Is it possible to roll back odometer on LS1?
07-05-2004, 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by slow
get the dealer service records, it will have dates and miles on it for any warranty work, I bought a low miles 98 car, with average of 8K a year on it. Not unheard of, but it was low miles for the year.
my 1998 bought 2 years ago had 31K on it. 2.5 years ago it has 21K on it. Dealer service records, as well as oil change receipts found behind the glovebox all confirmed the miles on the vehicle to be legit.
If your worried, and its a GM dealer have them check the miles on the BCM with their tech 2 or other scan tool.
1998's use only 1998 clusters, and its harder to find a low miles 98 cluster, than it is for a newer car, for "swapping"
Ryan
my 1998 bought 2 years ago had 31K on it. 2.5 years ago it has 21K on it. Dealer service records, as well as oil change receipts found behind the glovebox all confirmed the miles on the vehicle to be legit.
If your worried, and its a GM dealer have them check the miles on the BCM with their tech 2 or other scan tool.
1998's use only 1998 clusters, and its harder to find a low miles 98 cluster, than it is for a newer car, for "swapping"
Ryan
07-05-2004, 12:53 PM
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i bought my 99 SS 10 months ago with 17,600 miles! and by looking at the car it showd! i think by just looking at a car carfully it will help you tell if it has 15 or 50 thousand miles!
07-05-2004, 01:04 PM
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Bought my 99 SS in April of this year with only 31,410 miles on it. I agree, it's not unheard of to find low miles cars. You just have to jump on it if the Carfax is right.
07-05-2004, 07:05 PM
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is the milage stored in the PCM or the odometer itself? I have been thinking about unpluging my odometer for the time being because I put 4.10's in it and its running the miles up way to fast. I was going to unplug it till I got the PCM redone for the gears. I was told that this wouldnt work because the milage was stored in the PCM. any ideas?
07-05-2004, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by 00hawk120
is the milage stored in the PCM or the odometer itself? I have been thinking about unpluging my odometer for the time being because I put 4.10's in it and its running the miles up way to fast. I was going to unplug it till I got the PCM redone for the gears. I was told that this wouldnt work because the milage was stored in the PCM. any ideas?
07-05-2004, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by gchandler
I upgraded my instrument cluster on my 2000 silverado to the escalade unit, I thought that I would be able to go to the dealership and have the mileage from the pcm flashed to the cluster, but when I did so I was told that is not possible and that the pcm contains no mileage information. If anyone knows of a possible way to correct this problem drop me a line as I would really like to get this mileage fixed as I want to sell the truck.
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I remember reading milage is stored up to 6 places in the computer on the trucks.
As for the cars, there is one very simple easy to do 2 second trick to keep milage from building up, and no I'm not going to let everyone know how to be a crook and do it, if you have the idea pm me and we'll discuss it there or elsewhere, just not on this board. I know a couple guys that have done this little trick and even after a couple dealership warante fixes nothing was found tampered with....
07-06-2004, 07:55 PM
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I think that the car sounds ligit. If the paint look good and the car doesnt have a general burnt out look to it then buy it.
I bought my 02 SS in Nov. with 617 miles on it and know has 1,700. If you look long enough like I did(1 1/2YRS) you will find what your looking for. 3 months is a respectable time.
I bought my 02 SS in Nov. with 617 miles on it and know has 1,700. If you look long enough like I did(1 1/2YRS) you will find what your looking for. 3 months is a respectable time.
07-08-2004, 01:50 PM
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It is possible to find low mileage vehicles.
My 2002 Trans Am almost has 13,000 miles. I bought it almost 1 year ago and it had 9,500 miles at the time.
My 1996 Impala SS has about 10,000 miles. I bought it new back in November 1995 with less than 10 miles on it.
I don't use either car for my 80 mile daily commute from home to work and back home again, so the mileage does not increase on these two cars very rapidly. For the most part I use these two cars on weekends, evenings, and sometimes to get between home and work. I'll use the Trans Am to get to work about once a week and my Impala SS to get to work about 5 times a year. Usually I commute to work and take long drives (over 200 miles) in my 1993 Saturn SL2 - but this is not the place for me to talk about that car. I'll just say this: with rounding it has close to 1/4 million miles, gets about 38 miles per gallon, and doesn't have any door dings!
My 2002 Trans Am almost has 13,000 miles. I bought it almost 1 year ago and it had 9,500 miles at the time.
My 1996 Impala SS has about 10,000 miles. I bought it new back in November 1995 with less than 10 miles on it.
I don't use either car for my 80 mile daily commute from home to work and back home again, so the mileage does not increase on these two cars very rapidly. For the most part I use these two cars on weekends, evenings, and sometimes to get between home and work. I'll use the Trans Am to get to work about once a week and my Impala SS to get to work about 5 times a year. Usually I commute to work and take long drives (over 200 miles) in my 1993 Saturn SL2 - but this is not the place for me to talk about that car. I'll just say this: with rounding it has close to 1/4 million miles, gets about 38 miles per gallon, and doesn't have any door dings!
07-12-2004, 02:12 AM
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i switch my brothers dash cluster on his 99 camaro, with a trans am dash with 20 k miles on it, my brother camaro had 26 k miles on it and now reads 20 k from the new dash
07-12-2004, 04:07 PM
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I bought my 98Z with 19k miles in 2000, only 34k on the ticker now. Some people keep the mileage off them like me. Just my opinion, but I am pretty confident that by checking the fluids and listening to the engine, and seeing how the transmissions shifts (more slack=more likely more miles), you should have a pretty good idea how many miles are on it. And a car that has been dogged will run like one that has a ton of miles on it.
Very important: Does it still have the stock tires, and do they have what looks like 1/4 to 1/3 tread on them? My 98Z is still running on stock rubber from 98!
Very important: Does it still have the stock tires, and do they have what looks like 1/4 to 1/3 tread on them? My 98Z is still running on stock rubber from 98!
07-12-2004, 04:37 PM
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Low milage Fbodys are plentiful. I bought mine last year with 15,000 miles. Best advice is to inspect every part of it, paint, seets, underhood, underbody. I must say on mine the seats looked new, underbody looked like it had never been driven in rain/snow(just like the owner stated )
If it all checks out, get it. Nothing like owning a like new car for 1/2 the price.
)If it all checks out, get it. Nothing like owning a like new car for 1/2 the price.
07-12-2004, 06:52 PM
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I do not doubt the dealer. It is big time bad if a dealer gets cought messing with the odometer. Just as an aside, I bought my 2 year old ride with 3028 miles on it from a private party. He could however prove his mileage claim because all he had to do is show me proof of how long he had been in traction at the time I bought his car. No he didn't get injured in the car. 
