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2 years ago, the dashboard cluster on my '01 Buick Century gave up. I have no idea how many miles it has because the lights don't work. It also does not show what gear you're in. Anyhow, this car is starting to give me a lot of mechanical problems and I am thinking about selling it. Problem? I have no idea how many miles it has. When it stopped working it had just over 100k miles. We drive an average of 70 miles a day, not including family trips that we make a few times a year to NY, FL, GA from the Charlotte, NC area. My husband guesstimates that it should have somewhere around 200k miles on it.
Question - I got quoted by a repair center that it would be close to $400 to have that cluster fixed/replaced. I really don't want to spend that kind of money just to see how many miles it has to be put for sale - especially since it's high mileage anyway. Is there anything I can do to just see how many miles I have?? Any cool technology out there that can give me that info without having to replace the cluster? Maybe it's just wishful thinking - but I had to ask.
I believe you are out of luck but even if it worked, you wouldn't get very much for a high milage car with lots of problems.
That's what I am thinking also. Do you think there's a chance that I will NOT be able to sell the car because of that problem? I know that when you sign a title, you have to state the mileage...I am wondering if that is a must for selling a car.
Its exempt, they will ask you to sign a statement stating over 100k, and exempt. I do believe the dealership can plug in ther computer to the cars brain and get that info for you. Not sure if they charge or not, but they do have the technology to do it. All that info is stored in the car. That car is worth, about $800 to $1500. with miles around 160,000. Not worth spending more than $50 on to do anything unless you are really going to put some money into it.
No...we had it diagnosed and it has to be replaced. I had the same thing happen a few years ago with another car I had and I paid to have it replaced. Like someone else said, it's not worth putting more money into it. I just want to get whatever I can get for it and just get something else.
I agree that the best bet is to sell it "mileage unknown but very high" and price it accordingly. In the states where I have owned cars there is a box you can check on the title that says "mileage unknown" or something to that effect so there shouldn't be any problem with that.
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