Ok, i have a lancer es and i installed a oz speedometer on it and the mileage went from 45,000 to 7,000 when i installed it. i dropped my lancer off to be inspected today and i am just wondering if im screwed in getting it passed because of the mileage change.

 

What is being inspected for?

 

I would imagine the yearly inspection as required by the state...?!?!?

I'm not sure if it's gonna hurt ya or not....good question!

 

inform them of the speedometer has been changed . . . you're worried about the mileage off thing for carfax??

 

right, its the yearly inspection and my dad was like, hey i dont want to get in trouble since you swaped out speedometers and that the mileage isnt true.

 

i think you can get certified at a speedometer shop. just show them both the speedometers and they'll write you up a cert.

 

That means some dumbass totalled his fwd 120hp OZ within 7,000 miles.... that's pretty hard to do, unless it's someone elses fault.

- Jason

 

i always thought that on digital odometers that the miles were stored in the ecu, Mmm guess i was wrong lol

 

You are screwed as far as CARFAX goes. They get mileage reports from all 50 states inspection stations. Sorry to break the bad news to you. You should have thought of this before having the vehicle for inspection.

 

except the states that don't have state inspection.

 

Your mileage should be stored in the ecu and im sure if u took it to mitsu they could help you. I had my speedometer stolen and mitsu was able to get the exact mileage out of the ecu, so u are not screwed, just might cost u a little more than origninally thought

 

When I had a 2000 Z24 the speed o went out on me. I got one from the junk yard to replace it but it had 30k more miles on it than mine. I took it to a licensed speedo shop and they adjusted the odometer to match my old one. It costed a hella less money than if i would have taken it to a GM dealer. The speedo shop charged me $150 while the chevy dealer wanted to charge me $500+ and thats before labor charges.

 

state inspection.. what?

 

AFAIK the mileage is stored in the guage cluster itself, hence why when you swapped them the mileage changed, as has been posted, take both speedo's to a shop and have them certify the mileage for you

 

ive heard it is stored in the ecu as well if so is it too late to get it done cause i was told if it was found out that i would have a salvage title and my car wouldnt be worth $hit if i wanted to get rid of it