Has anyone heard or experienced  tampering with the mileage on Skoda vehicle cluster panels.

Will it damage the ECU of the car  or is this done after engine overhauling  .  

The only legal reason to "tamper" or change the mileage is following an instrument cluster change where it is corrected to reflect the accurate mileage of the car. You would not change this if the engine were overhauled/replaced.

Obviously it depends on your country's laws, but generally the altering of kilometres/miles is not in itself illegal, but fraudulently stating that the altered distance is correct is.

But as said above, there are few genuinely moral or acceptable reasons to alter the distance. If you replace an engine you simply record when this happened in the service record, but leave the odometer alone. After all, the rest of the vehicle has still covered the original distance.

Could it be that the instrument cluster gets the mileage information stored on the cars ECU

Regardless of why, it's completely possible to alter the odometer milage in a 2011 Yeti with the right tools and knowledge.

 

In some cases it can leave a fault code, especially if done badly, plus the tools are quite expensive.

Could it be that the instrument cluster gets the mileage information stored on the cars ECU

 

No they are separate.

 

There was a member on here who purchased a car a while back and it turned out it had been "clocked". Mileage on the dash had been changed but scanning the ECU with VCDS revealed a much higher mileage.

Can the clocked mileage cluster panel create fault indication like a steering axle indication / ESC indication !!  Skoda claims this is indicated due to a clocked mileage ! 

That seems unlikely.