Mileage recaliberate
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Mileage recaliberate
I bought a replacement cluster for my car so i can install heads up display. the problem is the cluster has 56XXX miles on it my car has 85XXX. IS there a place i can send the guage so I can have my new cluster match the real miles on my car?
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If I'm not mistaken, your dealer should be able to make the change. They will have to give you documentation that it was done too.
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I am going to go ahead and tell you I am wrong up front just in case, but for some reason I thought the mileage was stored in the computer and only "displayed" in the cluster which means it should have corrected on its own. Not sure where I read that, but I was certain I did. The reason was to avoid changing the cluster for the sole purpose of falsifying mileage.
I think I was reading about people that were swapping computers and NOT getting the mileage corrected. (???)
I think I was reading about people that were swapping computers and NOT getting the mileage corrected. (???)
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I am going to go ahead and tell you I am wrong up front just in case, but for some reason I thought the mileage was stored in the computer and only "displayed" in the cluster which means it should have corrected on its own. Not sure where I read that, but I was certain I did. The reason was to avoid changing the cluster for the sole purpose of falsifying mileage.
I think I was reading about people that were swapping computers and NOT getting the mileage corrected. (???)
I think I was reading about people that were swapping computers and NOT getting the mileage corrected. (???)
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I can verify that. Mileage is in the cluster, atleast on my 99 anyway.
I installed HUD in my 99 and bought a complete HUD with cluster. Got it installed to find 30,000 miles less on new cluster than my old one. Did a swap back with my old cluster, as it was HUD compatible. so the mileage was right.
I installed HUD in my 99 and bought a complete HUD with cluster. Got it installed to find 30,000 miles less on new cluster than my old one. Did a swap back with my old cluster, as it was HUD compatible. so the mileage was right.
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I had to have a cluster mileage changed and my local dealer had to send it out, I got a whole lot of crap about how it is a Fedral offence to change the cluster with out having it reset, They kept the car for 2 days while the cluster was sent out and updated.
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Actually, that sounds like the best way to do it therefore if there is ever any questions raised, your hands were not involved and a formal dealer took care of making sure things were documented carefully and correctly.
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