"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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I was thinking that someone might have changed the gearing on the
odometer for some reason, but my auto mechanical knowledge is so
skimpy
and so dated I am sure there is no connection anymore between the
odometer and the drive train.

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I don't know either. There *is* a gear buried somewhere in the
instrument panel. But apparently it drives some kind of follower
generator or something that feeds input into the "Body Sensor Module"
electronics. Not worth the hassle of taking the whole instrument
cluster out to locate and check it.

What is weird to me is that the trip odometer displays accurately.
It's the total mileage odometer display that is wacko. To me, that
indicates a fault in the electronics versus the mechanical gearing.