Hey, I have a 2007 A4 2.0 Quattro. I want to know if anyone knows how to turn back the mileage on the odometer or at least stop it so it cant read anymore. My lease isnt up for a while, and I'm a lot higher on my miles than I should be. I have 30K total to use by Nov. and I'm at 23 k ;[ So, any help would be appreciated so I dont have to spend the $0.25 per damn mile over ;\ if anything email me at Learn2bartend@aol.com if it's easier. thanks !

 

I thought tampering with the odometer was illegal, take the bus more, or suck it up and pay what you agreed to in the contract.

 

The easiest way I know to stop it is to quit driving.

 

Or at least less driving... I remember I leased an '81 VW and at the 2 yrs mark had over 73k miles on it, I was a "traveling salesman" at the time. At the end of the 3.5 yr lease, it was cheaper for me to buy the car than to pay the penalty for excessive mileage. I had the car for 9 yrs, with about 300K miles on it by the time I got rid of it.

 

Due to engine replacement, the law allows me to reset the mileage on a 1996 A4.

Any ideas on how to do this? I guess I could just buy a new cluster.

 

It's illegal to set the odometer back, and we shouldn't have this thread.

 

Go to jail! Go directly to jail! Do not pass "Go"! Do NOT collect $200.00
You could easily get busted if there is any mileage discrepency as the dealer will enter your mileage at every visit for service.

 

Wrong!!! The mileage goes with the VIN and NOT the engine, the tranny, the on-board computer, or any other part fo the vehicle.
Point out the in the book (law) where it says you can change the mileage on your car because you put a different engine in it...
Whomever told you so was probably trying to sell you something... Beware!

 

Exactly - the mileage isn't meant to be an indicator of the engine's use only - it's meant to represent the mileage on the highest-used part (ie, whatever part or parts have been on the car the longest), not just the engine.

It's your own fault you're over the mileage (or that you likely will be) - don't ask here for illegal ways to defraud a potential second owner of the car because you weren't on the ball enough to stick with the legal, binding deal you agreed to at the inception of the lease. You can either park it or pay for the excess. It's not like you were misled when you signed.

Believe me, if you were the second owner of that car and the first guy did what you're trying to do, you'd be major-league pissed. It's not right to deal that onto someone else.

Oh, and since our clusters are electronically driven, chances are it's the ECU that's clocking and logging the mileage and sending that info to the odometer. You're not going to be able to reflash that part of the computer to blank out the mileage and start fresh.