he did about 184,000km. alter or remove the odometer, so it’s proven to breached sections 13 and 99 of It is an offence under the MVSA only an offence to tamper with one increase profits the Motor Vehicle Standards Act for someone to make it appear a “without reasonable excuse”. 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