Btw if somebody is asking why they just won't bring their own OBD scanner and plug it into the socket to see what mileage each ECU reports, there is an explanation in comments:<p>> Tom Layton here, the original Plaintiff. What you all must know is that the auto auctions prohibit buyers from bringing scan tools on to auction property. Therefore, you must believe what the auctions claim. Furthermore, of the 500 or so FedEx vans I personally purchased 99% of them were purchased on-line facilitated all over the country. I did not personally get to see or inspect them. I had to believe what the auto auctions stated on their condition reports.
I wonder how long this was going on, and how widespread it was too. Because it seems difficult to pull this off. I don't know what "Freightliner" is, some kind of OBD-II software that queries the truck's computer for a second opinion? Anyway, anyone who knows about trucks, and knows FedEx, should be able to do some back-of-the-envelope math and estimate that if they're selling a truck too old to use in service, it must have multiple hundreds of thousands of miles on it, and surely at least a few would suspect something's up if that odometer is off by another few hundred thousands of miles. Because really, you're purchasing a used truck at auction, did you really expect it to be driven by a Little Old Lady from Pasadena to church every Sunday?