On 6/17/13 7:57 PM, Eisboch wrote:


Did some "calibration" runs today on the highway using the mile marker
signs. Strange, but interesting results.

It's the odometer reading, for sure. One mile registers just about four
kilometers on the odometer. Converted that's about 2.48 miles. Funny
thing is that if I push the button to display the trip odometer reading,
it reads dead on accurate. It registers 1.62 kilometers (which converts
accurately to one mile).

Unfortunately, I have no way of knowing when the module that computes
the mileage got brain scrambled, so I'll never know the actual mileage
on this car.
But, if it's displaying almost 192,000 kilometers now, I think it must
have gone bad some time ago. The actual mileage *could* be quite low
for a 2002 model.

I read on a car forum that this problem can be caused by jump starting
the car or attempting to jump start another car.

But, at least I know the gas gauge and the speedometer readings are
correct.



You're riding through another dimension, a dimension in which an English
major told you a day or so ago your odometer was teats up.