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DASHBOARD REPAIRS

Why would you need this service?

Over the last few years manufacturers have replaced the old style mechanical dashboards for new digital ones. The main reasons for this have been cost and reliability. Nowadays it is faster and cheaper to build an electronic dashboard than the old mechanical style dashboard.

This new technology has it's own problems though. Electrical pulses in the cars electrical system and outside factors can cause the data for the dashboard stored on an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) to be corrupted. This could happen for example if the battery was discharged and the car was jump started. The corrupt information in the EEPROM may mean that the mileage display for the dashboard is now incorrect or reading incorrectly.

If your dashboard develops a fault and a secondhand dashboard is purchased from a breakers yard the mileage display for that dash is likely to be different to the original. This would need to be addressed to keep your service/warranty records correct.

That is where we can help. By re programming your cars EEPROM with the correct mileage data. This change to the data stored on the memory device is undetectable and this means that you can receive the full value for your car when sold.

Attention : Adjusting your odometer for personal gain is serious fraud. Do not ask us to undertake this if fraud is your intention.

Duncan car spares comply fully with all laws regarding odometer correction and although it is not an offence in the UK to change the odometer on your personal vehicle or to correct a false/corrupt reading, it is an offence to sell a vehicle showing a lower or higher reading than true unless the buyer is informed of the true reading. This onus is totally on the owner of the vehicle. 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.