Changing mileage question.

[digisatman]

Hi all,

Bought a used Merc recently and my son to my car to a mileage correction place and put the miles back, (Just for cosmetic purposes, ie, so friends dont have to see the high mileage). I was wondering what the consequences of doing this is, i will not be selling it underclocked, but in the meanwhile, how is servicing/mot etc going to work? I beleive my car (e270d w211) is due for a recall about the ball joints and was wondering if i should change mileage back to true mileage before i take it into MB?

The service isnt due for another 10k miles, and M.O.T. isnt due till 1 years time.

Thanks,

Digi

 

[Rory]

Oh dear.

 

[mioba]

shameless clocker

 

[DuFFmAn]

Well since the MOT's are now computerised, your mileage check may flag up an error...

You shouldn't really be playing with the mileage to be honest.. I'd love to tell my friends how far my Merc has travelled without a hitch!

 

[Howard]

TBH , I think this is one of the worst ideas I have heard for a long while ....

Leave the mileage alone, be proud that the car is capable of covering that amount of miles and still be tip top ....

 

[pammy]

I think there's a typo in the post. I think he is saying his son took his car and got it clocked. "Mileage correction" - honestly.

How do you intend to put it back to the correct mileage when you do sell it?

Sorry m8 but what your son has done is illegal. Pure and simple.

 

[digisatman]

thats why im asking advice, i didnt really want it done, son done it for fun. Now im trying to ask u for advice.

thanks

 

[Howard]

Take it back to the 'Mileage Correction Centre' and ask them to put it back to what it was .....

If they want paying to do it , get number one son to pay .....

 

[pammy]

thats why im asking advice, i didnt really want it done, son done it for fun.

Mmmmm - Your son and who has done this knows you don't do this "for fun" sorry - the ones who've actually done it know it is illegal. It's not something you do for fun. I agree with Howard - I'd get your son to get it put right but you might find that is easier said than done.

It's likely to have thrown ASSYST out too so you might have prob's when you come to MOT and service it as it won't add up.

You say it's a 2003 vehicle, from one of your other posts, and that it has 12 months MOT to run - so I'm guessing it's just had it's first one and recently been serviced too. The first nail is in the coffin as the mileage for those is now registered on a number of systems. Plus when it was sold to you the dealer will have logged the mileage then and with DVLA on the log book.

He's got you into a right old pickle.

 

[w124coupe]

There is no offence committed here until/unless you pass the vehicle on and lead the new owner to believe the clocked mileage is genuine.

If that is your aim (i.e. fraud) then hopefully the full Size10 of the law will come down on you and you will have a free holiday.

Otherwise, if the reason IS cosmetic, then you can let the DVLA know and they will add a note re the "new" odometer and you will be able to act lawfully and honestly with any future owners.

 

[pammy]

Well well well - you learn something new everyday.
http://www.digitalmileagecorrection.org.uk/

This is just one of many that do digital correction. So I take back much of what I said. It seems as long as it;'s been done properly then it should be OK on ASSYST etc.

I still question the need to do it if there isn't a fault - but that appears to be irrelevant. Persoanlly I don't see the need to do it - who cares what mileage a car as done really - unless you are selling it. I wouldn't like the job of working out the corrcet mileage when it does come to selling and would not like to be on the receiving end of getting a car that's been clocked - been there done that too

But if you want it putting back to what it was I would have thought the same people could do it - and legitimately.

Good luck!

 

[richard]

With a modified mileage, you've got no chance of a goodwill claim from MB UK if anything breaks, and you may well mess up your 'mobilo life' 30 year free recovery service as-well.

Also, its quite possible your car is busy logging errors in the on-board management systems - mileage is held in more than just the cluster, and the star diagnosis system checks this all.

I'd also be slightly worried that if you had a 'slightly odd' accident your insurance may say 'well, whoever modified the cluster broke it, and therefore XXX safety system didnt work'. The cluster is involved in a lot of control of the car.

I'd get it put back, either by the original people, or it may be possible for an independant with Star diagnosis to do it ..

R

- R

 

[Dieselman]

With a modified mileage, you've got no chance of a goodwill claim from MB UK if anything breaks, and you may well mess up your 'mobilo life' 30 year free recovery service as-well.

Also, its quite possible your car is busy logging errors in the on-board management systems - mileage is held in more than just the cluster, and the star diagnosis system checks this all.

I'd also be slightly worried that if you had a 'slightly odd' accident your insurance may say 'well, whoever modified the cluster broke it, and therefore XXX safety system didnt work'. The cluster is involved in a lot of control of the car.

I'd get it put back, either by the original people, or it may be possible for an independant with Star diagnosis to do it ..

R

- R

Putting it back (well forwards) might not be so easy. These cars are meant to allow one adjustment of mileage so it will be interesting to see if this is the case.

The mileage is logged in various plases I believe and the car will always hold a record of adjusted mileage.

I find it a little hard to believe that you had this car clocked purely for cosmetic reasons.

 

[ADY1983]

I have Changed my clocks, but thats because half the dials stopped working and the rev counter was different for the 24v. But I have kept the old clocks that I will leave with the car and I have a note of what the mileage was.

I have had my MOT since and it wasn't flagged up the old clocks were 171k the new 148k. I used to get thats done some miles hasn't it, I would reply NO! thats low not run in yet

Why change it back if there's no need

 

[GrahamC230K]

Because if you don't and you sell it's fraud and if you don't and tell people when it comes to sell they will never buy!

 

[ADY1983]

Because if you don't and you sell it's fraud and if you don't and tell people when it comes to sell they will never buy!

No no, I mean why have the clocks put backwards in the first place, just asking for trouble.

 

[Dieselman]

No no, I mean why have the clocks put backwards in the first place

Let's take a guess..

 

[tacsi]

High Milage A Sign of Quality

Hi
Dont know about anyone else out there !

but having done some high millage in a 190E.

one should be proud of owning a car of such quality !

it might be viewed as an embarasment to have high millage on a fiesta or saxo etc,

but the fact of the matter is that none of the cheaper quality cars could ever achive the sort of milles that a merc could !

so personaly dont see the point of this exercise unless there was something to gain !!

 

[ADY1983]

Let's take a guess..

Yes its obvious, but its going to be a lot harder to sell a car on with a dodgy service history or no S/H, unless you are planning to change it, and I think there is someone that has been trying to sell service history on Ebay...

 

[BonzoDog]

What surprises me is that these companies can openly tout their trade.