I'm currently working on it a bit.

Immobilizer, key, mileage, etc.

I'm happy to report my first successes 😁

I presume this has been posted in the wrong section of the forum and there is a whole backstory missing, because all I see at the moment is an admission to illegally reducing a vehicles odometer reading????

Edited 2 August, 20252 Aug by Gerrycan

What's illegal about this, exactly?

If you retrofit a dash cluster into a car, you'll need to adjust the mileage. By the looks of it, that's exactly what he's doing.

FYI, if you want to roll back the mileage of a car, you'll need to be a lot more thorough - the ECU and TCU keep their own logs.

6 minutes ago, OccyVRS said:

Was genau ist daran illegal?

Wenn Sie ein Kombiinstrument nachrüsten, müssen Sie den Kilometerstand anpassen. Und so wie es aussieht, macht er genau das.

Zu Ihrer Information: Wenn Sie den Kilometerstand eines Autos zurücksetzen möchten, müssen Sie viel gründlicher vorgehen – die ECU und die TCU führen ihre eigenen Protokolle.

I am not aware that in MQB Classic the engine control unit or, if present, the gearbox stores its own mileage in a way that is accessible to "normal" users

6 minutes ago, Cairus said:

I am not aware that in MQB Classic the engine control unit or, if present, the gearbox stores its own mileage in a way that is accessible to "normal" users

https://forums.ross-tech.com/index.php?threads/39563/

There are numerous posts on various forums about it - not something you can see on the cluster, but it is there. I mean, the cars also store how many launches they do - debate on whether it is limited, but it definitely stores it.

that has never worked for me

10 hours ago, OccyVRS said:

What's illegal about this, exactly?

If you retrofit a dash cluster into a car, you'll need to adjust the mileage. By the looks of it, that's exactly what he's doing.

FYI, if you want to roll back the mileage of a car, you'll need to be a lot more thorough - the ECU and TCU keep their own logs.

I am sure you are well aware that odometer tampering with intent to defraud is illegal.

There was no context to the original post so I chose to assume the worst and you being a far nicer person did not.

Blame my attitude on constant scam vigilance.

The average second hand car purchaser does not have access to ecu values.

Still say the post is in the wrong section and should be in the relevant car model.

2 hours ago, Gerrycan said:

I am sure you are well aware that odometer tampering with intent to defraud is illegal.

There was no context to the original post so I chose to assume the worst and you being a far nicer person did not.

Blame my attitude on constant scam vigilance.

The average second hand car purchaser does not have access to ecu values.

Still say the post is in the wrong section and should be in the relevant car

1) When you look at the virtual cockpit, you can see that it's not a Skoda, so that's off topic.

2) I deal with retrofits.

3) To accuse me of manipulation or fraud is very brave. Do you know that such insinuations can backfire?...

on the topic of the immobilizer, with the mqb generation 5a was introduced, key id48. In 2019, approximately 5C key id49. In both cases, the speedometer is the master. In the MQB EVO, 5H there is no longer an immobilizer in the speedometer according to my information.

The mileage can also be adjusted on the 5C and 5H. As far as the immobilizer is concerned, as far as I know, the 5C and 5H have not yet been cracked.

16 hours ago, Gerrycan said:

I am sure you are well aware that odometer tampering with intent to defraud is illegal.

There was no context to the original post so I chose to assume the worst and you being a far nicer person did not.

Blame my attitude on constant scam vigilance.

The average second hand car purchaser does not have access to ecu values.

Still say the post is in the wrong section and should be in the relevant car model.

Of course, but there is no clear intent to defraud (in this instance, it appeared to be quite the opposite).

I’m not a far nicer person - when it comes to cars I don’t trust people as far as I can throw them. I just go on what I can see!

You can't buy courage and stupidity. VC as a real estate master, as a reminder.

My own VC is on the table because of the full backup.

Furthermore, the mileage has finally been corrected on my own VC.

I had a Karoq/Kodiaq VC lying around, which is now a copy of mine. 😅