There are no specific methodologies or techniques to find if the Odometer of a car has been hampered or not. Especially, manual odometers are easier to reset compared to the automatic ones. The best way to check for actual mileage is by checking the service history of car.
Generally on a digital odometer the mileage is stored in an eeprom chip, this chip can be reprogrammed provided you have the right tools. However you should be able to take your odometer cluster out and disassemble it to get to the eeprom chip - not an easy task for everybody. Many Companies will also "recalibrate" your odometer and charge a fee for the service. Machines and reprogrammers for doing this are available in China at various prices. It goes without saying that reprogramming a digital odometer is illegal in most, but not all cases.
There is not an odometer cable. The odometer is driven by the speedometer. If the odometer is not working then you will have to replace the speedometer head.
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If the speedometer works but the odometer does not, the odometer has failed.
Before changing any parts related to the odometer in the 1999 Ford F150, it would be a good idea to rule out the common intermittent odometer problem that is extremely common in these vehicles. Most odometer problems in these vehicles are caused by cracked solder joints on a ribbon cable connector. Full details on the problem and information on repairing it yourself are available at http://www.odometer-repair.com .
The intermittent odometer in model year 1999 - 2003 Ford Expeditions (also same model year Excursion, F150, F250, F350) is caused by cracks in solder joints on a circuit board that powers the odometer. You can fix the problem yourself in about an hour with the instructions available at http://www.odometer-repair.com .
You cannot reset the odometer in your car, however you can reset your trip odometer.
You can only restart the trip odometer. There usually is a button on the instrument cluster that brings up the trip odometer or the regular odometer. Once you have the trip odometer showing just hold down that button for a few seconds and it will reset the trip odometer back to zero.
Because your odometer, or something connecting the odometer to the battery, is broken. Most likely the odometer is the problem if the rest of your dashboard is working fine.
There is no odometer/speedometer cable in that vehicle. The odometer/speedometer is electronic.
My speedometer works and the odometer does not because there is a plastic gear in the odometer that is broken.
The Trip Odometer is normally reset by pushing and holding the reset button in. The odometer can not be reset.