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    In a bit of a pickle

    So my car is sponsored by a company that makes LED parts for cars. We decided it would be nice to do some LED stuff to the gauge cluster. So, we took the gauge cluster out of the car and sent it off to another company to do some work on it and get an idea of what would look good.

    A few weeks later, we get my gauge cluster back...yeah i've been driving around with out the gauge cluster....I had no choice

    When i put it back in..

    not a single mile has been recorded

    I drove 500+ miles without the odometer....in my opinion, this is a huge flaw in a brand spankin new car (06!!)...When the gauge cluster is out of the vehicle, the odometer does not record mileage.

    I would not intentionally disconnect the odometer just do get less miles..this is fraud right?

    so yeah i dunno what to do....If my dealer knows...the warranty could be voided...eek...i'm nervous....really nervous.

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    Re: In a bit of a pickle

    Yeah, the odometer can't record mileage when disconnected. I would suspect that you are screwed on the warranty, they can say you disconnected it to avoid putting on to many miles and making the warranty expire. Just curious, how did the dealer find out about the odometer?
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    Re: In a bit of a pickle

    Just a note to people who "upgrade" cars with a warranty. Find out from your dealer if any of your modifications will affect the warranty before doing the upgrade. Sometimes the most minor of things will affect your warranty.
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    Re: In a bit of a pickle

    The dealer hasn't found out..i'm just trying to figure out if they can right now. It's connected and it's going to stay connected. I just find it odd that a brand new car would have such an easy way to by-pass the mileage. I figured there was a computer buried deep inside the car that just transfered the information to the odometer...but the stupid computer is right in the gauge cluster...that's stupid.

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    Question Re: In a bit of a pickle

    Quote Originally Posted by nathanledet
    The dealer hasn't found out..i'm just trying to figure out if they can right now. It's connected and it's going to stay connected. I just find it odd that a brand new car would have such an easy way to by-pass the mileage. I figured there was a computer buried deep inside the car that just transfered the information to the odometer...but the stupid computer is right in the gauge cluster...that's stupid.
    Nate,like Bill has mentioned some upgrades just might void your warranty.If you need to have it serviced the tech just might be able to notice that the guages are differant then factory specs and could alert the warranty holders.I was told when we bought my truck to not change anything on my truck that changes its apperance.The only thing i can add to my truck is a rhino lining of which adds to the value.You might want to set down and read everything in your warranty contract and see what if anything will infact void your warranty.I hope everything turns out well for you .
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    Re: In a bit of a pickle

    Any modification performed to a car under warranty must be done by the dealer or else if you experience problems with the modified item the warranty will be void for that aspect of the car. This is what they explained to me at the dealer when I contemplated having someone from outside install my car alarm.

    So its possible if they found out that your warranty would be voided for those gauges and perhaps anything related to those gauges.
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    Wink Re: In a bit of a pickle

    Quote Originally Posted by Spaniard
    Any modification performed to a car under warranty must be done by the dealer or else if you experience problems with the modified item the warranty will be void for that aspect of the car. This is what they explained to me at the dealer when I contemplated having someone from outside install my car alarm.

    So its possible if they found out that your warranty would be voided for those gauges and perhaps anything related to those gauges.
    Spaniard,the part about the alarm being installed by someone else would void your warranty i think is crap.I am not saying you are lieing but i think your dealer just wants your money lol.In the past i have had alarms installed on my vehicles and it never voided any of my warranties and they knew about the alarms.
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    Re: In a bit of a pickle

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    So its possible if they found out that your warranty would be voided for those gauges and perhaps anything related to those gauges.
    Actually they will void the warranty on the whole car. Most warranties are void after a certain mileage, if they suspect the odometer has been tampered with they will void the warranty. Mostly because they have no way of knowing the actual mileage that has been put on the car.
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    Re: In a bit of a pickle

    I'm not saying it voids the entire warranty, on the entire vehicle, but toyota would not have been responsible for any issues with the alarm system if I had any of it done by someone other than the dealer.

    I also know that Subaru did not cover parts under the warranty because they were aftermarket parts when my friend had a different exhaust system put in.

    When it comes to not dishing out money or services dealers will find anything to screw you. Not saying they probably didn't want my money also but it makes sense to me that stuff not done by the dealer would void the warranty.
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    Re: In a bit of a pickle

    I guess it's not so much the warranty i'm worried about..I'm more worried about them plugging in a machine that reads one amount of miles and then my odometer reads a few hundred miles less...I'm scared they would look at that as tampering. I know that's illegal. The less miles on your car, the more valuable it is right?

    My moral is keeping me from unhooking the gauges and driving around for a few more years...i could always trade it in with the odo saying "17000"...but it's not my nature to do something like that.

    However, the dealer doesn't know me. To them, it's tampering. It was never my intention.

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