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Mileage correction is a term that has been given to the process of changing the odometer digital reading on the speedometer to a value higher or lower than the one shown on the vehicle.

I will answer some of the most common questions below.

Why would anyone use this service? Is it legal? How is it done? What to look for when choosing a company What does it cost? How can I fix my mileage or learn to become a mileage correction specialist? I want to buy a car, how can I check if the mileage is correct? Can the service be abused?

Why would anyone use this service?

There can be a number of reasons, why anyone would want to have the mileage corrected on a vehicle, one reason being, the vehicle has developed an electrical fault and it has caused the display to corrupt and show a varied reading, unfortunately today's cars are heavily dependent on electronic devices and these are not guaranteed to remain working forever, manufacturers are also to blame as these devices can cost a lot of money to make fail safe.

There has been numerous cases where the vehicle has undergone a hike in voltage, this can happen simply by boost charging a flat battery, physical damage from vandalism or theft, can cause inconsistencies, if a new display is replaced then the mileage needs to be set back to the original reading, if a second hand instrument cluster is replaced, if a vehicle has been purchased and the true mileage is not in line with the mileage shown, this needs to be corrected.

Main dealers can make genuine errors when programming the data through diagnostic equipment and unfortunately this reading cannot be reversed, as they do not have the adequate equipment or knowledge to set the value. Sometimes dealers may use the faulty instrument cluster in another vehicle for testing purposes but inadvertently record or change the existing mileage readings in other memories in the vehicle. Mileage records can be stored in as many as 160 different memories in a vehicle.

So as you can see there can be many genuine reasons to have the mileage corrected.

Is it legal?

Well this is two way answer, the first being, it is not an offence in this country to change the odometer on your own personal vehicle or to correct a false reading, it is an offence to sell the vehicle knowing that the reading is lower than that of the actual mileage. This onus is upon the owner only.

It must be noted that if, a customer sells the vehicle on to someone else then it is the seller's duty to inform the new buyer of these changes. Failure to do so will be seen as an act of fraud. Trading standards are hot on the heels of companies that ignore this.

If the vehicle's mileage cannot be guaranteed you must display a disclaimer on the odometer the same size or larger than the odometer itself.

How is it done?

Mileage correction is not a simple process it requires bespoke equipment and sound knowledge of vehicle electronics, a few years ago the market was flooded by software which ran on a laptop that could change the mileage reading, unfortunately this system was so unreliable, it caused more damage than good, people were buying this software under the impression that they could change mileages on any vehicle, this was so far from the truth, this system could only work on some older vehicles but failed to change other memories in the vehicle, as a result when the vehicle was taken to a main dealer the true value was seen and recorded by them.

There are different ways mileage can be re-programed, the first is through the diagnostic port, another way is to remove the eeprom from the rear of the speedometer board and re-program it or in some cases the chip pins have to be lifted and wires are then soldered to certain points and then programmed. mileage correction, mileage correction london Mileage can also be stored in the light control module and this needs to be adjusted as well to match the reading on the dash or keys.