Avoid Used Cars Not Having Certified Mileage; A Broken Timing Belt Can Flatten Your Wallet

Premature failure of a rubber timing belt can easily cost two or three thousand dollars of repairs, possibly including a new engine. Therefore knowing the true mileage of a used car is imperative. Off lease Cars having 4 or 6 cyl. engines may have rubber timing belts and should be avoided.

Be warned

Five years ago an international oil company survey found that 50% of off-lease cars had their odometers illegally turned back and suggested consumers avoid buying off-lease (used) cars, or leasing used cars having uncertain mileage. If the cars really had 50,000 miles, and the odometer read 30,000, then the timing belts would fail long before the new owners expected them to fail.

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