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I just saw one of my previous ride used for Private Hire Usage (Grab/Uber), clocking over 90,000km on the first year sold by a car dealer at 40,000km mileage. There are another few people who rented the same exact car for Private Hire Usage too. On my estimation, it should have clocked more than 150,000km by the 1.5 year mark. Really feel sorry for the buyer as the car was an accident car which was settled privately. On a side note, maybe some way to prevent this from happening will be that people will start posting the car photo will car plate digits masked out and tag along with a photo of the then mileage, or at the point when the car was sold or People who have rented a car and about to return to the company. Most units affected should be the Mazda 3, Honda Vezel. For my case, it was a Toyota C-HR.

[shocked] One thing leads to another and before you know it, a simple cheating act over a tampered $1 parking coupon landed all 4 young men in hot soup and they kena fined a grand total of $19,000. Really [shakehead] From CNA: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1201653/1/.html 2 men fined for lying to Police By Alvina Soh | Posted: 16 May 2012 1654 hrs

THREE men were arrested for tampering with the fuel gauges of their cars - all within an hour - on March 10. Two days earlier, another man was arrested for the same offence. Zhang Jin Chua, a driving instructor, was going through the Woodlands Checkpoint when he was stopped by immigration officers. It was ten minutes to midnight. Presumably he thought he could have gotten away in the wee hours of the morning when the authorities would be less alert. Zhang, along with Tan Chong Jin James, Yap Soon Heng and Lee Hwa , were charged in court with not having the minimum amount of petrol in their vehicles' fuel tanks. They were also charged with giving false information to the authorities. All have been sentenced to a $500 fine or in default, one week's jail and two weeks' imprisonment. Yap's case is still pending in court. Since January 2010, 17 persons have been prosecuted for tampering with fuel gauges on their vehicles. Under the law, Singapore-registered cars must have at least three-quarter tank of petrol when departing Singapore. Motorists are advised against any attempts to infringe the rule when given the stringent checks at the checkpoints. Those who tamper with the fuel gauges of their vehicles to give a false reading that the amount of fuel in the fuel tanks are three-quarter full or more illustrate a deliberate intent to cheat the authorities. Such offenders are liable on conviction to fines not exceeding $5,000 and/or jail term up to 12 months.

I'm getting a used car soon. Can any1 teach me how to check if the fuel gauge of the car has been tampered? I don't wanna to go JB and get caught by Singapore immigration for this issue.

so much talk about tampered fuel gauge... haiz.... anyone knows of anyone who kanna caught? wats the consequences? ONLY 'consequences' discussions pls. i heard from a frd's frd his dad went in JB 4 times in a day to buy petrol and came back to pump out into containers..., on the 5th time kanna caught the fine was in Thousands... according to him lah... but if true how the hell you pump out petrol unless very old car model if not fuel tank design how to pump out? and imagine how many containers to fill sia., for 4-5 full tanks... siao

Home > Breaking News > Courts and Crime > Story Oct 2, 2008 Jailed for tampered fuel gauge The motorist is the third to be caught and charged. A SINGAPOREAN motorist was fined and jailed for two weeks for tampering a fuel gauge and giving false information to an inspecting officer. Alfred Tan Chee Heng, 27, was fined $500 for the first charge, and jailed two weeks for the second. On Aug 18, Tan drove his car to Woodlands Checkpoint where he was stoppped by an Immigrations & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer for a fuel gauge check. Before the check was conducted, the officer asked Tan if his fuel tank was three-quarters full. Tan said yes. The officer then asked if there were any device fixed in his car to tamper with the fuel gauge meter, to which Tan denied. However, a thorough check revealed a remote control. After being questioned, Tan admitted that the device was for manipulating his vehicle's fuel gauge reading. He also admitted that his car lacked the required amount of fuel. On activation of the remote control, the fuel indicator dropped from the three-quarter mark to the one-quarter mark. A follow-up inspection at Singapore Customs confirmed the offences. Further investigations also revealed that Tan was aware of the three-quarter tank rule and that he had given false information to the ICA officer. On Sept 26, Tan pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced by the court. Tan is the third person in two years to be charged in court for tampering with a fuel gauge. Earlier this year, a 52-year-old was arrested and sentenced for similar offences.