Dear group- The tach on my new 04 Sonata was busted from day 1 (sometimes it was dead; the rest of the time it stuttered around). Dealer fixed it by replacing the whole cluster -- the result of which is the odometer started again at zero miles. We had just over 1000 on the car when the cluster was replaced. Now of course there's a sticker in the door jamb saying the odometer was reset, the original mileage, date, mechanic ID, etc. I still wonder -- was there no way they could have reindexed the new odometer to match the unit that was pulled? I'm kind of surprised if there is no method for doing so, or did they just take the easy way out? Compare to my 95 GMC Sierra that got a new cluster a year ago -- it was returned to me with the same odometer as when I took it in -- and it has the 'analog' (wheels and disks) type odometer. Any input from the group appreciated! --AceyMan
Yeah, there are reprogrammers that can do that. They run between $800 and $2500 depending on the model. They are still legally required to put that sticker there though.
