Speedometer Shops: The Place To Transfer Odometer Mileage (B13030B)

SPEEDOMETER SHOPS: THE PLACE TO TRANSFER ODOMETER MILEAGE

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN

AFFECTED VEHICLES

General Information

EDITOR'S NOTE:  This article replaces the one posted in March 2013  .

Can't transfer the odometer mileage to a replacement gauge control module with the i-HDS and you know the original mileage? If so, you'll need the services of a speedometer shop that's qualified to change odometer readings.

If there aren't any shops in your area that can do the work for a fair price, here's one that we recommend:

Palo Alto Speedometer, Inc. 

718 Emerson Street 

Palo Alto, CA 94301-2410 

E-mail: info@paspeedo.com 

Phone: 650-323-0243 

Fax: 650-323-4632 

If you decide to go with them, be sure to check out their website at www.paspeedo.com  and click on Dealer Instrument Cluster Programming  . It opens a PDF with submittal instructions. And if you need the replacement part back ASAP, be sure to leave a note or letter in the shipping box so they know the vehicle is down and your job should be bumped up in priority.

And just one more thing: Federal law requires that if the replacement odometer can't register the same mileage as before, the replacement odometer must be set to zero miles  and a mileage disclosure label attached to the driver's doorjamb. Just as important, that label must show the prior mileage and date of replacement or repair. If the true mileage is unknown, the label must say "Previous Mileage Unknown."

For more info and guidance on this subject, check out "Speedometer and Odometer Servicing and Replacement" in the Dealer Operations Manual  .