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Mileage discrepancy on interior swapped C6 Z06
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<blockquote data-quote="svtfocus2cobra" data-source="post: 16618706" data-attributes="member: 21786"><p>From my experience, you can swap out clusters and at the most you need a scanner that can marry it to the vehicle which isn't all that hard except I don't know which of the cheaper scanners can do it. The shop scanners are usually $3-4k and have a lot of functions in them so at the most you may have to take it to a shop that can program it and marry it to the vehicle.</p><p></p><p>I was going to give [USER=30475]@Junior00[/USER] the benefit of the doubt and concede that maybe it was something I have never come across, but there is something that contradicts what he is claiming. Scanners are for the most part read-only devices. They can initiate tests and activate various parts of the vehicle, but the one thing they can't do is rewrite an PCM so no, it won't actually work. The scanners will require you to put in the vin and mileage but that does not mean you're changing the vin or mileage on the car, and if you do so you will likely run into major issues and get locked out of performing any further functions because the scanner won't recognize the PCM if you give it the wrong vin. Yeah, there may be a video and people saying it is possible, but once I remembered the simple fact that scanners are basically read only means it isn't possible. To reprogram you will need a laptop with the manufacturer programming software and a Pass Thru Pro or similar J2534 device to connect from the laptop to the car.</p><p></p><p>The guy in the video is not demonstrating how to change the vin on the car to the one that is on the PCM. When you install a used or new PCM there is typically a range of vin numbers with the same part number for a PCM so you have to match your vehicle's vin to the correct part number, and so the vin number from the previous car is not their to trick the car into thinking it now has a new vin but to confirm, or for the scanner to confirm (because they likely have the information built in for ease of use), that the PCM will match the one you just took off your own car.</p><p></p><p>Swapping a PCM and guage cluster are two entirely different functions when it comes to reprogramming, and the actions are not interchangeable between the two if that makes sense. They require two different devices, but it is possible that this Autel device carries a limited reprogramming ability because that is what these companies are trying to do with each new device. They're trying to make it all in one, but as of right now there are some functions that simply can't be done without the actual software or even the dealer's software depending on brand.</p><p></p><p>Changing a cluster on a newer car is a simple function that can usually be married to the car with a scanner, but changing a PCM on most cars requires manufacturer software on a real computer and a J2534 device like I stated before.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svtfocus2cobra, post: 16618706, member: 21786"] From my experience, you can swap out clusters and at the most you need a scanner that can marry it to the vehicle which isn't all that hard except I don't know which of the cheaper scanners can do it. The shop scanners are usually $3-4k and have a lot of functions in them so at the most you may have to take it to a shop that can program it and marry it to the vehicle. I was going to give [USER=30475]@Junior00[/USER] the benefit of the doubt and concede that maybe it was something I have never come across, but there is something that contradicts what he is claiming. Scanners are for the most part read-only devices. They can initiate tests and activate various parts of the vehicle, but the one thing they can't do is rewrite an PCM so no, it won't actually work. The scanners will require you to put in the vin and mileage but that does not mean you're changing the vin or mileage on the car, and if you do so you will likely run into major issues and get locked out of performing any further functions because the scanner won't recognize the PCM if you give it the wrong vin. Yeah, there may be a video and people saying it is possible, but once I remembered the simple fact that scanners are basically read only means it isn't possible. To reprogram you will need a laptop with the manufacturer programming software and a Pass Thru Pro or similar J2534 device to connect from the laptop to the car. The guy in the video is not demonstrating how to change the vin on the car to the one that is on the PCM. When you install a used or new PCM there is typically a range of vin numbers with the same part number for a PCM so you have to match your vehicle's vin to the correct part number, and so the vin number from the previous car is not their to trick the car into thinking it now has a new vin but to confirm, or for the scanner to confirm (because they likely have the information built in for ease of use), that the PCM will match the one you just took off your own car. Swapping a PCM and guage cluster are two entirely different functions when it comes to reprogramming, and the actions are not interchangeable between the two if that makes sense. They require two different devices, but it is possible that this Autel device carries a limited reprogramming ability because that is what these companies are trying to do with each new device. They're trying to make it all in one, but as of right now there are some functions that simply can't be done without the actual software or even the dealer's software depending on brand. Changing a cluster on a newer car is a simple function that can usually be married to the car with a scanner, but changing a PCM on most cars requires manufacturer software on a real computer and a J2534 device like I stated before. [/QUOTE]
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