There may be a broken gear inside the odometer.
No, it's against federal law to operate a vehicle with a knowingly inoperative odometer. It's the same as turning back an odometer.
can a car be sold with a broken odometer?
Depends on the state where the car is being sold. It is against the law to sell a vehicle in most states without notifying the buyer in writing that the odometer does not work and the mileage is unverifiable. It is also illegal in some states to even sell a vehicle with an inoperable odometer.
The odometer measures the distance the car has travelled.
likely on the back of the odometer, it depends on the car. You can likely find out by calling the car manufacturer
The gears inside the odometer broke due to heat and age. You can buy the gears and replace them yourself. Or you can take your car to a place were they work on odometers.
You cannot reset the odometer in your car, however you can reset your trip odometer.
It is the mileage that is actually on the car. If the odometer is replaced, the correct reading is written down. Add that to the reading of the replacment odometer and you have the actual mileage on the car.
no the odometer is for the car not the engine
There is not any fuse on any car that will disABLE THE ODOMETER. I
The odometer showed that the car had driven 24,000 miles since it was built. He suspected that the car's odometer had been illegally rolled back by the owner.