Hi, I'm on my way to buy a car from germany which was imported from the US. I'm wondering if it is possible to switch between mph to km/h.

Thanks in advance

/Adam

 

Ja det går att göra. Svårare dock med själva tavlan. Elektroniska är lätt. Åk till mekonomen så kan du göra det själv med datan.

 

Yees you can! more difficult changing the actual back piece.

 

Come on. The speedometer shows km/hr behind (beneath?) the mph markings. I think the issue is changing the odometer to reflect km instead of miles. Usually the German cars need a special diagnostic (read dealer) tool to re-program the electronics. But someone smarter than me may have the true answer. Maybe one of the Canadian members.

 

I don't think we have any smart Canadians left, they all went to Florida for the winter.

 

I have witnessed the odometer changed from miles to klms and the temp read out changed from F to C using the Mercedes StarDas system.

 

I was wrong, there is still one smart Canadian left here.

 

I haven't left for Florida either Dave !!

 

He was only counting the smart ones.........





(LOL)

 

I set you up on that.......I now owe you one !

 

I can confirm that...This can be done with a MB-Star in a few minutes. If you buy a euro cluster, it can also be programmed to work in the vehicle without any issues.

 

Well I have done it with the Celsius. Did not do the miles to kmh due to odometer "miles" text. That is what I meant with the back piece. Sry for post in Swedish but there it was answered. So not only Canadians are the ones with the brains. The forum gave me powers aswell

 

Ok, thanks. I will call Mercedes here in Sweden and ask them to help me with that.

/Adam

 

Try that ;D But not all Mercedes dealers know how to do this. If they are uncertain, then they will charge a lot just to take your car into the garage, while studying their databases for hints. Depends however where you live in Sweden...
Take it to Mekonomen and do it yourself.

 

What do you mean by doing it myself? I live in Stockholm and know the owner of the store in Farsta. I have never heard that I can do something like this at Mekonomen. It sounds like I'm missing something.

/Adam

 

DIY, I'll sell my car before handing it to the dealers. I know both VEHO and Chrysler Danderyd but still do all the work on my car. Anyways, you did not answer my pm, what car did you buy?

 

I'm on my way to buy the car from Germany. Just handling the papers with the seller,

 

Ok. Good luck with purchase.