Odometer Disconnect - Think They Will Know?
01-07-2011, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by S2kMastaz,Jan 5 2011, 08:51 AM
If you have an electronic cluster, which you have, your toasted. Removing the cluster will do nothing. Plug it back and you will see your new milage very quickly. Your milage is recorded somewhere else. In BMW's I beleive its at the differencial but I am not sure.
As stated above, trying doing this is very cheap for the next owner. Would you like to spend 20K$ on a car that actualy worth 15K$... nop... then don't do it to others
As stated above, trying doing this is very cheap for the next owner. Would you like to spend 20K$ on a car that actualy worth 15K$... nop... then don't do it to others
Uh, why?
01-08-2011, 05:47 AM
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Most, if not all, cars don't have mileage info in the ECU.
BCM is what controls body related modules and keeps track of all the info.
Depending on what kind of bus network the vehicle uses, both the cluster and the BCM contains their own ODO.
So if either module gets a mileage reset or in certain cases, gets disconnected, they'll have a mismatch.
The cluster will continue to display the incorrect mileage, but the service guys will be able to pull the mileage info from the BCM and notice a mismatch.
One of our test vehicles had a reflashed cluster which resulted in a reset, and we had to tell the services guys about it every time we brought it in for service.
Trying to fool them? Not worth it.
Dan
BCM is what controls body related modules and keeps track of all the info.
Depending on what kind of bus network the vehicle uses, both the cluster and the BCM contains their own ODO.
So if either module gets a mileage reset or in certain cases, gets disconnected, they'll have a mismatch.
The cluster will continue to display the incorrect mileage, but the service guys will be able to pull the mileage info from the BCM and notice a mismatch.
One of our test vehicles had a reflashed cluster which resulted in a reset, and we had to tell the services guys about it every time we brought it in for service.
Trying to fool them? Not worth it.
Dan
01-10-2011, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by S2kMastaz,Jan 5 2011, 08:51 AM
If you have an electronic cluster, which you have, your toasted. Removing the cluster will do nothing. Plug it back and you will see your new milage very quickly. Your milage is recorded somewhere else. In BMW's I beleive its at the differencial but I am not sure.
As stated above, trying doing this is very cheap for the next owner. Would you like to spend 20K$ on a car that actualy worth 15K$... nop... then don't do it to others
As stated above, trying doing this is very cheap for the next owner. Would you like to spend 20K$ on a car that actualy worth 15K$... nop... then don't do it to others
wow yes what hes doing is wrong but the miles will not show if he unplugs his cluster....omg
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