I was working on a project today with my gauges, and sadly I broke my tachometer on my cluster. I am going to have to buy a new one, and hopefully i can just swap out the tach itself. However, If I can't, how do i go about getting the new cluster programed to the miles that i have on my car now? I assume a dealer can do this? any idea what they might charge? any way i can do this myself? thanks in advance

 

i believe only the dealer can program the speedo also that scenery is hot

 

the dealer will not touch the odometer at all...atlest the one i went to wouldnt.

 

The car's computer holds the actual odometer. So even if you put a new one in, the reading will be correct, IIRC.

 

are you sure about that? when my buddy bought a used replacement cluster for his 2k2 max, but the custer did not reflect his actual millage, it just showed the millage that came on the cluster. his car was always off by 10k miles..

 

if you buy the cluster from the dealership they will reprogram it for you when you get it.

 

Nissan dealers order clusters or odometers from a company that can calibrate the speedos and set odometer mileage. They are supposed to keep the vehicle at the dealer so the mileage does not change and the odometer is overnited from the company (model electronics). They can also reset mileage on existing odomters I believe. Good luck.

 

only the one you buy from a dealership, they will program, just called several places last week. I wanted to get the SE gauges from Ebay

 

I have a simulair question, dont mean to hijack the thread. How difficult is it to remove the guage faces off the cluster and install them on another. I bought an AE cluster and want to put the faces on my GXE.

silvermax2k2, was that what you were doing on your max? I realize that you have a 2002, but were you putting some custom guages in? How did you manage to break it? Thanks!

 

Nah, I don't think so, Irish. The actual mileage is stored in the cluster itself. There's a chip on the cluster that holds the mileage. If you put in a new cluster, whatever mileage is stored on that cluster, will appear. Now, the dealer can reprogram this if it's a legitimate reason to do so. Now, silvermax2k2, since you have a 2002 cluster, the guage faces are all one piece. The needles must be removed in order to tackle any individual face. It's not like the 2k's where the faces are all individual pieces. You may save money and buy another cluster.