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Old 01-27-2002, 06:42 PM
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I have an important question I'm hoping someone can help me with. I have a 2000 Camaro Z28 (13.6 @ 105).
There's an electrical problem somewhere and it keeps blowing the fuse that controls the radio. Immediately, I noticed that it controls the odometer as well. I have been driving the car for probably 5 thousand miles now without that fuse because it
keeps blowing it. I was told that there's a "little black box" that
records the actual miles even though the odometer isn't registering them?

Anyone know if there's is a little black box?
Old 01-27-2002, 07:14 PM
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I can't answer your question specifically, but there is a black box. It's in the console and I've read that it records certain data, such as impact speed, should your air bag(s) deploy. I know for a fact though that if you disconnect the cable from it you will trigger a service engine light, so I would doubt your problem exists there.
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does this "black box" record mileage as well?
I'm going to take it to the dealer to have fixed, but I don't want them to think I've been tampering with the mileage. I'm buying the car so I don't care what kind of mileage it has really. You know the story though.

Anyone?
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http://www.c5-corvette.com/gm_black_box.htm

This may be what you are talking about.
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I've been asking about this for a while, and the existence of something other than the odometer that records the mileage has never been confirmed. The rumors keep flying but no one has ever claimed to have seen it.

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There has to be somewhere that the mileage is stored... I just automatically thought it was in the computer, but if you change computers, it always reads the same thing.

I would assume if someone wanted to lower their mileage with a little trip to a junk yard, that would not work either?

It has to be stored somewhere.....??




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