Honda digital odometers - tamper proof?

[voltscastillo]

tottoo ba na hindi na-tatamper yung digital odometers ng mga 2001-current honda civics?

recently bought a new (used) civic, and napansin ko na hindi na analog type yung odometer. total km reading is 39,xxx - 2003 model automatic. coming from an ek and crv who averages half that in one year (bumibiyahe lagi out of town hehe), is this normal total dist traveled? parang maliit eh.

but the car feels ok pa, engine response is better than my previous hondas...

any input would be appreciated thanks

[tidus1203]

Its not impossible, but its way harder to tamper than those analog odometers. Pagkakalam ko is nakatago yung odometer data sa isang chip which I dunno nasan.....

39,000 for 5 years is a little bit underused but different people have different needs so its very possible. Now if you say 10,000 pa lang now thats very fishy

[voltscastillo]

Its not impossible, but its way harder to tamper than those analog odometers. Pagkakalam ko is nakatago yung odometer data sa isang chip which I dunno nasan.....

39,000 for 5 years is a little bit underused but different people have different needs so its very possible. Now if you say 10,000 pa lang now thats very fishy

hehe, yeah... either pirming nakahinto sa traffic or hindi talaga gamit pag 10,000 lang. my wife's corolla has less that 30,000 on the odo, pero 1999 model yun haha.

[[archie]]

yep it can be done, sa evangelista dami ngoofer to do that... kaya nakakatakot bumili ng 2nd hand with digital odo.

theres no way to detect kung tampered yung digital, unlike sa analog... sobrang obvious kasi hindi pantay yng mga numbers. pero if you know the seller i think hindi ka na lolokohin nun.

[raine]

maramingparaan naman kung gustong itamper pwede kasi yung iba bibili ng gauge cluster at papalitan ang nakakabit and then pag gusto ng benta ang sasaskyan ibabalik ang luma with low milage.

[voltscastillo]

maramingparaan naman kung gustong itamper pwede kasi yung iba bibili ng gauge cluster at papalitan ang nakakabit and then pag gusto ng benta ang sasaskyan ibabalik ang luma with low milage.

hmmm... pero ang mahal nun haha

[ronw123w124]

Its not impossible, but its way harder to tamper than those analog odometers. Pagkakalam ko is nakatago yung odometer data sa isang chip which I dunno nasan.....

39,000 for 5 years is a little bit underused but different people have different needs so its very possible. Now if you say 10,000 pa lang now thats very fishy

Actually, my wife has a 2002 CRV with just 11,000km. Why? Eversince my wife's folks bought it they hardly used it, It is the 3rd car in the house and ginagamit lang pang-coding na ang biyahe lang is from Acropolis to Eastwood and back! Since the car was given to my wife a few months back, Di rin namin ginagamit masyado kasi ang lakas sa gas, my wife prefers to use the Altis and I would rather use my MB kasi mas tipid sa gas kahit na ironically 6 cylinder yung MB ko. Now we have decided that the CRV has to go and were looking around kung ano ipapalit namin sa CRV, but the 2 final contenders on our list is the new Altis and the Fort 2.5 Diesel. (ayaw namin Civic Fd saka Sta. Fe)

On another note, I remember looking for a used Revo for the office about 4 years ago, one particular unit we looked at was in Kamias area which the owner claimed had about 40,000 km on it, when we looked at the car kita namin baklas yung dashboard, so there goes the lame excuse na nililinis daw yung instrument cluster. Sensing that somethings fishy I decided to pop the hood and have a look at the engine, Lo and behold! nakita ko yung sticker ng timing belt replacement which states that the belt was replaced at 97,000km!!! Umalis na lang ako without listening to the owners alibi.

[voltscastillo]

Actually, my wife has a 2002 CRV with just 11,000km. Why? Eversince my wife's folks bought it they hardly used it, It is the 3rd car in the house and ginagamit lang pang-coding na ang biyahe lang is from Acropolis to Eastwood and back! Since the car was given to my wife a few months back, Di rin namin ginagamit masyado kasi ang lakas sa gas, my wife prefers to use the Altis and I would rather use my MB kasi mas tipid sa gas kahit na ironically 6 cylinder yung MB ko. Now we have decided that the CRV has to go and were looking around kung ano ipapalit namin sa CRV, but the 2 final contenders on our list is the new Altis and the Fort 2.5 Diesel. (ayaw namin Civic Fd saka Sta. Fe)

On another note, I remember looking for a used Revo for the office about 4 years ago, one particular unit we looked at was in Kamias area which the owner claimed had about 40,000 km on it, when we looked at the car kita namin baklas yung dashboard, so there goes the lame excuse na nililinis daw yung instrument cluster. Sensing that somethings fishy I decided to pop the hood and have a look at the engine, Lo and behold! nakita ko yung sticker ng timing belt replacement which states that the belt was replaced at 97,000km!!! Umalis na lang ako without listening to the owners alibi.

i used to own a 2000 CRV. excellent car. my cheap way to improve gas mileage is to just clean the air filter, hehe. after cleaning, it returns to near 8-9 kms per liter. considering that both my civics get 10 and 11, 8 to 9 ain't so bad, hehe. it is a mini-suv, after all.

so... hindi pala tamper proof mga odometers na 'to.

is nothing sacred in the world of motoring these days na? hehe

[ronw123w124]

i used to own a 2000 CRV. excellent car. my cheap way to improve gas mileage is to just clean the air filter, hehe. after cleaning, it returns to near 8-9 kms per liter. considering that both my civics get 10 and 11, 8 to 9 ain't so bad, hehe. it is a mini-suv, after all.

so... hindi pala tamper proof mga odometers na 'to.

is nothing sacred in the world of motoring these days na? hehe

I have a friend who owns both the 1st and 2nd gen CRV's, according to him mas lakas sa gas yung 2nd gen (i-VTEC engine) FC din ang complain niya sa 03 CRV niya. BTW we get around 5km/liter

[voltscastillo]

I have a friend who owns both the 1st and 2nd gen CRV's, according to him mas lakas sa gas yung 2nd gen (i-VTEC engine) FC din ang complain niya sa 03 CRV niya. BTW we get around 5km/liter

OT:

5 lang? you might as well get the expedition. 3-5 with more rolling mass pa hehe.

i was told na mas tipid na daw yung i-vtec series. cguro pag m/t at straight highway with banayad driving.

[JMV]

Digiital odometers are NOT TAMPER proof. They are just as susceptible to tampering like the analog ones. However, for the digital odometer, its is done electronically via PC + harness to the cluster.

As always, dont rely on the odometer reading to evaluate the condition of the vehicle once you are buying second hand cars. Check by yourself. If your not that good, bring along with you a good mechanic. You may pay him a little but the results maybe worth it.

Tampered or not as long as the condition of the car is OK, why not. and as long as the odometer reads correctly (as in actual KM =, more or less to 1KM odo reading).

OT na: when someone sells you a car pointing out its KM reading as selling point, brush it aside. Try to evaluate on actual condition. If proven wrong, I might even appraise the car to its actual value and tell the sales person that how much I would buy it.