New Speedometer, now my ODO Lost 50K miles!
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New Speedometer, now my ODO Lost 50K miles!
My speedo was unreliable, sometimes not registering, and the tach was off as well.
I bought a used one and it works great, except now the 67,600 miles has dropped to 16, 420 miles.
I have a Scan Guage II and it shows no codes, which I really would not expect, but I had it in my mind that the computer would keep track of the actual vehicle miles. When I changed the car battery several weeks ago the trip milage was lost but the odo milage was still remembered.
I don't want to take it to Toyota cause they will want to soak me a fee to restore I am sure!
Walt
I bought a used one and it works great, except now the 67,600 miles has dropped to 16, 420 miles.
I have a Scan Guage II and it shows no codes, which I really would not expect, but I had it in my mind that the computer would keep track of the actual vehicle miles. When I changed the car battery several weeks ago the trip milage was lost but the odo milage was still remembered.
I don't want to take it to Toyota cause they will want to soak me a fee to restore I am sure!
Walt
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Value went up, but if you get caught, you are completely screwed. I just signed my title over on Saturday to the new owner, and you have to sign and certify the milage or its fraud!!!!
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When I was shopping for a car, I pull a car fax on one and did my dads on benz that became mines later that year. Even though the speedo did not work, the local dealer had tracked the miles and reported it at every oil change. So the car fax report listed all the shop visits and running miles, which was like 470 something thousand.
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Originally Posted by cobb
When I was shopping for a car, I pull a car fax on one and did my dads on benz that became mines later that year. Even though the speedo did not work, the local dealer had tracked the miles and reported it at every oil change. So the car fax report listed all the shop visits and running miles, which was like 470 something thousand.
Not really a point as I plan on keeping the car for several hundred thousand miles anyway.
Walt
#10
I would change my own oil, but I got the extended warranty and signed up for the lifetime engine warranty with the priorities for life at my local dealer.
Although the oil changes are "free", they charge you like 40 bucks to bring it in to rotate the tires and check the brakes. I was changing mines between changes at the shop, so it was like every 2500 miles.
I plan on keeping my car unless any sales person wants to photo it and sell it on consignment for in return a sale of a prius at full sticker. Needless to say, no one seems interested.
Although the oil changes are "free", they charge you like 40 bucks to bring it in to rotate the tires and check the brakes. I was changing mines between changes at the shop, so it was like every 2500 miles.
I plan on keeping my car unless any sales person wants to photo it and sell it on consignment for in return a sale of a prius at full sticker. Needless to say, no one seems interested.
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Originally Posted by cobb
I would change my own oil, but I got the extended warranty and signed up for the lifetime engine warranty with the priorities for life at my local dealer.
Although the oil changes are "free", they charge you like 40 bucks to bring it in to rotate the tires and check the brakes. I was changing mines between changes at the shop, so it was like every 2500 miles.
I plan on keeping my car unless any sales person wants to photo it and sell it on consignment for in return a sale of a prius at full sticker. Needless to say, no one seems interested.
Although the oil changes are "free", they charge you like 40 bucks to bring it in to rotate the tires and check the brakes. I was changing mines between changes at the shop, so it was like every 2500 miles.
I plan on keeping my car unless any sales person wants to photo it and sell it on consignment for in return a sale of a prius at full sticker. Needless to say, no one seems interested.
Walt
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