Autocom Cars iD

Counter fraud

In counter fraud, the odometer is disconnected, reset or changed to manipulate the displayed mileage. One of the most common forms of used-counter fraud is counter manipulation.

What are the benefits?

Protect yourself from manipulated odometers with Autocom CARS iD. With the extensive Autocom vehicle database, you can be sure that the vehicle has not been tampered with.

With CARS iD you perform a full scan of the vehicle and receive a complete fraud detection report. You can easily identify vehicle counter fraud with this easy-to-use device.

The Autocom CARS iD fraud detection report:

Mileage

Reading out the odometer reading from various systems in the vehicle that record the odometer reading. For example: Airbags, ICM and ABS.

Chassis number (VIN)

Reads the chassis number from various systems. The available systems are presented in the report. For example: CEM, ECM, RMR and SCL.

Error codes

In a simple way you can determine the status of the vehicle from various systems. Read all error codes and get it on a silver platter in the fraud detection report.

CARS iD in practice

The laptop or PC with the CARS iD software installed on it is connected to the vehicle's EOBD connector with an interface. Using a VIN decoder, the chassis number of the vehicle can be scanned, or entered manually.

The analysis starts by clicking on System Scan and selecting the vehicle and engine code. Now CARS iD scans all systems present and available in the vehicle for fault codes, whether the VIN numbers and systems match (and belong together) and odometer readings. When the scan is complete, the data is sent to the Autocom cloud and analysis starts.

Once the analysis is complete, a fraud detection report is produced with all the systems present in the vehicle, possible error codes and VIN's and odometer readings. Deviating information from which it can be concluded that the odometer reading has been manipulated will be marked in red in the report.

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Counter fraud is banned in almost all 28 EU Member States, but a conclusive registration is the major missing factor in most countries. Because there is no control over it, used-counters are reversed in most countries.

The counter position of a vehicle affects the price, safety and maintenance conditions. A car with a low odometer reading is worth more. But if you buy a vehicle with a reversed counter, you often pay too much money and run the risk of unexpected and expensive repairs.

Ten countries, including the Netherlands and Belgium, actually register the counter readings. Counter readings are not exchanged between the countries. In many European countries, used-good odometer readings are reversed simply because they are not checked.

According to Vereniging Aanpak Tellerfraude (VAT) (Tackling Counter Fraud), 264,220 cars with an illogical odometer reading were registered on 1 December 2017. This cost Dutch consumers and businesses 396 million euros.