Truck odometer fraud during safety recall repair recourse

Location: Indiana

Advice on path forward.

Pickup truck was brought to dealership for safety recall repair for LCD instrument cluster problem. Dealership attempted to return truck with odometer showing less mileage than when truck was dropped off.

Owner refused to accept truck with odometer showing fraudulent number.

Dealership worked to again replace instrument cluster multiple times.

Truck currently has fraudulent odometer reading.

Dealership has had truck for over 14 months. Dealership indicates they cannot repair the truck and neither can manufacturer.

Truck is financed and worth considerably less than the owed amount.

Someone at manufacturer attempted a buyback without talking to owner and has closed the buyback.

What recourse would owner have at this point?

Author: ThrowawayIN2026