Seeking advice - 2016 x3 xDrive35i with odometer issue (minor or not?)

disbechris · 11-10-2020, 03:43 PM

I’m in the market for a used 2016 x3 xDrive35i. I found one that checks all the boxes for me (has M sport package), but it has an odometer discrepancy on its latest Carfax report of about 1.7k miles, this is something I'm trying to get the owner to resolve with Carfax. I live on the west coast and was wondering if these are hard to come by and what a fair price would be for one with around 55k-65k miles? Any thoughts on the odd discrepancy? It could have been a mechanic with fat fingers...

pungo · 11-10-2020, 05:05 PM

Welcome to the forum.

I would not be concerned with such a small discrepancy in miles reported, really 1.7k miles

Options on the vehicle can vary the value and you only list M sport. Look on the various classified car web sites for similar vehicles to estimate the value.

disbechris · 11-10-2020, 05:21 PM

Thank you, much appreciate the welcome

I guess my concern is if I were to sell the car in 3 years, it would be a conversation I'd have to have with the potential buyer seeing the odometer record not being consistent for the those two record recordings.

383vett · 11-10-2020, 07:39 PM

Carfax is only as accurate as the people entering the information. Often mistakes are made.

n55david · 11-10-2020, 08:15 PM

I work at a shop.. I can literally enter whatever the hell i want for mileage. it literally doesn't matter and it becomes record. so, its fine.

6MT_Addict · 11-11-2020, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by disbechris

I’m in the market for a used 2016 x3 xDrive35i. I found one that checks all the boxes for me (has M sport package), but it has an odometer discrepancy on its latest Carfax report of about 1.7k miles, this is something I'm trying to get the owner to resolve with Carfax. I live on the west coast and was wondering if these are hard to come by and what a fair price would be for one with around 55k-65k miles? Any thoughts on the odd discrepancy? It could have been a mechanic with fat fingers...

Is there a tamper light lit in the cluster? If no, then don't worry about it.

383vett · 11-12-2020, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by 6MT_Addict

Is there a tamper light lit in the cluster? If no, then don't worry about it.

What's a tamper light?

ga9213 · 11-12-2020, 10:49 AM

I wouldn't worry about it. No one who's interested in the vehicle for a future sale is going to be scared off by that obvious error in reporting for the vehicle.

6MT_Addict · 11-12-2020, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by 383vett

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Originally Posted by 6MT_Addict

Is there a tamper light lit in the cluster? If no, then don't worry about it.

What's a tamper light?

If someone replaces a cluster without properly coding it, or tampers with the odometer it triggers a tamper light.

The ODO info is stored in a few different locations to prevent it from being rolled back.

Shows up as the red dot beside the ODO

disbechris · 11-12-2020, 10:35 PM

This is all really useful information and advice. Thank you for your responses! I think I'm going to pull the trigger on it.

383vett · 11-13-2020, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by 6MT_Addict

If someone replaces a cluster without properly coding it, or tampers with the odometer it triggers a tamper light.

The ODO info is stored in a few different locations to prevent it from being rolled back.

Shows up as the red dot beside the ODO

I didn't know that. In some older cars, if there was an issue with the cluster, it was easy to replace it with a working one. These computers know everything. Thanks.

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disbechris Registered 0 Rep 3 Posts Drives: 2017 BMW 330i Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Los Angeles, CA iTrader: (0)	This is all really useful information and advice. Thank you for your responses! I think I'm going to pull the trigger on it.
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