Funny little thing. Yesterday we came home to Bremerton from Jantzen Beach RV Park in Portland. When I left, I zeroed out the trip odometer on my POS '11 Jeep Liberty because I wanted to see if it was racking up miles because I was told it didn't. When we got home,I entered the mileage on the motorhome at 169 miles and then checked the GPS from the rv park and it was 169 miles. So, here's what was cute, the mileage on the toad, which isn't supposed to register was 174.9 miles. Now I'm trying to figger out where the toad went with out us.

I have a 2012 Jeep Liberty and it does not accumulate any miles while being towed. Yours should not either. What's up? Where did you read this mileage increase? Is this a 4x4 or some other model?

Is this a 4x4? Are you putting the transfer case in N?

4x4, transfer case in neutral. It doesn't seem to do it all the time either. It didn't do it going to McMinville or to Eugene or up to Portland, but did it on the way home. It is weird and I should have noted the mileage on the regular odometer.Those of you with Liberties, do yours seem to have a slow oil leak or hesitate when shifting from reverse to drive or park to drive. I was told the hesitation was the computer doing the shifting.

Are the current tires on the jeep that same size as when came off the assembly line?Can't remember which direction mileage will go with an increase or decrease in tire diameter.

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crasster
Explorer II
May 19, 2017
I've never heard of something gaining miles while towing.... Especially MORE miles than you traveled. Smaller tires by chance than stock? Please let us know when you find out.
tropical36
Explorer
May 19, 2017
Bigdog wrote:
Funny little thing. Yesterday we came home to Bremerton from Jantzen Beach RV Park in Portland. When I left, I zeroed out the trip odometer on my POS '11 Jeep Liberty because I wanted to see if it was racking up miles because I was told it didn't. When we got home,I entered the mileage on the motorhome at 169 miles and then checked the GPS from the rv park and it was 169 miles. So, here's what was cute, the mileage on the toad, which isn't supposed to register was 174.9 miles. Now I'm trying to figger out where the toad went with out us.

Toad ignition on or off?
edm3rd
Explorer
May 19, 2017
Any chance it is recording on the trip odometer, and NOT on the regular odometer?
Dutch_12078
Explorer II
May 19, 2017
tropical36 wrote:
Bigdog wrote:
Funny little thing. Yesterday we came home to Bremerton from Jantzen Beach RV Park in Portland. When I left, I zeroed out the trip odometer on my POS '11 Jeep Liberty because I wanted to see if it was racking up miles because I was told it didn't. When we got home,I entered the mileage on the motorhome at 169 miles and then checked the GPS from the rv park and it was 169 miles. So, here's what was cute, the mileage on the toad, which isn't supposed to register was 174.9 miles. Now I'm trying to figger out where the toad went with out us.

Toad ignition on or off?

X2, possibly switching the key one notch too far when unlocking the steering? That would account for the mileage registering, but not the excess mileage. A different tire size might though.
rgatijnet1
Explorer III
May 19, 2017
The difference in mileage is about 3% or so. If the tires are worn on the toad, a little math shows that tires worn 1/2", in diameter, which means only 1/4" is worn off of the tread, would come close to showing a 3% difference. Just saying that a worn tire rotates more often than a new tire for the same distance.

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