On June 27, 2013 we were winning bid on a 2006 Peterbilt through a Truck Center auction. Truck Center was acquired by Government Liquidators. Government Liquidators had written the truck up with 529,338 odometer miles and 529,339 ECM miles (the mileage that is kept in an electronic computer module).
We discovered after they had been funded that the ECM mileage was actually 947,593, which is an additional 418,254 miles than what they listed. We checked service records at Cat & Pete and verified this higher mileage was correct.
We immediately began to contact Truck Center & were referred to Gov. Liquidators for the appeal process. They absolutely refuse to do anything about this. We have just received our last denial from them for any help whatsover.
GE Capital pays Gov. Liq./Truck Center to write up the trucks they are selling at auction. Someone with Gov. Liq./Truck Center made a mistake and they will not do anything about it. Now we have a truck with almost a million miles on it. I hope everyone will beware dealing with these people.
FloridaNative
Palm Beach Gardens,#2Consumer Comment
Fri, January 17, 2014
Normally a purchase of a used vehicle is AS IS. However, with the milage being under stated by over 400,000 miles it sounds a lot like dealer misrepresentation and/or deceptive advertising.
Get in touch with an attorney, you might have recourse with this sale even if it is AS IS due to the fraudulent misrepresentation of the milage. Good luck.
GMT
Jackson,#3Author of original report
Fri, January 17, 2014
I was just updating the name on our original report. The company is Government Liquidation (not Government Liquidator) AKA Truck Center AKA Liquidity Services.