au odometer

aufairy · 02-09-2006, 02:21 AM

hi all i have a au fairmont that has hit a pole the problem is after hitting the pole the ododmeter has jumped exactly 100,000 more ive spoken to one person and they find it hard to believe that this has happened has anyone else had same problem ? i have two problems one is getting put back to original the other is if i get it fixed whats the chances of it doing the same thing again

GK · 02-09-2006, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by aufairy

hi all i have a au fairmont that has hit a pole the problem is after hitting the pole the ododmeter has jumped exactly 100,000 more ive spoken to one person and they find it hard to believe that this has happened has anyone else had same problem ? i have two problems one is getting put back to original the other is if i get it fixed whats the chances of it doing the same thing again

No mention of that problem here before AFAIK, however someone else may share your experience.

VDO can set it back to where it was for $100-200 and I doubt it would do it again, unless you were unfortunate enough to whack another pole!

Hope you get it sorted to your satisfaction.

GK

AU2PWR · 02-09-2006, 12:46 PM

Very Strange , Hard to Belive but nevertheless , Strange

Smoked · 02-09-2006, 01:00 PM

Sounds like the main chip in the dash module has crapped itself.

howesy · 02-09-2006, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by aufairy

hi all i have a au fairmont that has hit a pole the problem is after hitting the pole the ododmeter has jumped exactly 100,000 more ive spoken to one person and they find it hard to believe that this has happened has anyone else had same problem ? i have two problems one is getting put back to original the other is if i get it fixed whats the chances of it doing the same thing again

so how many K's are up now then?

aufairy · 07-09-2006, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by GK

No mention of that problem here before AFAIK, however someone else may share your experience.

VDO can set it back to where it was for $100-200 and I doubt it would do it again, unless you were unfortunate enough to whack another pole!

Hope you get it sorted to your satisfaction.

GK

thanks heaps for your help and i didnt whack the pole lol was purchased this way :voldar02:

aufairy · 07-09-2006, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by howesy

so how many K's are up now then?

what the hell does that have to do with the price of fish in japan

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jonbays · 07-09-2006, 10:44 AM

I Don't believe it!

The odometer is digital it a memory chip in the dash cluster that counts the frequency output of the speedo transducer.

How is hitting a pole going to change it?

Just go to a wrecker and buy a dash cluster with a lower reading if thats what you want.

plext · 07-09-2006, 10:51 AM

What a shame. I recently sold my AU with 175000 on the clock.

If I'd have known that people would go for stories like this..........

"Yeah mate, it's actually only done 47000, but some fool put a 9V battery in the glovebox....."

jonbays · 07-09-2006, 10:57 AM

In NSW you do have the small problem of your odo reading being recorded on you inspection certifcate annually but that may not worry you.

Either way $200 to VDO or about $100 to a wrecker $200 for an XR6 cluster and you can change the odo to whatever you want.

Thats why you should always buy a SH car on service history. No log book no history and you have no idea what you're getting.

Mr Hardware · 07-09-2006, 12:21 PM

I was a mechanic's hand for a taxi depot for over 3 years.

I've seen a lot of AUs. I've seen a lot of weird stuff. I've seen a lot of crashed AUs. I have never seen of, or heard of anything like this.

And as a qualified Electronics Engineer, I call BULL SH 1 T

jonbays · 07-09-2006, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Hardware

I was a mechanic's hand for a taxi depot for over 3 years.

I've seen a lot of AUs. I've seen a lot of weird stuff. I've seen a lot of crashed AUs. I have never seen of, or heard of anything like this.

And as a qualified Electronics Engineer, I call BULL SH 1 T

GOOD CALL

Abacus · 07-09-2006, 01:17 PM

I must remember this when I go to sell my car.

Naaaaa, it hasn't really done 175,000km, I backed into a pole and it jumped 100,000km.

Hey, aufairy, you wouldn't be interested in buying a bridge would you? Kind of looks like a big coathanger, but most people reckon its pretty cool.

10 grand cash, and its yours. You'll get that back from the toll collections in an hour or so. But I need the 10 grand up front, in cash.

Or are you the one taking the p**s?

nat_daly · 07-09-2006, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Hardware

I was a mechanic's hand for a taxi depot for over 3 years.

I've seen a lot of AUs. I've seen a lot of weird stuff. I've seen a lot of crashed AUs. I have never seen of, or heard of anything like this.

And as a qualified Electronics Engineer, I call BULL SH 1 T

true, however you dont even need to be an electronics engineer to realise this guys playing with the bomb

Mr Hardware · 07-09-2006, 02:21 PM

thats exactly right.

aufairy · 08-09-2006, 03:41 AM

what a great bunch of guys thanks for all the replys

out: lol i dont remember asking if any of you believe this ..the car is written off and i was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and who could fix it.. sit back and think why would i lie about this what to amuse the people on here pffffttt and as far as going to a wrecker for another dash any idiot can do that. mr hardware i dont care what you have done all your life. you dont believe it its your problem. and abacus ill purchase a coathanger off you and id gladly put it where the sun dont shine and if you find it uncomfortable id gladly remove it to. but then again you dont need any help in that area you seem to be a big enough ******* already

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jonbays · 08-09-2006, 08:39 AM

Public forum mate and the consensus was the odometer won't change in any kind of accident as its a digital speedo and the LCD odometer reading is taking from the cluster chip which VDO could reprogram.

