Odometer and trip meter not working while car drives fine
Dashboard information systems like odometers, trip meters, and speedometers can fail completely even when the engine starts and the car drives normally. While internal gears often appear completely intact upon inspection, the failure prevents drivers from tracking mileage and vehicle data.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Spinning the gears by hand to adjust kilometers or swapping parts from a spare dashboard.
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Having an issue where the odometer and trip meter both aren't working. I've taken apart the dash and looked at the odometer gears and everything.”source ↗
Cockatiel_Overlord · r/MechanicAdvice · 1 upvotes
Where this came up
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