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1984 Land Rover Odometer Shows KM Not Miles Fix

1984 LAND ROVER
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DINOP_AIR
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Well Losone,

I was lucky and oh so wrong, went to Landrover dealership yesterday to p/u an oil filter, ask the service dept and luckily it was all but a press of the odometer button. the diagnostic test converted the miles to km. I feel really crazy but yet elated that all turned out for the best. Thank you so, so much for your help.
Apr 15, 2006 at 4:19 PM
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Hummm maybe it is driving on the wrong side of the road that causes such a problem!

Seriously, it is probably the odometer it self. I can't think of any way that a disgnostics could cause the odometer to increase mileage unless there is a defective speed sensor or a gear has fractured in the tranny control. However just sitting there shouldn't cause the problem. Let an expert look at the reading from the computer with a scanner and see what he says. Let me know
Apr 12, 2006 at 4:52 AM
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after having a computer diagnostic for high idoling 2 weeks ago, wondering if that had anything to do with the mileage change if the diagnostics computer messed it up. I need some advise.
Apr 12, 2006 at 9:07 AM
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thanks losone
the car wasn't sitting there the whole time I was driving it, i didn't notice the mileage change til sunday. you don't think the miles were rolled back do yo? that's my biggest fear. Also, wouldn't the diagnostics test have shown the problem before now? You think? huh?huh?
Apr 12, 2006 at 9:55 AM
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Ah-Ha!I think you hit the cat on the head. Many high dollar cars have an input for miles and if the computer is reset correctly it will return the mileage to the correct miles.

Good luck
Apr 12, 2006 at 10:10 AM
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Well Losone,

I was lucky and oh so wrong, went to Landrover dealership yesterday to p/u an oil filter, ask the service dept and luckily it was all but a press of the odometer button. the diagnostic test converted the miles to km. I feel really crazy but yet elated that all turned out for the best. Thank you so, so much for your help.
Apr 15, 2006 at 4:19 PM
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No mileage repair is needed. The apparent jump from about 84,000 to 136,000 was the odometer displaying kilometers instead of miles after the diagnostic. Press the odometer button to switch the display back to miles.

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The owner of a 1984 Land Rover noticed the odometer reading rise from about 84,000 to 136,000 miles and worried a recent diagnostic for high idle had added miles or that the odometer had been rolled back. The expert initially suggested a faulty odometer, speed sensor, or transmission gear and recommended a scanner check. The owner later learned at a Land Rover dealer that the diagnostic had switched the display to kilometers, and pressing the odometer button restored the miles reading.

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