# how can you tell whether a car mileage is correct?

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**Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\
**Created:** [July 19, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-can-you-tell-whether-a-car-mileage-is-correct/224685 "2012-07-19T03:23:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![tergen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tergen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tergen)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-can-you-tell-whether-a-car-mileage-is-correct/224685/1 "2012-07-19T03:23:37Z")

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how can you tell whether a car mileage is correct? I just purchased a Ford Explorer 2003 from a reputable dealership. The car had 30k miles on it, the tires were not the original…they are Cooper tires …this threw up a flag but…any way to tell if the mileage has been tampered with? I know the odometer could be correct by a tool called [DP3 Digiprog3 Odometer Correction Tool](http://www.xcardiag.com/wholesale/dp3-digipro3-odometer-correction-tool.html), If i shoot you the vin, can you autocheck it for me?

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**Author:** ![briando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@briando](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/briando)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-can-you-tell-whether-a-car-mileage-is-correct/224685/2 "2012-11-19T13:01:19Z")

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honestly, go out to the country and count the telephone poles. i believe 8 is a mile. then if you passed however many in your [nissan](http://www.lsnissan.com/)and the odometer turns, you know its on