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My odometer doesn't say kms or miles.


Zeiretto

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Hey guys,

 

So something I've noticed in my short Supra ownership, is that my odometer is supposed to say whether it's in miles or kilometres. Mine doesn't say anything. Is this a technical fault or do you guys think it's been tampered with...?

 

Thing is, the odometer reads only 31.000 (should be in km's since it's never been in the UK) and it's in near showroom condition, but you never know.. I don't trust it. :(

 

Edit: the odometer itself works fine mind you, it keeps adding kilometers as I drive it!

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Thread hi jack...but does anyone know if it is possible to have a digital mileage correction done on pre facelift cars!?

 

I am talking about new imports that have clocked up KMs and now that they have been converted are ticking over in miles making the ODO display a mixture of both!

 

When Jurgen imported my car I had the ODO set to to read the true mileage but my car is a facelift with the analogue ODO display.

 

:confused:

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Japanese imports are in km and they don't show km. UK spec shows miles on the display. The seller may have conveyed the speedo which converts the trip odo I think but cannot change the cars milage/km on the odo

Mine is a J spec import and shows kms next to the numbers......just like my last J spec did .

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Perhaps losing the units indication on these odometers is the digital equivalent of the numbers not lining up correctly on the old mechanical odometers?

 

On the other hand, as mentioned earlier, it is probably (hopefully) just a faulty display.

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Have you taken it out and checked the wiring?

 

It may be a dry solder joint on leg 40 (KMs) or leg 41 (miles) of the LCD unit (where it's soldered to the PCB).

 

It may also be knackered.

 

It is possible to have mileage correction done on pre-facelift models but not many places know how to do it so it takes some searching to find someone!

 

 

If it is broken I have one here (already converted to display and register MILES) but the reading is higher than yours so you would need to search out the elusive mileage corrector! ;)

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