Thread: mechanic question, mechanic in the house?

Don't know exactly what it's called, but the mileage thing broke on my car, it doesn't turn or keep miles as your driving. Even the little one, where you can look down and see how many miles you've driven say like into town or down the road or something doesn't work either.

Does anyone know if this is easily fixable, I havn't asked my dad or brother yet, but they do work on cars, would it be something they could fix? Or would I have to take it into the shop?

Because now I don't even know when my 3,000 miles are up for an oil change. I guess I can just take it in every 3 months.

thank so much for anyone that can help!!!

It is not something you should work on yourself. The reason is when your speedometer / odometer is changed the mechanic must set the mileage to what it is showing on the old one and submit paperwork to your state department of motor vehicles showing that the device was changed and what the mileage was when it was changed. If this is not done properly you can end up in trouble when trying to sell your car. The reason is people "turning back" the odometer to show less miles on a used car.

This is an older car, so mileage is exempt(at the tag office). In fact, it only has 5 number slots, meaning when it reaches 99,999 miles, it turns over and starts at zero again. So who knows how many miles are on it, and one could easily lie.

I was just wanting it to work so I knew how many miles it took to get somewhere, keep an eye on my gas mileage, and for oil checks.

I guess I'll get my dad and brother on it sometime, I heard it was maybe some kind of wire that taps into your transmission or something.

Originally Posted by buttrfli

Odometer? Mine broke a few years ago and it took DH (a hobby mechanic) about 10 minutes to fix

well.......

what did he do to fix it, do you remember, or could you ask please, thank you

Originally Posted by jasmine

This is an older car, so mileage is exempt(at the tag office). In fact, it only has 5 number slots, meaning when it reaches 99,999 miles, it turns over and starts at zero again. So who knows how many miles are on it, and one could easily lie.

I was just wanting it to work so I knew how many miles it took to get somewhere, keep an eye on my gas mileage, and for oil checks.

I guess I'll get my dad and brother on it sometime, I heard it was maybe some kind of wire that taps into your transmission or something.

It is not exempt you actually have to tell them how many times it has rolled over and they do have a place for that on the titles.

I live in Oklahoma, and it is exempt, in fact I have my DD's title to her car right now here in front of me, and I am looking under where it says odometer, and it says exempt. Hers is a 1992. I think that if your vehicle is more than 10 years old here, it is exempt.

Mine is a Ford Mercury Grand Marquis, 1992.

Originally Posted by jasmine

I live in Oklahoma, and it is exempt, in fact I have my DD's title to her car right now here in front of me, and I am looking under where it says odometer, and it says exempt. Hers is a 1992. I think that if your vehicle is more than 10 years old here, it is exempt.

Mine is a Ford Mercury Grand Marquis, 1992.

Don't bring it to Florida as they do not exempt anything. The reason is there were lots of problems with people turning back the mileage on used cars to use as trade ins or selling to individuals that thought they were getting a "gently used" car when in fact they were getting one that had a zillion miles on them. You have to even mark if it has a odometer with 5 or 6 digits and tell how many times it has flipped past 99,999.99