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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 09:58 AM
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ECM ???

When I bought my 2002 F250 the digital display that shows the milage did not work. When i took the truck to the stealership to have some recalls done they said they could tell how many miles it had on it once they hooked it up to the computer. My question is ....Is there some way they know the trucks computer has not been changed out...Is it linked to the V.I.N. number or something? They said it has 285,000 miles on it ....but it runs great the interior looks perfect...I know these trucks are capable of alot more miles than that, but this truck just does not look or drive like it has that many miles on it. Also just to add I just bought a Instrument cluster off of ebay for $40.00 with 90,000 miles on it that Im gonna put in it just because I want to be able to keep up with maintainance and I want to calculate fuel mileage.....so I may be hitting yall up for some more help if I run into any snags....
 

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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 02:17 PM
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not sure, but i will give you a bump...
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 05:19 PM
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anyone got an answer

I edited the title of this thread and am giving it another bump in hopes of some reply's to my question.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 06:43 PM
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I have no idea. Here's a bump.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Finally Powerstrokin
I edited the title of this thread and am giving it another bump in hopes of some reply's to my question.
There is a function on AE (Auto Engenuity) that will find the VIN but I have not been able to get it to work on my XLE4 PCM, early 99.

Anyone ever been able to pull the VIN # or mileage using AE? And if so what year and/or PCM code?
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 07:02 PM
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yes the pcm is linked to the vin and it has internal memory if the pcm was changed it will show a differant vin than the truck you can check it on a modis system from snapon at most auto shops
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by charlie92/7.3l
yes the pcm is linked to the vin and it has internal memory if the pcm was changed it will show a differant vin than the truck you can check it on a modis system from snapon at most auto shops
Thanks for the info. Can the Modis retrieve mileage?

Does anyone know if AE has these capabilities?
 
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