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ps2375
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 Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 8:56 pm Post subject: mkIII odometer reset |
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I found an "easy" way to reset the odometer on our 94 Golf.
Just drive it till it rolls at 300K. I am on a trip from Idaho to Indiana and I noticed that it was going to roll on by 300K, so at 299,999 I took a pic and then was awaiting the rollover. It rolled, but instead of 300,000, it went to "0"! The trip odometer kept on going normally, as I was halfway thru a tank and checked. Has anyone seen this strangeness? Does VW not expect a gasser to go more than 300K? Do the TDI odometers do the same thing or is it cause it is an early mkIII? I would think a digital odometer would have no problem counting to 999,999 or more.
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bvolks
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:46 am Post subject: Re: mkIII odometer reset |
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Mine did the same. You know it's been rolled over because the word "Total" disappears.
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ps2375
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 8:12 am Post subject: Re: mkIII odometer reset |
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| Mine did the same. You know it's been rolled over because the word "Total" disappears. |
I wonder what they were thinking to have it "roll" at 300K, stupidly low imho. Heck, I had 500-600K on my Rabbit when it was killed.
And I don't recall the word "Total", but I also ignore and don't reset the service msg. I only use the odo for oil change interval and the trip is reset at fillups. |
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crsmp5
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ps2375
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 7:34 am Post subject: Re: mkIII odometer reset |
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| I'll check that out when I get back home with the VAG-Com. Still seems weird why it just wouldn't display it. Seems they would need to add a line of code to make it roll to 0 at 300K and not just display what is in it's memory. |
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