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Odometer Problems - I'm not crazy!![850/95] posted by Rob on
Tuesday, 6 February 2001, at 7:17 p.m.
I know that there's got to be somebody out there who can help me. I recently purchased a 95 850 turbo with about 59K on it. I purchased the car, had the oil changed, a new battery put in and some new tires put on it and I drove it 450 miles from San Fran to San Diego. When I reached SD, the trip odometer and regular odometer said that I had gone over 750 miles! I had reset the digital computer odometer before I left and it was dead on 450 miles. I've done this drive many times before and I know that the correct mileage is around 450.
I'm wondering if something has got the car in kilometers rather than miles. What can I do to get the odometer clicking back in miles? It can't be the tire sensor or else the computer odometer would be wrong. The mechanic at the local dealer thinks I'm nuts. Please help!!!
Rob
--Rob
Re: Odometer Problems - I'm not crazy!![850/95] posted by Dave the Volvo Tech on
Tuesday, 6 February 2001, at 10:50 p.m.
Rob-
You are correct in assuming your odometer is registering km instead of miles. The trip computer registers miles because the US market computer is a miles-only calibration. Your instrument cluster can be switched back to miles with the VST (Volvo Scan Tool) by your friendly dealer. Just be patient and explain to them that somehow your cluster got set on metric. It will take them about 10 minutes to effect the change once they figure out what they need to do. The charge for this sorcery should be about half an hour.
Dave the Volvo Tech
'99 V70R AWD, '93 854 GLT, '82 242 DL
Dave the Volvo Tech