I have a question guys: a couple years ago i swapped out the gauge cluster on my 1999 996 C2 for a pre-owned aftermarket piece. This gauge cluster had a different odometer reading (a much lower one) than my original one. Well, during this time I happened get my car smogged and the technician reported the results to the DMV along with the odometer reading is it was stated on the aftermarket piece.

Now when I run a Carfax report on my car there is an inconsistent odometer reading alert that comes up, obviously. Is there any way that I can report this to the DMV or work with them to straighten this out? Please let me know if there is anything I can do to fix this mess.

Thanks!

 

I knew someone who did the same thing. Swapped out his cluster for a cluster that had "C4S" written on the RPM gauge. Only thing is the "C4S" gauge was a lot lower than the original cluster. To avoid problems he swaps out the gauge with the old one to avoid tangles with the system. One can see how this whole situation might raise eye brows with Odometor readings???? Not sure what you can do. I know with the Government they will look at it as tampering, even though it wasn't the original intent. Good luck. I believe Porsche eliminated this with models 2003 and up.

 

Err that sux but thanks for your reply. I may just have to accept that I'm screwed in regard to ever being able to sell this car down the road.

 

well you did mess with the original mileage, no?

 

Rennturk that's not really the issue at hand here. I know I did - my question is whether there is any way I can rectify the situation with the DMV, gov, etc.

 

After you initially tamper with the odometer there is no way to ever accurately represent the "actual" mileage again. The original odometer has been compromised, you may say you've only put 50 miles on it but you could have put 50000 miles on the car since it was tampered with. I highly doubt you'll be able to come to an agreement with DMV. I'd take it as a lesson learned.

 

Yeah, I figured there was really nothing I could do about this. Well thanks anyways for everyone's input.

 

I don't know if you're 100% dead in the water. If you are honest with the next owner and have the Porsche Dealer engine hours readout from the ECU or can show the Durametric hours readout, this may lessen the discrepancy some. I know it doesn't solve the problem, but the hours on the ECU clock don't lie . That readout will also show the type 1 and 2 over-revs as well which will be a key consideration for the next owner. The key will be to accurately translate hours back into miles which shouldn't be too difficult. It won't be exact, but it will give a relaistic mileage range.

HC

 

Maybe check with a certified speedo repair shop and see what they say.

 

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Poke around the DMV site and see if you can fix this issue after the fact. Problem from a selling point is that you are in the Carfax data base with a red flag. http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/reg_hdbk_pdf/ch23.pdf

Learned some things, like if the vehicle is 10 years or older you do not have to report the mileage when it is sold. I think if it is a savage vehicle you do not have to report the mileage when it is sold.

I am interested in cluster swaps so I poked around. Us Boxster owers like to put in 996 clusters to get the 2 extra gauges, volts and oil pressure, that a Boxster does not have. Since a new 996 cluster is in the range of $1,500 that usually means a used 996 cluster goes into the Boxster. The donor 996 cluster goes to a shop and the mileage is changed to match the Boxster. Not hard to change the mileage on the electronic custer.

I have a 1988 Toyota pickup that I have owned for 19 years. I had the base model with a speedometer, water temp, and fuel gauges. It is common to swap in a SR5 gauge which has also has a tach, oil pressure, and volt gauges. I bought a SR5 cluster last year from a 1987 Toyota 4Runner. My truck with the original had 150,462 miles, and the SR5 cluster has 4,000 miles more than mine. Most owners of a 20 year old pickup would not bother, but I rolled back the SR5 cluster to match my original. I was able to do this myself because those old Toyotas had mechanical clusters.

The only mechanics I know are Porsche mechanics. Last year I asked a mechanc if I had to do any paperwork for my Toyota cluster swap, and he said no because I was not altering the mileage. He said it was no different if the dealership replaced a defective cluster with a new one and then put the vehicle mileage in the new cluster. Per the DMV site he was correct. Once I rolled back the SR5 cluster it matched my original and I did not need to do any paperwork.

 

hello I need a gauge cluster or lens for 99 996 i dropped mine and broke my lens