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Ed_Manifold's avatar
Ed_Manifold
Explorer
Nov 04, 2017

Odometer

On our last trip we turned over 40.000 miles on our 2002 Phaeton which we purchased new. Yesterday when we started home from our current trip our odometer registered over 65,000 miles. Both of those trip were only 300 to 500 miles so I gained 25,000 miles. I did not notice the millage when we left home even though I reset the trip odometer to zero. When we started home yesterday and I started the motorhome is when I discovered the difference. None of the numbers were out of alignment as you would expect if a gear had stripped in the transmission where I suppose the millage comes from like in the older vehicles. I plan on calling Freightliner on Monday but I was hoping that some of you have seen this happen before?
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  • NEHOG's avatar
    NEHOG
    Explorer
    Nov 05, 2017
    Bruce Brown wrote:
    But just think of the fun you could have had with your MPG numbers. You went 25,000 miles on 100 gallons of fuel. :B


    Nope, he didn't. He only went 25,000 KM on 378 liters (that's about 1 bathtub) of fuel.

    And now everyone knows how many KM you can go with a bathtub full of fuel! :p (I'll show myself out, folks.)
  • Bruce_Brown's avatar
    Bruce_Brown
    Moderator
    Nov 05, 2017
    But just think of the fun you could have had with your MPG numbers. You went 25,000 miles on 100 gallons of fuel. :B
  • Cobra21's avatar
    Cobra21
    Explorer
    Nov 04, 2017
    Murphy's law that the odometer would go higher rather than lower! Nice to know the crisis was diverted.
    Brian
  • Ed_Manifold's avatar
    Ed_Manifold
    Explorer
    Nov 04, 2017
    Thank-you. You guys are geniuses, by holding down the trip odometer longer when its reading total miles it changed back to actual milage, so thank-you again. This forum has helped me in the past and continues to do so.

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