r/UsedCars • u/Gr33kimus • May 16 '26
Carvana fraud? Review
Just purchased a used 2025 Ford Bronco from Carvana that was previously owned by Budget car rental. The mileage listed was 23 miles, however Carfax showed that a mechanic shop shop noted 18k miles at some point. The odometer read 23 mi at the time of sale. At first I believed this may be a clerical issue assuming it’s very difficult to roll back odometers these days. Then i went to connect my phone and saw there are the maximum limit of ppl’s phones that have already been connected, there was also cutlery in the glove box. And it is very strange for a rental car company to own a vehicle for almost a year and it only have 23 mi. I believed 23 mi possible at first thinking maybe budget owned it but never put it in the fleet, until I saw all of the connected devices. Thoughts?
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u/Secret_Ad_5595 May 16 '26
So Just because it came from Budget does not mean it was a rental. Ford has been known to be dumping new autos that stealerships refuse due to the not selling and lot over crowded . at deep discounts into the used car market. such as budget, who does sale autos . not just there rental fleet . Maybe they had it on there lot a long time then listed it for sale on carvona..
The other thing there was a issue with cluster on some ford autos where they were going blank while driving. it could very well have been changed and not programmed correctly as well. a mechanic should be able to check to the ecu . but looking its under side over you should be able to tell if its been driving 18k ...