Why would you lie about it? I don't know and who cares anyway as it's actually your problem isn't it? I am not interested in calling you a liar just correcting the misinformation about AU digital speedo clusters changing the odometer reading in an accident.

ten[A]cio[U]s · 08-09-2006, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by aufairy

hi all i have a au fairmont that has hit a pole the problem is after hitting the pole the ododmeter has jumped exactly 100,000 more ive spoken to one person and they find it hard to believe that this has happened has anyone else had same problem ? i have two problems one is getting put back to original the other is if i get it fixed whats the chances of it doing the same thing again

Never heared of anything like that before, to be honest i didnt think it could happen.

How many km's were on it before the pole incident? Best bet is go to a wrecker and find one with similar kms on it.

XR6Stu · 08-09-2006, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by aufairy

thanks heaps for your help and i didnt whack the pole lol was purchased this way :voldar02:

If you purchased it this way, how do you know it jumped 100,000?
Did the seller tell you that?
A lot of people are dodgy these days, and are willing to turn back kilometeres in order to get a better price... if thats what you want to do, fair enough, I wont tell anyone... But Im a panel beater, and Ive seen a AU XR8 come into work hit hard anough to push the motor back against the firewall. Didnt do anything to the odometre.

XR6-VCT-2000 · 08-09-2006, 07:30 PM

from my experience with electronics , I smell bullsh!t ...lol .

I've never heard of ANY crystal lcd display jumping numbers ! - digits/parts of the numbers can burn out , yes , but for it to change to another totally different number ! ....hmmmmmm , maybe possible , but you'de have a hard time convincing even the best electronic wizzes that something like that is possible .

Imo whoever sold it to you spun you the big one ..hehehe .gl

EBFalcs · 08-09-2006, 07:46 PM

maybe it jumped backwards 100,000, you better go and get it wound forward just in case

wodahs · 08-09-2006, 08:53 PM

if this is the way you purchased it and believed them about the speado why didnt you get them to rectify the problem befor purchasing , untill you taking ownership they have a responsability to sell in good order , they said it happened could they prommise it wouldnt happen again

"Interceptor" · 02-02-2008, 03:09 PM

yep i have seen this, i just bought an intrument cluster from a wreckers, plugged it in and says that it has done 830,560 Km. I don't think this is right. Does anyone know how to take this chip out that stores the data and any diagrams. I have had to switch main boards around as the old one had shorted and blew up one of my bulbs which took out all the top row of illumination lights on the cluster.

JMO · 02-02-2008, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by aufairy

hi all i have a au fairmont that has hit a pole the problem is after hitting the pole the ododmeter has jumped exactly 100,000 more ive spoken to one person and they find it hard to believe that this has happened has anyone else had same problem ? i have two problems one is getting put back to original the other is if i get it fixed whats the chances of it doing the same thing again

Here you say you want it put back to the original reading and ask the chances of it happening again...

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what a great bunch of guys thanks for all the replys lol i dont remember asking if any of you believe this ..the car is written off and i was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and who could fix it.. sit back and think why would i lie about this what to amuse the people on here pffffttt and as far as going to a wrecker for another dash any idiot can do that. mr hardware i dont care what you have done all your life. you dont believe it its your problem. and abacus ill purchase a coathanger off you and id gladly put it where the sun dont shine and if you find it uncomfortable id gladly remove it to. but then again you dont need any help in that area you seem to be a big enough already

Here you say the car is a write off.

If it's a write off, why fix it?

**Mechan1k** · 02-02-2008, 04:30 PM

Holy thread mine batman

bodes-sh · 02-02-2008, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by reaper_falcon

yep i have seen this, i just bought an intrument cluster from a wreckers, plugged it in and says that it has done 830,560 Km. I don't think this is right. Does anyone know how to take this chip out that stores the data and any diagrams. I have had to switch main boards around as the old one had shorted and blew up one of my bulbs which took out all the top row of illumination lights on the cluster.

why don't you think that is the right km? taxis easily do millions of km, so why is 800,000 so hard to believe?

Kryton · 02-02-2008, 04:59 PM

funny thing is, this is the last thing the king of dodge ever wrote on this board and it was about the Typhoon wagon that FTG built:

"nice wagon feel sorry for the person that buys it.. down the track try to say maybe trade it in car yard says thats on the Written Off Vehicle Register ... private people phone vic roads make sure money isnt owing on it nah no money but car is classed as a write off"

not bad considering he was trying to knock 100000km off his ODO

kenz · 02-02-2008, 07:51 PM

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Holy thread mine batman

HLC · 02-02-2008, 07:57 PM

ok time to die

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