MOT mileage when changing dash board?
Discussion
If I've replaced the digital dash on my car with another, is this likely to cause any problems come MOT time? I.e. mileage on last MOT certificate circa 20k, new mileage (on new dash) circa 2k.
Will the fact that the mileage on the car when it's next presented be lower than the figure stored on the VOSA computer cause any issues, or will they simply record the stated mileage and leave it at that?
Will the fact that the mileage on the car when it's next presented be lower than the figure stored on the VOSA computer cause any issues, or will they simply record the stated mileage and leave it at that?
Thanks for the replies.
The dash is (was)an after market version (stack) which has a load of PCB faults internally.
The current MOT displays the last 3 or 4 years mileages at the time the MOT was done, so it would be obvious to any potential buyer if I were to sell the car that something had historically happened to cause the jump. This would be fully disclosed, and would also have full back up with receipts, etc in the car's history file.
The dash is (was)an after market version (stack) which has a load of PCB faults internally.
The current MOT displays the last 3 or 4 years mileages at the time the MOT was done, so it would be obvious to any potential buyer if I were to sell the car that something had historically happened to cause the jump. This would be fully disclosed, and would also have full back up with receipts, etc in the car's history file.
On a lot of cars, the car records the mileage in two places to counter this sort of thing. For example on my Discover 2, the mileage is stored on the BCU and on the Instrument Cluster. If they don't match, the readout flashes. You can synchronise them to the highest reading of the two via the diagnostics tools.
But to answer the OP's question, it won't make any difference, as long as you don't mis-represent the mileage when you come to sell it, there's no problem.
Personally I keep a spreadsheet of everything that happens on the vehicle, along with the mileage and date, cost etc. and when I sell it the buyer will be given a copy. They can then see exactly what the history of the vehicle is in one place. The bundle of documents sold with each car sometimes is a pain, my latest purchase I've just typed them all up and put them in the spreadsheet in date order.
But to answer the OP's question, it won't make any difference, as long as you don't mis-represent the mileage when you come to sell it, there's no problem.
Personally I keep a spreadsheet of everything that happens on the vehicle, along with the mileage and date, cost etc. and when I sell it the buyer will be given a copy. They can then see exactly what the history of the vehicle is in one place. The bundle of documents sold with each car sometimes is a pain, my latest purchase I've just typed them all up and put them in the spreadsheet in date order.
fergus said:
Will the fact that the mileage on the car when it's next presented be lower than the figure stored on the VOSA computer cause any issues, or will they simply record the stated mileage and leave it at that?
Definitely this.My ol' Saab 900 had an odometer that never worked. Common problem, stripped gear internally. Three MOTs, from Devon to the M25, said the same mileage. Then I swapped the dash - and it shed 40k in the process. Several more MOTs, and not an eyebrow raised.
It's not illegal to change the clocks or reduce the mileage. It IS illegal to defraud somebody, by selling a high mileage car for a higher price by claiming it's a low mileage one. The illegality is the higher price and the fraud, not the changing of the mileage.
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