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Old 10-13-2008, 10:37 PM
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Default OK whats wrong with my car....
Besides being: LT1, 4 door, 4200lbs,ect.... (for you smart asses out there.)

Ive just started to notice that after i go for a drive, turn the car off, and turn it back on. The trip Odometer will be at less mileage then when i turned it off.

Example: Drove from work to Orange. Left work with 8.6 miles. Arrived in Orange with 18.1 miles. Shut car off then turned it back on. Read out was 15.6 miles

Another one: Was i left Orange with 15.6 miles. Arrived home with 37.5 miles. Turned the car off then back on and read out 36.3 miles

So wtf is this form of black magic? This happen to anyone else?
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sounds like the opti
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Old 10-13-2008, 10:48 PM
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sounds like the opti
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! why god!!! are you serious?
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no of course he isnt serious,
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when my battery went low once and the car barely started the trip odometer also reset to zero. is your problem a battery?
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when my battery went low once and the car barely started the trip odometer also reset to zero. is your problem a battery?
Nope battery's fine, alternator's is fine. Nothing electrical like that....
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Originally Posted by camarojunky74
no of course he isnt serious,
well i wasnt sure, cuz i have no idea why it would do this, I would believe someone if they said its cuz of tire pressure. LOL
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Originally Posted by Smartass6885
sounds like the opti
yea i remember when mine went. DTC16 for low-res, and the trip ODO had rolled onto 666.
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yea i remember when mine went. DTC16 for low-res, and the trip ODO had rolled onto 666.
ya would be a good idea to plug it into a diagnostic computer.
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hey nick have you tried to google it?
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Originally Posted by camarojunky74
hey nick have you tried to google it?
SON OF A BITCH!!!! let me try.
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nothing..... all have to do with the Digital display just going black, or dimmed out.
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i found it, its a common problem the cluster just needs to be replaced,
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Originally Posted by camarojunky74
i found it, its a common problem the cluster just needs to be replaced,
link????
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when was the last time you changed the odometer fluid?
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Originally Posted by hlaalu
when was the last time you changed the odometer fluid?
****.... about the same time i did the brakes.... Think im over do?


gotta be kidding me odometer fluid. lol
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doesnt sound like such a bad problem getting free miles out of your car!
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****.... about the same time i did the brakes.... Think im over do?


gotta be kidding me odometer fluid. lol
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Originally Posted by jermzz
doesnt sound like such a bad problem getting free miles out of your car!
Just the trip part not the actual odometer...
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Originally Posted by 60ftkiller
Just the trip part not the actual odometer...
what he said
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