Dear group-

The tach on my new 04 Sonata was busted from day 1 (sometimes it was
dead; the rest of the time it stuttered around).

Dealer fixed it by replacing the whole cluster -- the result of which
is the odometer started again at zero miles. We had just over 1000 on
the car when the cluster was replaced.

Now of course there's a sticker in the door jamb saying the odometer
was reset, the original mileage, date, mechanic ID, etc.

I still wonder -- was there no way they could have reindexed the new
odometer to match the unit that was pulled? I'm kind of surprised if
there is no method for doing so, or did they just take the easy way
out?

Compare to my 95 GMC Sierra that got a new cluster a year ago -- it
was returned to me with the same odometer as when I took it in -- and
it has the 'analog' (wheels and disks) type odometer.

Any input from the group appreciated!

--AceyMan

 

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:23:26 -0400, The AceyMan
<usenet@nospam.tjexpress.net> wrote:

>Dear group-
>
>The tach on my new 04 Sonata was busted from day 1 (sometimes it was
>dead; the rest of the time it stuttered around).
>
>Dealer fixed it by replacing the whole cluster -- the result of which
>is the odometer started again at zero miles. We had just over 1000 on
>the car when the cluster was replaced.
>
>Now of course there's a sticker in the door jamb saying the odometer
>was reset, the original mileage, date, mechanic ID, etc.
>
>I still wonder -- was there no way they could have reindexed the new
>odometer to match the unit that was pulled? I'm kind of surprised if
>there is no method for doing so, or did they just take the easy way
>out?
>
>Compare to my 95 GMC Sierra that got a new cluster a year ago -- it
>was returned to me with the same odometer as when I took it in -- and
>it has the 'analog' (wheels and disks) type odometer.
>
>Any input from the group appreciated!
>
>--AceyMan

Yeah, there are reprogrammers that can do that. They run between $800
and $2500 depending on the model. They are still legally required to
put that sticker there though.

 

Hyundai has never offered this procedure to my knowledge.