Hi

My trip odometer randomly stops counting, which then seems to hold up the total odometer. As nice as this may sound, it really doesn't. I need to know when to change the oil. The one thing I noticed about the problem is that it always happens on switching to a "9" in the tenth of a mile.

thanks in advance,
Joseph

 

what year is you car? mines a 90 and has done this for some time, i dont THINK there is anyway to fix it other than the dealer or shipping off somewhere, thats what i was told, if im wrong someone correct me

 

it's a '93 SE

 

i have a 90 se, and my trip odometer does the same thing. my regular odometer also stopped, which also caused the speedometer to go out too. it cost like $60 to fix some gear. but i dont know why the trip odometer does that.

 

The fix is to take the odo out and clean it... Happens a lot on Z's as well. Here's a link, its for Z's but you can apply the same info.

http://www.angelfire.com/geek/vg30de...ix_Cluster.htm

 

try pushing in the trip-ometer reset, keep repeating this.

i read on the other 3rd gen board that this can sometimes cause the odometer to stop working. one would think that if doing this can make it stop, maybe it can make it start again. dunno.

walka

 

I have a '91SE and mine does the same damn thing. I just hit the trip odo button. Hasn't done it in a while though. Plus I noticed that my trip odo button is easier to push. Dunno.

 

i have a 90 and have the same thing!!! i just keep all of my receipts from the gas station, and figure it out by math heheh

 

Wow, is this happening to everyone??! I'm also experiencing this. I have noticed that the trip odometer stops at every 3.9 reading. So it stops at 3.9, 13.9, 23.9, 33.9 and SOMEhow kicks in and working again each time. I had my speedo replaced at the dealer (BAD IDEA) and grabbed my ankles on that one because my speedometer also doesn't work sometimes when I start the car, but I think I have traced this to a speed sensor problem.

 

Same problem here, although I didn't notice if it always stops on the 9. It'll go for a couple hundred miles, then stop for a couple hundred. One thing I did notice: when it is working, the odometer reads about 7%-8% high. Not sure if the speedometer reads high too, but I plan to check it this spring after trying the fix provided by Czar. Thanks!

 

Crap I was feeling great about my cars 122k miles, I got it this past month had the odometer checked and it has not been turned back but what if it was been stuck before. It works fine now, I guess it is just one more thing to worry about my 122k baby could be 222k for all i know. DAMM

 

My stopped so I keep playing with the reset button and boom it works fine now

 

Mine stops also, but i just think of it as a way to keep the miles down. I don't worry about it, i just chanege the oil every few months or so.