Digital Odometers

[2o6]

If your gauge cluster w/ a digital odometer stops working and you have to replace it, how would you go about setting the odometer so it's correct?

[S204STi]

If your gauge cluster w/ a digital odometer stops working and you have to replace it, how would you go about setting the odometer so it's correct?

Usually the IPC is either sent off for repair, in which case the repair center either ships you a new IPC with the correct mileage programmed already or repair the existing IPC, or in some rare cases the shop replacing the IPC can reset the odometer, but this is not common.

[the Teuton]

Isn't the mileage programmed into the ECU in a lot of them?

[S204STi]

Isn't the mileage programmed into the ECU in a lot of them?

Possibly.  Depends on the car.  In most GM vehicles it's stored in the IPC, in a very few it's in the Body Control Module, or both.  I can't think of a single GM car that stores it in the PCM, but that doesn't mean that others don't do it that way.

[SVT_Power]

Ha this happened on the explorer. The guy didn't expect to have to replace the whole dash so he didn't write it down so in the end he just punched in close to what he remembered and it was relatively close (i think it was off by somewhere between 1000-2000 kms)

[VTEC_Inside]

I came across an 2004 Acura EL that had its cluster replaced.

The only indication was a sticker on the drivers door jamb stating who, where, and when the cluster was replaced and at what mileage.