It is still a problem when buying a used car. Does the number of kilometers on the counter correspond to the actual kilometers driven? In 1 in 50 Dutch cars this is not the case and the counter has been tampered with.
Incidentally, turning back the odometer in a car has only been prohibited since 2014, when keeping track of the odometer readings became a task of the RDW. Before that, turning back was completely legal, as long as you did not use it to your advantage when selling the car.
Since 1991, the mileage in the Netherlands has been recorded in the National Car Pass (NAP). Most cars on Dutch roads now have a reliable NAP registration, mainly because the number of (mandatory) registration moments has increased.
In Belgium too, there is a mandatory odometer registration, with more mandatory registration moments than in the Netherlands. From November this year, the RDW has access to this Belgian system, which reduces the chance that the odometer of imported cars from this country is tampered with. So you can buy a car that was registered in Belgium with a clearer conscience than before.
With a rent a car in Sittard and surroundings at Adrem you don't have to worry about odometer fraud.
