Michael0110
Proven Member
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- Mar 4, 2015
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Inami,
Asia
I am living now in Japan and here unfortunately speedcluster max speed is set to 180k/m
I hated that so I ordered an American cluster (Miles/Km) via Ebay, but when I installed it, no backlight on each gauge when i turn the parking light on and more important needles of the tachometer and speedometer are not working.
When I put back the original Japanese cluster everything is going well, so the fuses are ok.
So my guesses are:
The cluster is broken (can it be repaired?)
Or some setting must be done to make it work.
I tried to call a specialist and he told me that maybe since Japanese cars are speed limited to 180k/m the ECU of the car is sending informations to the cluster that are not suitable for the US cluster so both needles are not moving...
He told me that maybe I will have to buy an US ECU to make it work but he cannot guarantee me it will work.
Does anyone know if his theory is correct or not?
I dont want to order an ECU if it is not the cause of the problem...
Or have any idea of how solve this?
I hated that so I ordered an American cluster (Miles/Km) via Ebay, but when I installed it, no backlight on each gauge when i turn the parking light on and more important needles of the tachometer and speedometer are not working.
When I put back the original Japanese cluster everything is going well, so the fuses are ok.
So my guesses are:
The cluster is broken (can it be repaired?)
Or some setting must be done to make it work.
I tried to call a specialist and he told me that maybe since Japanese cars are speed limited to 180k/m the ECU of the car is sending informations to the cluster that are not suitable for the US cluster so both needles are not moving...
He told me that maybe I will have to buy an US ECU to make it work but he cannot guarantee me it will work.
Does anyone know if his theory is correct or not?
I dont want to order an ECU if it is not the cause of the problem...
Or have any idea of how solve this?