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Winding back a car's mileage dial to be banned for dealers

Winding back a car's mileage dial to be banned for dealers

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Car clocking, a practice in which a seller adjusts the odometer to conceal a vehicle's true mileage, will become a prohibited activity once the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 comes into force. Data from carVertical suggests 2.7% of checked UK cars showed signs of clocking between September 2024 and August 2025, with an average rollback of roughly 35,000 miles.

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