Odometer roll back

[MikeInNH]

I would make sure that if you ever sell it you are honest.

I stated that several times in this forum. I'll fully disclose the mileage when I sell it.

A carfax report can show mileage records for various things.

I seriously doubt it'll ever show up on carfax. Don't believe their hype that they are collecting all this data on every car and that if nothing shows up on a carfax report you'll be assured the car is clean. Carfax even admitted they only collect about 5% of all possible data out there. So there's a 95% chance that my vehicle WON'T be in their database. Carfax is pretty much a joke. I wish people would wake up and realize how pitiful it is and maybe they'll go away.

Here are just a couple of articles about Carfax...

Carfax CBS News Report

CARFAX: Are the reports reliable? - AmericaNowNews.com

 

[Baja]

Just an update, I found a cluster at a junk yard for $150.00 and 30 min. later all was good...except my odometer reading is ALOT higher now.Looking for some one who can reset it. Toyota won't touch it.

 

[tollboothwilley]

Dealership should be able to calibrate...I know they do if you replaced it with them

 

[MikeInNH]

except my odometer reading is ALOT higher now.Looking for some one who can reset it.

Even if you can PROVE that your vehicle has lower mileage then what the OD says..you can NOT legally change it. The dealer won't touch it..and any good honest mechanic won't touch it either.

 

[BlackWorksInc]

Dealership should be able to calibrate...I know they do if you replaced it with them

Even if you can PROVE that your vehicle has lower mileage then what the OD says..you can NOT legally change it. The dealer won't touch it..and any good honest mechanic won't touch it either.

Not every make and model has the option to recalibrate the odometer via scantool. Many times not even a J2534 tool (used for general programming most modules/computers in vehicles without factory scantool,) often such work is outsourced to a specialty shop to have done.

There are legal issues that go along with such a repair, but proper documentation and records will more often than not take care of that problem. We have sent a number of GM instrument clusters to be reprogrammed after being replaced to retain proper mileage so we don't get slammed with the lawbook.

 

[estobaughn]

I would think that you can't change the odometer reading on these. I am guessing that is why they switched over from mechanical. "tamper proof" if that means anything. You probably could but it would probably take more time than its worth just getting a new cluster

here in florida you can put "exempt" on your title for the mileage when selling it. It has to be x amount of years old tho. but that then sticks with the car the rest of its life. They stopped doing emissions probably about 10 or so years ago here.

I had an 81 cj-5 with exempt miles on the title. it had around 350k? maybe the odo was broken from the previous two owners, I was just told to change the oil every 15 tanks.

 

[BlackWorksInc]

There is a way to reprogram them, as these days they are their own modules in the vehicle network and are often the gateway for the network bus. They need to be reprogramable in case they go bad and have to be replaced. The issue is that normally reprogramming them is not done by a dealership or independant shop, but a specialized shop that deals in repairing/rebuilding instrument clusters.

 

[cmc4130]

Just came across a 2002 4Runner with 107,000 miles. Definitely made me wonder.

My 1997 has 285,000, and I feel like I don't even drive as much as most people I know.

Is there anything I can do to try to verify that the 107,000 miles is correct? The guy says he has no earlier maintenance records, because he bought it from someone else.

 

[AuSeeker]

Just came across a 2002 4Runner with 107,000 miles. Definitely made me wonder.

My 1997 has 285,000, and I feel like I don't even drive as much as most people I know.

Is there anything I can do to try to verify that the 107,000 miles is correct? The guy says he has no earlier maintenance records, because he bought it from someone else.

Pay for a Carfax and it should show the history with various mileage reports, you'll need the VIN number.

https://www.carfax.com/vehicle-history-reports/

 

[morphious]

Just came across a 2002 4Runner with 107,000 miles. Definitely made me wonder.

My 1997 has 285,000, and I feel like I don't even drive as much as most people I know.

Is there anything I can do to try to verify that the 107,000 miles is correct? The guy says he has no earlier maintenance records, because he bought it from someone else.

My 04' that I bought in 03' only has 95,341 and probably will barely be over 100k in another year and a half.

 

[Ruthven13]

my '03 that I bought about 2 1/2 years ago had a little over 120k on it. Now I think it is barely 130k (don't drove it much)...

 

[DanielMaat89]

From what I can tell, It sounds like the EEPROM failed or somehow an error was introduced. The digital odometer in these uses a $5 chip to store the odometer readings. You can, with some soldering skills and a programmer, reprogram the chip and it is scary easy. Doing this is NOT ILLEGAL as you are programming the proper data into the chip. However, altering it so it shows less miles is illegal.

I found this if you want to see it step by step. Different car, but Toyotas use the same electronics and protocols for the instrument clusters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq6SlyVE4zQ