Someone stole my 96 Civic and removed the entire instrument panel (as well as 3 of the 4 tires) Why would they need that instrument panel? And...can that be replaced? I can't figure out how the odometer would be accurate if I don't know the exact mile it read when the car was stolen. Just curious...and annoyed. Any info?
2006-10-10 05:48:06 · 5 answers · asked by Karyn F 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
It is stolen for the odometer. There are car theft gangs, like organized crime, that buy stripped cars (ones they stripped themselves) from the insurance companies, and then rebuild them with the original parts except with a different instrument panel as the original would be too conspicuous since it has the odo reading. Others out there want to sell their car but it has too many miles, so they steal the inst. panel and sell it with "low miles". You won't be able to get a correct odo for your car now without proper documentation from an instrament repair shop. One source for an estimated odo reading is if you take your car to a shop like JiffyLube, and they put a sticker inside your windshield to remind you when to get your next oil change. Use that info to get an est. odo reading and have the instrament repair shop put that on your new panel, otherwise start from zero with documentation as to the odo reading when the car was strippedvandalized.
2006-10-10 05:55:28 · answer #1 · answered by rex_rrracefab 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in case you're importing a automobile from us of a "all is powerful". It already has a km/h marking on the speedometer. As for all the different measurements that would in Imperial gadgets, no one cares. whether it truly is a automobile from Asia or a automobile in easy terms made for eu, you would be able to run into some actual problems, even nevertheless the speedometer is in km/h. There are risk-free practices and pollutants standards that fluctuate. back, if the automobile is particularly new and from us of a, concern no longer.
2016-10-02 04:00:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Was your car equipped with airbags? That is one likely target reason for what you have described.
2006-10-10 05:50:44 · answer #3 · answered by Fun and Games 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be sold to someone who needs one.
2006-10-10 06:55:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
must be cool gauges, do you keep gas records? :)
2006-10-10 05:50:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