How Audi stores the figure
On the B7/B8-era cars the cluster holds the odometer inside immobiliser-linked memory; the MQB generation (A3 8V onward, and friends) cross-stores mileage so the platform can sanity-check itself, and from around 2020 the SFD security gateway means even reading requires authorised routes. The same platform politics run through our VAG MQB48 key work — it's one family of locks. Practical upshot: the one-plug tools that half-work on older cars fail loudly on newer Audis, and we pick up the recoveries.
What Audi owners bring us
Replacement clusters — virtual cockpit and analogue alike — programmed to the documented figure. German-market imports converted km to miles exactly. Corrections after cluster or ECU swaps during repairs, and the persistent trickle of A4 and A3 owners whose bargain tool left the dash and immobiliser telling different stories. (Lost keys are their own emergency — covered here.)
Models covered
A1 through A8, TT, Q2 through Q7, S and RS cars — B7, B8 and MQB/MLB generations. The reg tells us the platform; the platform tells us the route. Call and we'll confirm both.
Whatever the reason — replacement cluster, import conversion, post-repair tidy-up or a rescued DIY attempt — the standard is the same: every module in agreement, verified at your address. Cost questions? The cost guide explains what moves the price.
A3 8V — half-written dash after a car-park 'correction'
A previous owner's gadget had written the cluster and nothing else; the mismatch surfaced on a routine scan. We set the true figure through every location the MQB car keeps it, and the scan came back clean the same afternoon.
Audi mileage questions
Can you work on 2020-on Audis with the locked gateway?
Will a correction upset my Audi's immobiliser?
My virtual cockpit replacement shows the wrong miles.
Do you cover S and RS models?
Mobile correction at your address — every module, verified, usually within a day or two.