PabloCruise
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Really? Have you talked to your state's AG?
VIN Check and Some Advice on Odometer Rollback situation (1 Viewer)
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Really? Have you talked to your state's AG?
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It's definitely fraud, I just I have no way to track the guy down. The guy who sold it to me is not on the pink, said it was his dad's car. we met at an obscure location. I could have an attorney send a registered letter to the name on the pink. but then really what would I be suing for? 1,000 bucks or so?
You're thinking someone bought it from the original owner who signed the title, than rolled it back, than sold it to you and gave you the title the original owner signed?
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Something like that
Ugh
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I wonder if my engine was swapped at some point. There is no engine VIN plate, water pump is blue (aftermarket?) . I replaced heater Tees. The old ones were perfect. TB looked good too. Can you tell anything from these photos
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A few more pics to show level of wear
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Bushing in DS wheel well
Battleship
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That's you fan clutch hub, blue is normal.
If you like the truck, keep it and enjoy it. High mileage on these trucks is nothing. I will have mine forever, its my daily driver and my mileage is due to my occupation, camping trips and vacations. Welcome to the club.
I'm not trying to dispute the plethora of evidence that indicates odometer fraud but from a technical perspective in not sure how you can change the mileage of the vehicle without a ecu flash or a different ecu. The mileage is stored in the ecu , changing clusters shouldn't do a thing. It simply is a LCD indicator that receives ecu feedback. The ecu would be where you'd find suspect tampering imho.
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It gives me great pleasure to see a 400+ ODO posted from a happy owner. Thank you! I've moved on and am happy with my rig, but my curiosity still makes me wonder how easy it is to change the mileage. It may help future buyer out there if we get to the bottom of it.
TSB 629437 is continuous alarm from combination meter; I just had this happen on my rig, the alarm went on for about 5 minutes. That was a couple months back, it hasn't happened since. It happened after sitting idle for a week. Does anyone know if this has anything to do with the ECU or mileage changes.
Also, there's several TSBs related to ECU Flash memory reprogramming and field fixes. Not sure what that means but leads me to think the mileage could be changed that way. Can anyone corroborate this?
hoser
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AFAIK, most Toyota/Lexus's store the odometer reading in the instrument cluster.
That's what I've read too. It's stored on an EEPROM chip in the cluster, and can be edited the same way a locksmith would flash an ECU.
Odometer Reprogramming
I'm shocked that there is no other location that's stores mileage information.
No Bueno Toyota, but they still build a mean truck.
Since you have the alarm TSB, they need to remove the cluster anyway, if it came from a junkyard or if it is used it may have writing on the back of it or something that identifies it as such. May help.
If it were me, and I liked the truck, I'd check with Toyota about the service that says just "engine". Wierd was it replaced or rebuilt or something.
I'd also call the owner, politely and respectfully and just ask for the right information. Be cool about it, say how much I love the truck but that I need to know what I have so I can maintain it.
If the guy was a dick or sketchy I'd drag his behind into a local small claims court and use the proceeds to fund free maintenance and upgrades to my Cruiser.
That would put a smile on my face.
No Bueno Toyota, but they still build a mean truck.
Since you have the alarm TSB, they need to remove the cluster anyway, if it came from a junkyard or if it is used it may have writing on the back of it or something that identifies it as such. May help.
If it were me, and I liked the truck, I'd check with Toyota about the service that says just "engine". Wierd was it replaced or rebuilt or something.
I'd also call the owner, politely and respectfully and just ask for the right information. Be cool about it, say how much I love the truck but that I need to know what I have so I can maintain it.
If the guy was a dick or sketchy I'd drag his behind into a local small claims court and use the proceeds to fund free maintenance and upgrades to my Cruiser.
That would put a smile on my face.
2001LC
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Engine serial number missing is a bit concerning. It may be that the engine matching instrument cluster (millage), which would be a good thing. It may be from midnight auto supply.
From what I've read so far on this thread you will probably only get another 500k miles out of this beast
