Odometer jumped by 30,000 km after battery went flat

[themostestultimategenius]

Has anyone else experienced a jump in their odometer after their battery went flat?

And is there anything that can be done other than replacing the meter with one that has roughly the same mileage?

[Robzilla32]

WTF.....Sounds like some BS used to explain away higher milage in a "for sale" advert

[themostestultimategenius]

I bought the car last Saturday at 180k. It sat around for a week and went flat. After charging the battery and starting it, it read 210k. 

[Matty George]

Sounds like a case of rolling back the clock mate. If you brought it from a yard I’d be taking it back.

[Ben C34]

Weird, but wouldn't stress about it

I would bet you don't have any service history to confirm the ks so just ignore and carry on.

[Steve85]

Is this a car with an electronic odometer or a mechanical one? 

If it's electronic, you could have suffered from a rollback situation, if it's mechanical i'd lean more toward a failing odometer than anything else. 

[NZ-GTT]

I presume this is a r34 gtt so sounds like a faulty instrument cluster. The mileage is stored in an eprom which is non volatile memory, so a dead battery would not cause this.

Edited January 1, 2020 by NZ-GTT

[themostestultimategenius]

Yup the car's a 34 GTT. Hope it's not a sign of the instrument cluster being on the verge of failure. 

But then again, if it did I'd have an excuse to put in the Nismo 300kph ones ?

Cheers guys