- A used car dealer in Indianapolis is being sued by the State of Indiana for rolling back odometers on at least 216 vehicles.
- The state alleges the combined mileage of the rollbacks was at least 14,058,135 miles.
- The state is seeking consumer restitution, damages, and civil penalties.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has filed a lawsuit against KBB Auto Sales alleging they rolled back the odometers on at least 216 vehicles and then sold them to unsuspecting customers. Even worse, the Attorney General’s Office says these weren’t just small rollbacks but massive ones that totaled more than 14 million miles (22,530,816 km) combined.
To put that staggering number into perspective, the average rollback would be 64,815 miles (104,310 km) per vehicle. Furthermore, NASA notes the average distance to the moon is 238,855 miles (384,400 km), so the combined rollback is the equivalent of 29 trips to the moon and back.
In the lawsuit, the State of Indiana said the dealership would purchase vehicles at auction and then “significantly” lower their mileage. This was reportedly done by either replacing the instrument cluster or using an odometer rollback tool…