Here are 10 states nationwide with the most vehicles with rolled-back odometers, nine of which saw increases this year
Centreville, Va.—New data shows that odometer rollbacks are on the rise nationwide, according to CARFAX. Roughly 2.1 million vehicles on the road have had their odometer rolled back — up 14% since 2021, or an additional 300,000 vehicles. Consumers lose an average of $4,000 in value from unknowingly buying a rolled-back car — and that doesn’t include any unexpected maintenance costs.
“Odometer fraud didn’t go away with the introduction of digital odometers,” said Patrick Olsen, Editor-in-Chief for CARFAX. “We’re still seeing the number of vehicles on the road with a rolled-back odometer rise year-over-year. It takes con artists only a matter of minutes to wipe thousands and thousands of miles off a vehicle’s odometer.”
Add to that simplicity a market where used car prices continue to run high, and it’s an enticing situation for scam artists.
These are the 10 states nationwide with the most vehicles with rolled-back odometers. Nine of the 10 saw increases this year:
- California: 469,000, up 7.2%
- Texas: 277,000, up 12.8%
- New York: 100,000, up 9.0%
- Florida: 85,400, up 1.4%
- Illinois: 79,000, up 7.6%
- Pennsylvania: 69,600, up 2.1%
- Georgia: 67,600, up 4.0%
- Arizona: 57,000, up 4.8%
- Virginia: 56,000, unchanged
- North Carolina: 49,000, up 8.2%
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