Can you tell if your odometer has been tampered with?
If a vehicle has a good documented service history, you can be confident that the odometer mileage has not been tampered with. Sometime a digital odometer will fail; as a result, it will have to be replaced.
Can a replacement odometer show the original mileage?
The odometer replacement sticker will have the original mileage hand written on it from the tech who replaced the meter. The repair order will also have the original mileage and date on it, the repair order is a legal document, and it is proof of original mileage. The new odometer will start clocking mileage from that point starting at zero miles.
Why do I have to send my odometer to the metering shop?
The reason for sending both new and old odometers to the metering shop is because the mileage of the vehicle cannot change while the new odometer is being synced. If the instrument cluster is removed from the vehicle, it’s to be expected that the vehicle will not be driven.
Where do I put the odometer replacement sticker?
The usual area for this type of sticker would be in the driver’s door jamb area, common placement of this sticker is near the VIN plate in the driver’s door jamb, it will be noticed as soon as you open the door. The odometer replacement sticker will have the original mileage hand written on it from the tech who replaced the meter.
What to do when your odometer has zero miles on it?
When a shop/garage has to replace a digital odometer, the replacement odometer sent from the factory has zero mileage on it, so the odometer needs to be sent out to a professional speedometer facility to have the mileage from the old odometer transferred onto the new odometer. The process is not complex, but it is time consuming.
Are there any odometers that are foolproof?
And finally, odometers were almost completely changed to digital readouts, which were thought to be foolproof. With advances in technology, access to information is astounding.