Garages, body repairers, fast fitters, tyre centres, technical inspection centres: everyone in the automotive sector is legally obliged to forward the odometer reading to Car-Pass for every car or light commercial vehicle they work on. This means the odometer readings also have to be filled in when mounting tyres, exhausts, batteries, radios, alarm systems, etc.
For an imported vehicle, in many cases Car-Pass will also have access to odometer readings that were recorded abroad. In practice, most vehicle manufacturers have a central database with odometer readings registered by their dealers at home and abroad. They are obliged to forward these odometer readings to Car-Pass when a vehicle of their make(s) is imported into Belgium. The Netherlands has similar legislation to ours. If the vehicle comes from the Netherlands, Car-Pass will request the odometer history from the RDW, the service that manages the Dutch central database for odometer readings.
Importers have been required to share odometer readings for their connected vehicles (that are registered in Belgium) with Car-Pass four times a year since 1 January 2020. Car-Pass therefore receives odometer readings even if a connected vehicle has not been to the garage.
The more odometer readings on the Car-Pass, the more insight you will have into the history of the vehicle. The odometer should increase steadily over time. Does the document show a sudden decline in the odometer reading? This might offer proof that the odometer has been clocked. In this case you should ask the seller some critical questions before you buy the vehicle.
Do you think there is an odometer reading error on your Car-Pass? You can submit a request for a correction here.