How to read your actual miles from the ECU

myalex · Post by **myalex** » 26 Dec 2006, 08:39

thank's. Tomorrow i try to reset all code and read the mileage from ECU.
Please where i found the free service manual?
Bye

myalex · Post by **myalex** » 26 Dec 2006, 08:53

sorry, i have found the manual. I am in error because I thought to read the codes of error in the display of the dashboard. If I have understood well, I must read the sequence of flashes of the
led, just?

Post by **MadeInJapan** » 26 Dec 2006, 09:09

That is correct, you must read the lights blinking.
If you take the odometer out you can set it to match the correct mileage, but I would read the mileage a few times first to make sure it is correct.
There is a good write-up on how to advance the mileage on the odometer with the use a pencil and drill.

fredstock99 · Post by **fredstock99** » 27 Mar 2007, 22:40

I got a 1993 850 GLT, and I just tried this and here is what I got... Just wondering what it means.

After pressing 5 times, and entering code 1-1-1 according to step 3,4 of original post, i get this response "10-3-1" ... After entering code 1-1-2, i get "1-10-6." if i understand this correct, the 6 digits of my mileage read as "1,10,6,10,3,1". Is this correct, and what does that mean? My odometer was broken for about 4 months until i found a used instrument panel and just swapped the whole thing.

Post by **Ozark Lee** » 28 Mar 2007, 07:40

I got a 1993 850 GLT, and I just tried this and here is what I got... Just wondering what it means.

After pressing 5 times, and entering code 1-1-1 according to step 3,4 of original post, i get this response "10-3-1" ... After entering code 1-1-2, i get "1-10-6." if i understand this correct, the 6 digits of my mileage read as "1,10,6,10,3,1". Is this correct, and what does that mean? My odometer was broken for about 4 months until i found a used instrument panel and just swapped the whole thing.

It means that the panel is reporting 106,031 miles. However, since you changed the instrument panel, that is the mileage associated with the replacement instrument panel, not the car. If you want the true mileage of the car, less the miles since the panel change, I think you need to put the old panel back in and read the mileage again from Socket A-7.

...Lee

fredstock99 · Post by **fredstock99** » 11 Apr 2007, 01:45

Thanks Lee. I switched back to the original instrument panel and read 189k miles. So i read that really nice odometer fix on this site, and took care of that, plus rolled my gauge forward to account for mileage on the other ins. panel. Now i get to watch my car hit 200k sometime this summer

. Thanks again.

Post by **luketrash** » 11 Apr 2007, 18:05

Thanks for the heads up about the mileages being attached to the particular gauge cluster installed in the car. I had thought it was stored in the ECU.

cpozzer · Post by **cpozzer** » 25 Apr 2007, 07:30

volvo 850 t5r

ok,i tried it out!

first step 1-1-1

8 red blinks
7 red blinks
10 red blinks

second step 1-1-2

3 red blinks
5 red blinks
5 red blinks

so if im not wrong this should be 355870km or miles?my car is italian and my speed o meter is in km!

wouldnt be bad...that bas*ard that sold it to me said it had 136000km on the clock

Wes850GLT · Post by **Wes850GLT** » 25 Apr 2007, 15:50

I've tried this twice and it works well. I used it to put the correct mileage back on my odometer after I fixed the broken gear.

NOTE! The instructions say to turn the key on. This means start the car, don't just turn the key to the on position! Mine would not work with the key in the on position, I had to actually start the car.

Wes

95 850 GLT

cpozzer · Post by **cpozzer** » 26 Apr 2007, 09:20

oh!!i didnt start the car....wondering...ill give it another try with the car on!

thanks for the hint