Technical Odometer
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Technical Odometer
Software update, about £70 right guys?
Mine did it once after I bought it, although it had been sitting on a forecourt for 4 months. Maybe once it's run in yours will stop too.
Mine did it once after I bought it, although it had been sitting on a forecourt for 4 months. Maybe once it's run in yours will stop too.
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Mine did that, the garage wanted £70, I said no, went home reinstalled Blue&Me a few times and the Odometer stopped flashing and hasn't done so 10,000 miles/8 months later.
rodduz
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Shoulndn't you be able to get the latest software update from the garage you bought the car from? I understand they should have done this prior to selling you the car?
Could be wrong, just what I understand from reading on here???
Rgds
Could be wrong, just what I understand from reading on here???
Rgds
Could have been a private sale or an independant garage.
rodduz
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It could indeed... Was it Mark?
Hello Mark welcome to the forum :wave:
The flashing mileage is the result of a CAN error (the cars computers are not in sinc with each other and need putting right so they can talk to each other)
it can be caused be a whole host of faults from a simple low charge in the battery (highly likely if you have just bought the car and its been sat a while)
what i would do first is take the car for a 10 mile or so drive on the motorway this should push a good charge into the battery..
next take the battery off using the (just release the negative quick release clamp and leave like that for 20-30 mins) this should clear the cars memory and reset any modules
then reconnect the battery and see how it goes
The flashing mileage is the result of a CAN error (the cars computers are not in sinc with each other and need putting right so they can talk to each other)
it can be caused be a whole host of faults from a simple low charge in the battery (highly likely if you have just bought the car and its been sat a while)
what i would do first is take the car for a 10 mile or so drive on the motorway this should push a good charge into the battery..
next take the battery off using the (just release the negative quick release clamp and leave like that for 20-30 mins) this should clear the cars memory and reset any modules
then reconnect the battery and see how it goes
BTW you will have to reset the clock and unless its got the original radio need the keycode entering
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Mines had this a number of times,
Used to be just a case of turning the car off and restarting.
Tho that didn't always work
Then I fitted some sporting clocks and the flashing was constant,
My brother then hooked it up to his fancy diagnostics tablet and done a proxy alignment or something, think thats what it was called. Don't quote me on that lol,
Anyhow, haven't had a single blink yet....
Used to be just a case of turning the car off and restarting.
Tho that didn't always work
Then I fitted some sporting clocks and the flashing was constant,
My brother then hooked it up to his fancy diagnostics tablet and done a proxy alignment or something, think thats what it was called. Don't quote me on that lol,
Anyhow, haven't had a single blink yet....
you will have had it flashing with new clocks as the body computer doesn't recognise them by proxy aligning them it sends the mileage from the body computer and other data to the new clocks so the car recognises them and they can "talk" to each other
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Ah i see,
Would the "proxy alignment" have stopped the flashing even before changing the clocks?,
As surely as the odometer was flashing before they were changed and no longer after..?
Would the "proxy alignment" have stopped the flashing even before changing the clocks?,
As surely as the odometer was flashing before they were changed and no longer after..?