Tonight, our cameras catch state investigators cracking down on odometer fraud at a West Valley car dealer. The dealer claims innocence, but investigators claim that more than 100 cars were rolled back eight and a half million miles. Turns out, the odometer fraud industry is a big part of the used car buying here in our state. As ABC15 investigator Joe Ducey shows us, most sellers get away with it and buyers never know. You're undercover shopping for used cars. It's only $15 at a great price, but we know the odometer has been rolled back. A used car epidemic in the valley. "What percentage of cars sold used do you think have rolled back odometers?" "Good 70%." The magnitude of the problem, of course, is huge. Cars sold with hundreds of thousands of miles just wiped off the records. You never know. "That's our 400,000 miles, right?" And a system that allows it to happen. "There's nobody doing anything about it at least underneath 60,000, that was what I was looking for." Like many of us, Jim searched Craigslist and found this 2004 Honda Accord with 47,000 miles. His mechanic checked it out. "So, you gave $9,900 cash?" "Yes." He got the title, then he ran a CARFAX report. It was 163,100 thousand miles more than the odometer showed. "I got school records that show what happened next." Jim traded the Accord to Showcase Honda in Phoenix, which titled it with the real miles, 197,950. They sold it at auction to Trans USA of California, and now the car has just 48,000 miles. Then it's sold again. "I've got some news about your car." The ABC15 investigators tracked the Accord to this Phoenix family surprised about its past. "So, 197,000, what do you think about that?" "That's crazy!" The...
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