Purchased 2000 Land Cruiser from Odometer Fraud seller. NEED HELP.

[bcarbs]

Holy crap! This is huge. The DMV investigator asked if I had a screen shot of the post and this is exactly the same details of what was written on the add that I found. The mileage is incorrect but only by 1k so hopefully that doesn’t affect the investigation.

Happy to help my man - good luck!

 

[jsphaguirre]

That is a pretty nice cruiser. I would say you probably over paid by 4 to 5k? Lawyers will eat that much for breakfast. File your complaints and chalk this up to a lesson learned.

Don’t let the inspection rake you over the coals either. They can write up 4 to 5k easy in unnecessary repairs. I think the only thing to fear is low compression. Everything else is not that bad. I think the 100 Series LC is one of the most DIY friendly vehicles. Your family will be just fine in that vehicle. Good luck and don’t let this consume you! Take care!

Thank you for the comment. Your concern about my family means a lot, it’s why the situation is consuming me at the moment. It was personal when he followed through with it after meeting my son. That’s the tough part to shake.
But everyone who has commented and offered support and advice on here has really made a difference. I appreciate so much. Thank you all.

 

[Mauser]

if I'm not mistaken, the ECM had to be re-programmed to do this

Mileage is stored on an eeprom in the cluster.

 

[2001LC]

Mileage is stored on an eeprom in the cluster.

Can they be reprogrammed?

 

[jsphaguirre]

Thank you for the comment. Your concern about my family means a lot, it’s why the situation is consuming me at the moment. It was personal when he followed through with it after meeting my son. That’s the tough part to shake.
But everyone who has commented and offered support and advice on here has really made a difference. I appreciate so much. Thank l

Can they be reprogrammed?

Reprogrammed to turn back to its estimated miles?

 

[2001LC]

Reprogrammed to turn back to its estimated miles?

That too!
I'm more concerned with: Can it be reprogrammed, to roll back miles?

Earlier post from me in this thread:
"Nope, not in stored in EMC. The odometer hold in it's ram. These guy's, buy salvage low miles combination meters (dash) and swap out.
Perhaps, found a way to reprogram.

We keep seeing this out of CA. Likely the same dud. Which points to; He may have way to reprogram"

 

[hoser]

I've no personal experience with reclocking odometer but I see the service advertised here and there.

 

[3_puppies]

didn't realize it was stored in the cluster itself.
I'm guessing they figured a way to reprogram/reset mileage as there can't be many wrecked very low mileage rigs out there to grab the cluster from

 

[3_puppies]

I've no personal experience with reclocking odometer but I see the service advertised here and there.

WOW, advertising right out in the open,

 

[jLB]

I'm more concerned with: Can it be reprogrammed, to roll back miles?

I'm guessing they figured a way to reprogram/reset mileage as there can't be many wrecked very low mileage rigs out there to grab the cluster from

Reprogramming the EEPROM should be fairly trivial with the correct tools and background.

 

[Mauser]

Can they be reprogrammed?

Easily

 

[rexington14]

Too bad these people haven't come up with a fix for the odometers in the 9th gen Corollas. They all stop at 299,999 miles.

 

[reduc]

I imagine he's just swapping out low mileage clusters. There are how-to videos on YT, and it looks like it takes all of about 10 minutes. On mine, there are deep scratches on the top of the steering column shroud that weren't present when it was sold to the scammer, per the original owner, indicating something was forced past the top of the dash and the steering wheel.

 

[Couvi]

Thank you for the comment. Your concern about my family means a lot, it’s why the situation is consuming me at the moment. It was personal when he followed through with it after meeting my son. That’s the tough part to shake.
But everyone who has commented and offered support and advice on here has really made a difference. I appreciate so much. Thank you all.

I’m sorry you’re having to go through this man. But, as others have said and I’ll back up as well, there’s no better vehicle on the planet that is still in prime condition at 20+ years old and 270k miles. I have had mine for 10 years, driven our family of 6 all over the country and it’s never let us down — I’m at 265k now and wouldn’t want any other vehicle. Hopefully you can find some peace in that.

 

[KonTiki]

This has been an interesting read.
Sorry about your scam, but honestly it could have been way worse. You could have bought a Range Rover. Instead you have what appears to be a solid 100 that you can put another 200k+ on easy if you maintain it.
The driveline clunk is super common.
Grease your driveshaft slip joints and u joints with moly grease. There are lots of threads on it. May end up being CV splines and hub flanges.

 

[PharmerDan100]

Posted a CL that looked sus... PMing original poster instead.

 

[Tentsontop]

Sad day. I'd say that's probably a 7 - 8.5K cruiser based on miles/condition/prior damage. I feel bad for you all out there in CA where apparently, nobody knows a guy who "knows a guy" that can take care of a situation like this.