Changing your odometer Options

[Rjb23]

Is it possible to change your odometer? I have to get a new speedo and I would like my mileage to be accurate, so if I buy a used speedo is possible to change the odemeter to what mine should be?

[jgreening]

Yes, its possible. However, carfax will likely pick it up and, if its lower than it was when you bought the car, so will your title. Each may note milage not accurate which tends to raise more of a red flag to people when you try to sell it. I would rather just explain that it has a new engine in it with ONLY xx,xxx miles.

[Rjb23]

No I'm putting a new speedo in it and want to change the mileage on the new speedo to match my old one.

[coldbluesteel]

Yes it's very easy I had to do the same thing. Pm me for intructions.

[coldbluesteel]

Ok I'll just add it on here for anyone else that might need the info. Maybe someone can make this a sticky.


It's pretty easy.
1. Take it out of the dash and disconnect wires.
2. remove the clear plastic cover
3. roll it forward (it wont roll back). Use something that you can get between each #, there are little gear teeth on both sides. gently seperate the #'s just enough to roll them forward. Start with the highest and go all the way past 9999999. When you get to where you want to be, stop and make sure that all the #'s are back to normal ( no gaps)

Very important only roll it forward, it takes longer but if you try to go back it will mess up the gauge. It's not meant to roll back, but it is meant to roll forward so it's geared that way.

Good luck and let me know how it works out for you.
David

[trdproven]

This is good info.

[coldbluesteel]

This is good info.

Thanks how do I get it stickied?

[Bitter]

take the cluster apart, the speedo and odometer are a unit within the guage cluster held in by a few screws in the back. just swap them over, i did this with my prizm when i upgraded to an optional tach cluster. its really easy and takes about 15 minutes to do.

[coldbluesteel]

take the cluster apart, the speedo and odometer are a unit within the guage cluster held in by a few screws in the back. just swap them over, i did this with my prizm when i upgraded to an optional tach cluster. its really easy and takes about 15 minutes to do.

Another good way to do it, but you have to be very careful when you remove the needle.

[Bitter]

you dont have to remove the needle, atleast on the corolla/prizm you dont and i'd assume the celica is the same way. theres a plastic overlay which covers the edges of the guage faces, the guage face is attached to the guage units themselves so you dont have to pull the needle...nor should you ever pull it. theres no dentent or mark to realign it, so you had better be 100% sure where it was when it came off if you do pull it.