FedEx Named In What Could Be One Of The Largest Odometer Fraud Schemes In U.S. History

Jalopnik ^ | Lawrence Hodge

[Spok]

Really? I mean rolling back speedometers is as American as bait and switch!

[SuperLuminal]

Do not give this much credence, IMHO...

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“...which vehicles had their odometers replaced.”

It’s interesting that they couldn’t just hack the odometer electronics. In fact, the main vehicle computer kept track of total miles irrespective of what the odometer read. They are not very bright not knowing that the main computer was continuing to track total miles and thinking they could get away with the scam by changing the odometer. (if that is indeed correct)

[nickcarraway]

Why?

[nickcarraway]

I didn’t work for Ferris Beuller.

[chajin]

There are two possibilities. One is that the lawsuit is bogus. The other is that FedEx isn’t paying off the necesssary woke groups enough for protection.

[KingLudd]

When I was in high school, we used to unscrew the odo shaft from the transmission of my buddy’s dad’s Delta 88. My friend’s old man used to check the mileage before and after letting him take it out for the night. We also flipped over the air cleaner cover so it made that Rocket 350 sound badass. Oh, by the way, I now drive for FedEx.

[vetvetdoug]

The Memphis mentality is ingrained in the FedX employees that are rolling back the odometers on the old trucks. Memphis and its environs are hotbeds of chop shops and vehicle crime. Every small town near Memphis has a chop shop. Car theft is so bad that churches have to have guards in the parking lots during service because the criminals jack cars there.

[Sequoyah101]

Amazing how flipping the air cleaner made them sound.

[Sequoyah101]

Somebody looking to shake down FEDEX.

[one guy in new jersey]

Meeeeeeeeehhhhhhhmmmmmmmrieeeeeees!

Here’s hoping you eventually turned the corner on basic ethics! LOL

[armourenthusiast]

Back in the seventies, we had the same situation, but just drove around parking lots backwards!

[dragnet2]

Someone that knows what to look for can spot a vehicle being advertised as having 50k miles, if it actually has 150k. There are lots of clues.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

When I was a teenager, all the cheap used car lots had funky paint jobs and odometers that read about 40k miles.

[VeniVidiVici]

I don’t know the particulars of FedEx’s truck purchasing but having driven for them I do know they keep their trucks for a long time.

I’ve personally driven tractors with over a million miles.

I’ve driven vans with well over 200K.

I don’t think it would make sense to rollback the odometer just to get a better deal for it when sold.

[Round Earther]

I had to replace an electronic dashboard on a car and when the new one was installed the car all of a sudden had 40k fewer miles.

[SuperLuminal]

Given the size and history of FEDEX, plus having seen the movie, I have a difficult imagining a “speedometer” scandal...

IAC, here behind enemy lines in Maryland, the only important FEDEX “scandal” is the stadium where the Redskins play...

[xp38]

Fedex when you absolutely positively have to roll back the miles!

[higgmeister]

My Grandfather tried it in the 1950's.   He put the odometer cable on a fan motor and attempted to run it back.   It story in our family was that it would take twenty years to run it all the way back.