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Offline am1w

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Stranger than fiction! My car is 'clocking' itself!
« on: 06 June 2010, 19:01 »
(1) Last Saturday on 29th May, when I had my oil and filter change I checked the oddometer before the oil change, and it read 1440 miles.
However, the service receipt said I had done 1140 miles! That is a 300 mile difference! However, I did not think too much about this as maybe I had made a mistake or they had. Easily done.

(2) This Saturday on the 5th June, when I had the gearbox additive put in, the oddometer read 1150 miles as did the receipt. Alarm bells started ringing!

Between the 2 Saturdays I have covered around 18 miles per day which makes it a total of 133 miles. So the oddometer should read 1273 miles!  Well it does not and says I have covered 10 miles in a week even though I have driven the car every day to and from work!

My car seems to be clocking itself in a most outrageous manner by approx 423 miles! :rolleyes:

Any ideas please?


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Re: Stranger than fiction! My car is 'clocking' itself!
« Reply #1 on: 06 June 2010, 19:20 »
Quote from: am1w on 06 June 2010, 19:01
(1) Last Saturday on 29th May, when I had my oil and filter change I checked the oddometer before the oil change, and it read 1440 miles.
However, the service receipt said I had done 1140 miles! That is a 300 mile difference! However, I did not think too much about this as maybe I had made a mistake or they had. Easily done.

(2) This Saturday on the 5th June, when I had the gearbox additive put in, the oddometer read 1150 miles as did the receipt. Alarm bells started ringing!

Between the 2 Saturdays I have covered around 18 miles per day which makes it a total of 133 miles. So the oddometer should read 1273 miles!  Well it does not and says I have covered 10 miles in a week even though I have driven the car every day to and from work!

My car seems to be clocking itself in a most outrageous manner by approx 423 miles! :rolleyes:



Any ideas please?




Have you been on the wine again  :undecided: :evil:  :undecided: :evil:
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Re: Stranger than fiction! My car is 'clocking' itself!
« Reply #2 on: 06 June 2010, 19:26 »
Seriously Neil, its not funny any more regarding this self clocking. I covered 30 miles since yesterday and the oddometer is at 1155 miles! So 30 miles has been recorded as 5 miles! :rolleyes: :shocked:
I thought I was going mad!
No alcohol until Wednesday evening and then only a small glass of red as a celebration! :smiley:

PS: Fcuk it, I'm going to have a glass in my new wine glass I bought from Harrods! :grin:
This is all your fault.
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Re: Stranger than fiction! My car is 'clocking' itself!
« Reply #3 on: 06 June 2010, 19:31 »
Very straaaange, keep a rough milage check and get it back to the dealers  :sad:

Atleast when it comes to resale it will have low milage  :smiley:
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Re: Stranger than fiction! My car is 'clocking' itself!
« Reply #4 on: 06 June 2010, 19:35 »
Well yes, but they won't believe me if this keeps happening! :rolleyes:
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Re: Stranger than fiction! My car is 'clocking' itself!
« Reply #5 on: 06 June 2010, 19:40 »
Faulty speedo sensor  :undecided:

Or a set of faulty clocks  :undecided:
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Re: Stranger than fiction! My car is 'clocking' itself!
« Reply #6 on: 06 June 2010, 19:43 »
I've just gone back to the car and the oddometer now reads 1260 miles.
30 mins ago it was 1160 miles! :rolleyes:
To the service dept on Saturday it goes! :lipsrsealed:
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Re: Stranger than fiction! My car is 'clocking' itself!
« Reply #7 on: 06 June 2010, 19:51 »
Quote from: Rhyso on 06 June 2010, 19:40
Faulty speedo sensor  :undecided:
Or a set of faulty clocks  :undecided:

Thanks.
Driving me bonkers! :rolleyes:
It might end up as a very low mileage car! :lipsrsealed:
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Re: Stranger than fiction! My car is 'clocking' itself!
« Reply #8 on: 06 June 2010, 19:52 »
We can scan the car on Wednesday with VCDS to see what the ECU believes the mileage to be  :smiley:
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Re: Stranger than fiction! My car is 'clocking' itself!
« Reply #9 on: 06 June 2010, 19:58 »
Quote from: SteveP on 06 June 2010, 19:52
We can scan the car on Wednesday with VCDS to see what the ECU believes the mileage to be  :smiley:

Thanks. :cool:
All very odd! :embarassed:
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