Cartell releases information on clocked vehicles

Vehicle check specialists, Cartell has released information on the number of clocked vehicles per county across the country.
Cartell has also announced that the National Mileage Register (www.nmr.ie) has reached over seven million unique mileage readings. The Register was set up five years ago as an initiative to compliment the vehicle history checking service which the company supplies to consumers – both in the car trade and to members of the public.

The aim of the register has always been to combat the clocking of motor vehicles which is a particular problem in the trade where a purchaser buys a vehicle in the belief that the vehicle has a certain number of miles when in fact the vehicle has travelled a greater distance. Aside from being misleading – and a potential deception on the part of the vendor of the vehicle – clocking can lead to significant wear-and-tear and safety issues with the vehicle, Cartell says.

Cartell is progressing its efforts to have the clocking of a vehicle criminalised. In 2010 Cartell presented a draft Bill to the Oireachtas. In the recent past it has redoubled its efforts to have that Bill presented to the Dáil following productive discussions with representatives of the Minister for Transport earlier in 2012.

Mileage readings for the National Mileage Register are uploaded daily from a variety of sources. Jeff Aherne, Director of Cartell, says: “Clocking of a vehicle is now a relatively easy thing to affect and it deceives the potential buyer into paying more for a vehicle than its true market value. It can also mean a purchased vehicle is prone to unanticipated mechanical problems, or even, in extreme cases, rendering the vehicle less roadworthy.”

Location-County /Estimated Clocked Vehicles