I sent out my gauges to AZ to get an led swap so im driving around without gauges and i wanted to know if thats gonna screw anything up by driving it i called my local dealer and they said the mileage is stored in the computer so it will be fine but will i have to get them reprogrammed?

 

You'll be fine. Don't worry about it. Next time please

 

I did search but found nothing.....

 

well... it's not wise or reccommended driving the vehicle without your gauges.

getting your gauges reprogrammed is alot more complicated and time-consuming than most people think.

if you do drive your car abit without your gauges, i have seen and heard that you'll get a CEL when you place them back in.. however it's easily resettable.

all-in-all..... i still wouldn't do it. lots of legal issues that follow it.

 

How do u reset it do u know?

 

reset the CEL? disconnect the battery for a little while usually does it.

but your mileage is still going to be off.

 

The mileage will be off???? Im so confused lol the dealer told me that the mileage will come back up correctley cause it stores it in the computer

 

The dealer needs to go back to class then The mileage is stored in the cluster, just like all odo setups before digital readouts were used.

The mileage will not increment with the cluster out, so you will not be recording any mileage.

 

the "computer" (i.e. flash memory)... on the gauge cluster... lol.

nope... it'll be wrong.

 

dang in that case ill just keep it out jk jk

the dealer can reset it to the right mileage though correct?

 

nope...

that's what i meant earlier by much more complicated and time-consuming than most people imagine.

 

ok thansk everyone for the info i appreciate it...i talked to my connection over at the dealer he just got in and he said hes gonna reset everything like the CEL for free for me so no worries my mileage is just gonna be off about 200 miles...

 

Anyone know of someone local that does LED Swaps in the NY area...i know of Karl..but he busy now...and i dont feel like sending my gauges or console out...thanks

 

Haha, yep it's amazing how little the techs know, and how much the drivers know. The odo reading is definately stored in teh dash itself. But whats the big deal, if the miles are a little low, thats good for you and if the dealer thinks it's right, even better. I had mine replaced a while back because the thing somehow shorted out, and one by one the guages stopped working. When they gave me a new one they said it would need reprogrammed to my mileage, and it only took about 5 minutes for my car to be done.

This is not something i would be worried about. The only thing i would be worried about is the tach so you don't over rev on highway merges.