Is it possible to get US odometer to work in a Canadian FR-S?

[H1C]

And to answer the question with which I started this thread: yes, it's possible to get a US gauge cluster to work in a Canadian FR-S, or a Canadian gauge cluster to work in a US FR-S.


But you'll have to get the ABS controller for your market installed in the car, and the gauge cluster for your market successfully programmed with the correct mileage. Or get lucky and find a used one with the correct mileage.


From my experience, I would bet that only Toyota or Subaru can successfully program the correct mileage in these 1st-gen gauge clusters.


Also, as an aside, the gauge cluster and main body ECU do not come 'paired' from the factory with that Techstream procedure to pair the remote key to the immobilizer. If for any reason you ever need to replace your gauge cluster, I would skip that procedure. It's not needed for the remote key to work. All it does is limit the number of times you can swap out your gauge cluster if you keep the same main body ECU.

[gpvecchi]

I just checked, i replaced my ABS group with the STi version. The part number is the same for both US (mph) and JP (km), I can't compare with EU, as STi is not sold here.
But it's surely not affected by the localization. I'm actually using US on EU.
The cluster odometer can't be programmed by the dealership, I asked.
The only way is to desolder a chip.
In my opinion, the cluster has a standalone software, and the rest of the car is set up in the BCM.



I got a confirmation from a friend in Japan, he's using a US cluster on his JP car. Everything works normally, but the cluster keeps working in miles.

[H1C]

I believe you when it comes to BRZs. Toyota Techstream does not have a main body ECU procedure to localize the car for various markets however.


An experiment I would have liked to run is to try an un-reprogrammed US gauge cluster in my car before I had the US ABS controller installed. Maybe it would have worked.


Knowing what I know now, that's what I would try first.


The US and Canadian ABS controller ECUs definitely have different alphanumeric markings on them. Whether that means that they will work only with their local gauge clusters, I cannot say definitively.

[gpvecchi]

Not even Subaru SSM has the procedure to flash the odometer, I have both softwares.
There are different part numbers for ABS groups, depending on the year and the level of the car, they are not related to MPH and KM.
If you want to use a US odometer on a Canadian car, you need to edit the software of the odometer.
Geraldjust can do this for you.

[H1C]

I guess you didn't see this post: https://www.ft86club.com/forums/show...3&postcount=14

[gpvecchi]

Does your car have keyless entry?

[H1C]

Yes

[gpvecchi]

So, the cluster is not paired with anything. I replaced mine with the GR version and I didn't need to pair anything. As I told you, the software of the cluster is not depending from any other electronic, and it can be both in miles or in km, LHD or RHD.
It will continue displaying the odometer it has, but it works.
You have another issue in your car or your cluster.

[H1C]

I guess you have not read any of my previous posts in this thread


I have a working US gauge cluster in a Canadian car; I got it working around a year ago.





All of the problems seem to have been caused by attempts to reprogram the odometer:


1. First time by the dealer who sold me the car -- they attempted to program a Canadian cluster to display odometer in miles rather than km;
2. Second time when I got my first US cluster. A local shop tried to correct the odometer; it didn't work;
3. Third time by Gerald. He tried to correct the odometer on the second US cluster that I bought. It couldn't be installed on the car. I returned it to him and never heard back from him.


I got lucky and found a US cluster that already had the correct mileage on it. I had it installed and it has worked just fine for the past year.