miles on a cluster????

[xavier]

Pink slip?? Why are you giving the dmv your pink slip??

[QuickSEV6]

So all I have to do is buy a new cluster to sell my car at a higher value because of the lesser miles? That doesn't make sense.

if someone check carfax or history they can see discrepencies in the mileage.

yea, the miles stay on the cluster and i dont think there's anyway to change it (i should know, i busted mine )

How would Carfax know how many miles I've driven in the last five years?
As far as any buyer is concerned, I bought my car, brought it home and parked it in my garage. There is sat. Five years later, I want to sell it with the odometer only reading 45 miles. Prove me wrong.

when you turn in pink slip you put the miles on it right? that's how dmv knows

I hate to beat a dead horse, but...
Turn in my pink slip? I think you mean that I'd hand my pink slip over to the buyer. Right? Ok. I'll write down what the odometer reads (the new cluster). Again, I ask, how would anybody know the actual milage?
I mean, the DMV has no idea how many miles are on my car now. I bought it new five years ago. I'm the only one that knows the actual milage. How could I possibly get caught.
I'm not saying I would, but someone else could. easily.
I just had another thought. Lets say you have a newer car and you get an older used cluster. You'll have some big time explaining why the odometer reads so much higher and your asking a higher price due to lesser milage.
I guess the root of this whole thread is what a new cluster odometer would read. I would think that ecu would automatically update it.

[Hsakuragi]

So all I have to do is buy a new cluster to sell my car at a higher value because of the lesser miles? That doesn't make sense.

if someone check carfax or history they can see discrepencies in the mileage.

yea, the miles stay on the cluster and i dont think there's anyway to change it (i should know, i busted mine )

How would Carfax know how many miles I've driven in the last five years?
As far as any buyer is concerned, I bought my car, brought it home and parked it in my garage. There is sat. Five years later, I want to sell it with the odometer only reading 45 miles. Prove me wrong.

when you turn in pink slip you put the miles on it right? that's how dmv knows

I hate to beat a dead horse, but...
Turn in my pink slip? I think you mean that I'd hand my pink slip over to the buyer. Right? Ok. I'll write down what the odometer reads (the new cluster). Again, I ask, how would anybody know the actual milage?
I mean, the DMV has no idea how many miles are on my car now. I bought it new five years ago. I'm the only one that knows the actual milage. How could I possibly get caught.
I'm not saying I would, but someone else could. easily.
I just had another thought. Lets say you have a newer car and you get an older used cluster. You'll have some big time explaining why the odometer reads so much higher and your asking a higher price due to lesser milage.
I guess the root of this whole thread is what a new cluster odometer would read. I would think that ecu would automatically update it.

car fax and dmv will know because of the following:

1) you get service at the dealer
2) you get service at some shops that puts your info to the computer such as firestone
3) when you do smog check, it automatically goes to dmv

[QuickSEV6]

So all I have to do is buy a new cluster to sell my car at a higher value because of the lesser miles? That doesn't make sense.

if someone check carfax or history they can see discrepencies in the mileage.

yea, the miles stay on the cluster and i dont think there's anyway to change it (i should know, i busted mine )

How would Carfax know how many miles I've driven in the last five years?
As far as any buyer is concerned, I bought my car, brought it home and parked it in my garage. There is sat. Five years later, I want to sell it with the odometer only reading 45 miles. Prove me wrong.

when you turn in pink slip you put the miles on it right? that's how dmv knows

I hate to beat a dead horse, but...
Turn in my pink slip? I think you mean that I'd hand my pink slip over to the buyer. Right? Ok. I'll write down what the odometer reads (the new cluster). Again, I ask, how would anybody know the actual milage?
I mean, the DMV has no idea how many miles are on my car now. I bought it new five years ago. I'm the only one that knows the actual milage. How could I possibly get caught.
I'm not saying I would, but someone else could. easily.
I just had another thought. Lets say you have a newer car and you get an older used cluster. You'll have some big time explaining why the odometer reads so much higher and your asking a higher price due to lesser milage.
I guess the root of this whole thread is what a new cluster odometer would read. I would think that ecu would automatically update it.

car fax and dmv will know because of the following:

1) you get service at the dealer
2) you get service at some shops that puts your info to the computer such as firestone
3) when you do smog check, it automatically goes to dmv

1) My car hasn't been to the dealer for service in over four years.
2) I do all of my own work. Besides, I don't think Firestone reports to the government, how many miles are on your car. The might, but I doubt it.
3) Now there you've got me. But there are ways around this too. I know people who get their smog inspection sticker without ever taking their car to a service center. They can easily give a bogus mileage reading. So it appears to me that they whole mileage accuracy thing is circumventable.
This whole thread boils down to this, the cluster should read what the computer tells it as the actual mileage. Its a poor design in my eyes.

[xavier]

what if you dont get smog checks

[lilm]

maybe we should call a dealer and ask them what they do when a cluster gets messed up and replaced.....cause id only have 0 miles on it......

[Yanks0114]

Please refer to this thread: http://www.solaraguy.org/viewtopic.php? ... ht=cluster

The cluster stores its own mileage, and the ECU keeps a record. If you change the cluster, it'll read different mileage, but your ECU will still be correct