406 speedo cluster instrument panel wrong milage!

just_gotwicked · Post by **just_gotwicked** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:07 pm

I've got a 1.9 td mach1 406 and it's got an analog clock in the place of a rev counter, i bought a cluster which included a rev counter, installed it but now my milage reads 196,000 instead of 69,000! Bit of a discrepancy! Anyone any idea how I rectify this?!!?!

Captain Jack · Post by **Captain Jack** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:54 am

Isnt the mileage reported by the speedo cluster rather than the ECU? How many miles has the previous car done? I bet you it's 196k :p

Post by **Welly** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:54 pm

Try asking 'Blue406' on here, you might have to PM him though, I'm sure he knows how to sort it because he's changed his clocks before, something about swapping the guts over from your old mileometer.

He's very helpfull and I'm sure won't mind talking you through it

k3nny · Post by **k3nny** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:01 pm

I've got a 1.9 td mach1 406 and it's got an analog clock in the place of a rev counter, i bought a cluster which included a rev counter, installed it but now my milage reads 196,000 instead of 69,000! Bit of a discrepancy! Anyone any idea how I rectify this?!!?!

a few weeks ago, while i wait my car get washed at the gas station ... i read a magazine with exactly Peugeot 406 'mis-reading' milage article (local magazine).

4 people has been reported that their vehicle mis-read the milage after replacing some of their vehicle parts, one of them caused by incompatible spark plugs. Pug's ECU seems doesn't work well with spark plugs that doesn't have resistor, where even in some cases the spark plug's resistor does not compatible with the ECU.

the article described that the 'signal' sent to the vehicle trip computer is wrong, causing the trip computer to store incorrect trip.

there are also some other reasons, but i forgot the rests. the only way to 'reset' back your milage is buy the new 'trip computer' unit from pug which will cost you a lot !!. none of the people reported in the magazine replace it because it is too expensive and they just face the fact that their car runs '822.229' Kilometers in 2 years.

but then again, you might want to check with local pug service center to make sure the problem. i might be wrong too.