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Originally Posted by crystalworks
That's called a "manipulation dot" and is to be steered clear of at all costs (if you ever want to resell). It occurs when a used odometer with lower mileage than the engine (ECU/BCM) is installed. If you use an odometer with a higher mileage, no dot appears.
The "right" way to do this repair is to buy a new cluster and have it coded. This particular truck could have 200,000 miles on it... who knows. I thought it was illegal for a dealer to sell a vehicle like this without stating the mileage is unknown or something.
Edit: Still looks like a nice truck... if he would sell for $4000-5000 I'd still go take a look. But I doubt that's the case.
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It's not illegal to resell a car with a bad or tampered odometer. All you have to do is fill out a disclosure statement saying that the actual mileage is unknown.
RCW 46.12.665: Odometer disclosure statement required—Exemptions.
If someone wants to buy a car in that shape, that's on the buyer.
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2006 X5 4.4i
Sport package, summer package, cold weather package, DSP + Nav
Bought 2/14 with 73k miles
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