Rolling back a digital odometer takes minutes and adds thousands to the asking price. Enter the VIN to see the readings on record.
Odometer values captured at services, inspections, sales and registrations, in date order.
Where a later reading is lower than an earlier one — the clearest evidence of tampering there is.
Sudden large increases that do not fit the vehicle's pattern of use.
How the mileage compares against typical Canadian annual distance for the vehicle's age.
Readings as recorded, which matters for imported vehicles where a US odometer reads in miles.
The most recent value on file, to compare against what the dashboard shows you today.
Enter the 17-character VIN from the windscreen, door jamb or registration document.
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Removing 80,000 km from a mid-size sedan can add several thousand dollars to what a seller can ask. The work takes minutes with equipment that is not hard to obtain, and it leaves no physical trace on a digital cluster.
A vehicle imported from the US has an odometer reading in miles. Converted carelessly — or deliberately — that becomes a much lower kilometre figure. Checking the recorded sequence is how you catch it.
One reading proves nothing. A series of readings that rises and then drops proves tampering, because odometers do not run backwards on their own. This is why readings captured over time are the useful thing.
Two otherwise identical cars can differ by thousands purely on odometer reading. It is the number the entire negotiation rests on, which is precisely why it is worth verifying independently.
Readings are listed chronologically with the date and source of each. A normal record climbs steadily — 45,000 km, then 61,000, then 78,000. A rollback breaks that pattern: 112,000 km recorded at a service in 2023, then 74,000 at a sale in 2024. Odometers do not decrease, so a drop like that is not an anomaly to explain away. Gaps in the sequence are more ambiguous; they usually mean nothing was reported in that period rather than that anything was hidden.
See a full sample reportEnter the 17-character VIN. The report lists odometer readings recorded over the vehicle's life with the date and source of each, so you can see whether the sequence rises consistently or breaks.
Yes. Misrepresenting a vehicle's distance travelled is prohibited under federal competition law and provincial consumer protection legislation. That it is illegal has not stopped it from being common, which is why buyers check.
Gaps are normal. A reading is only captured when something is reported — a service, an inspection, a sale, a registration. A gap means nothing was reported in that window. A decrease is the thing that matters, because there is no innocent explanation for it.
Roughly 15,000 to 20,000 km a year is typical, though rural and commuting distances run higher. A car well under that for its age is worth a second look — low mileage is sometimes genuine, and sometimes a rollback that has not been checked.
Yes, and it is particularly worth doing for them. American readings are recorded in miles, and the conversion to kilometres is a common place for a vehicle's apparent mileage to shrink.
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