Programming Gauge Control Module


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SaskGT

GT Owner
Dec 24, 2013
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Does anyone know if it is possible to have the gauge control module reprogrammed to change the odometer reading?
Replaced the module with a used one and the odometer now reads the mileage from the car it came out of.
Joe
 
SaskGT said:
Does anyone know if it is possible to have the gauge control module reprogrammed to change the odometer reading?
Replaced the module with a used one and the odometer now reads the mileage from the car it came out of.
Joe
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Even if possible, I would imagine there's a whole lot of illegal in doing so. Just opening up a can of worms if that becomes public knowledge.
 
I was thinking more along the line of having a Ford dealer do it. Don't know if you purchase a new module if it is ordered to match your vehicle or if it is done at the dealer.
Joe
 
If you have ford dealer do it have them enter the original ie age and the new instruments mileage in oasis. This will not resolve mileage readings taken at inspection stations for new title. This is if it can't be reset.we
 
I know when we replace GM gauges at the shop with remanufactured units, the mileage is programmed in prior to shipping it to us.

Jeff
 
SaskGT said:
I was thinking more along the line of having a Ford dealer do it.
Joe
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And what % of dealers would we trust with this knowledge...never to reset the mileage on a used car???
 
It seems unfair to install a new unit with higher mileage than the original mileage. It also drives down the price. Let's say you have a 1k car and put a module with 5k. I have research this and there is no definitive answer except don't do it. I feel the goal would be to reset the odometer to the CarFax reading. There are struments on Amazon that are inexpensive designed to reset the odometer. I read on some cars there is a warning light on the dash if an odometer rollback is attempted. I wonder if our cars have this warning light. I am in favor to be able to roll back the odometer to the CarFax reading.
 
Why did you replace it? I've never seen one go bad.. Also If you order a new one from ford they can set the mileage to your pcm. Also your pcm contains the actual mileage that the car has. So no matter what, if you plug a diagnostic tool into your car the mileage that is in the pcm is the correct mileage for the car. Those boxes are expensive from ford as i'm sure you know and that's why you bought a used one. A ford IDS can NOT change the mileage in that baclk box. Only Ford can do it internally and only on a new product. It's to keep dealers (OTHERS) and such from being dishonest. The only place that may be able to do it is Myairbags.com. Check with them.

SO if you want your gauges to match the pcm. You have to stop driving your car. Read the mileage in the pcm, Then order the new black box with identical mileage to the .9 or what ever it is and put it in before you move the car.
 
B.M.F. - are you sure mileage is kept in the PCM? I've never seen a car brand do that. If true, and relatively accessible to "read", then the odometer reading is probably moot as any interested party could simply query the PCM for the "real" value.
 
This is an old topic but I thought there was a recent post that the new and old ones could be sent to Ford (maybe the OEM that made the box?) to have the odometer info transferred. Naturally this is going to be a clumsy process.
 
the odometer reading is only kept in the gauge check module above your left knee under the dash. plug in a new one and the mileage goes to zero or have the dealer program it to the correct mileage. The Ford OASIS report shows every service, oil change and repair the car has ever had at the dealer so the mileage should match the report. PS: that's why the SRP on the module is $8751.87 so it's not easily obtained and changed out.
 
nota4re said:
B.M.F. - are you sure mileage is kept in the PCM? I've never seen a car brand do that. If true, and relatively accessible to "read", then the odometer reading is probably moot as any interested party could simply query the PCM for the "real" value.
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The mileage is readable in the GT pcm with a ford IDS.... It is readable in all ford pcm's 2005 and newer. It's to keep people from cluster swapping vehicles as shown above in the op original post it's easy to do..
 
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