[LJK]

Hi there,

So it's come to light I've managed to purchase a car with a milage discrepancy, I've had it 2 weeks and struck upon this information since and kicking myself. So the car bought from a dealership apparently went from 30k in 2024, to 60k in July 2025 down to 34k in December 2025. Upon speaking to the dealership I questioned this and they said its just a mistake on the DVLA/Gov website and the NMR is clear (this actually said there was no odometer reading, no milage discrepancy) I said I don't except this as its a blemish on the record and emailed to say I wish to refuse the vehicle on this premise. After another week try to get hold of them they said the same and that I will have to call the dvla to get the mot milage changed.. not sure how I am supposed to know what the true milage is to actually give them, then they said the manager would do it, and they don't except my request to return within the 30day period. I'm not really sure where to go with this as I don't see any supporting information saying that the MOT reading was actually wrong. So do I trust they are sorting this, and the NMR is more accurate than the Government website? Thanks if you have read this far!

[Beelzebub]

@LJKby far the most likely explanation is a mis-reported mileage by the MOT station in July 2025. AIUI DVLA will not change the record except within the first few days. Anyway, I wouldn't worry about it, and I doubt whether it gives you grounds to reject the vehicle.

BTW the NMR is not "more accurate", it gets the MOT data from DVLA.



BTW there is absolutely

[olduser]

I would have thought, if the car had actually done 60k miles whilst claiming to be only 34k it would show.
Worn carpets drivers side, worn pedal rubbers, service history, condition of seats, dirty gear shift or steering wheel, scuff marks on door sills and door cards, and oil leeks around engine, three or four of these could add up to more than 34k miles.

Otherwise, I agree with Beelzebub (above) it's just an error, and at this stage uncorrectable, if the car is otherwise OK I wouldn't worry about it.

[Santa]

Errors like this are not uncommon. I'm sure I have seen several similar queries on this forum.

Unless you get an engineer's report that says that the car has done 60k+ miles, you have no grounds to refuse the vehicle.

[Rolebama]

I once multiplied the odometer reading on a vehicle I MOTd, X10! I didn't initially see the decimal point. The owner picked up on it, and he took it in good humour. My excuse was that I had never seen an odometer with 10ths of a mile before except on bikes.