At 200,000 miles exactly, the odometer stopped working on my 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. It is obviously a programmed in situation and I would like to know if there is any way to reset it so the mileage continues to register. I would really appreciate any assistance..
Hmm! I wonder if I have this to look forward to with my 87 Bonneville?
-b
If its the roll over numbers, they are driven by a samll electric motor connected to the gauge cluster.
Mine is still rolling over fine , but the trip meter died in 1997.
Good Luck.
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1991 Pontiac Bonneville LE 3800 V6 ( C ), Black/Slate Grey _~_~_~_~279, 354 miles_~_~_~_~_~_~_U.S.A._~_~_~_~_~_
If it is a digital dash, check the VSS at the transmission, and check for bad wires. Charles
Do you have the digital dash board? If so, does the odometer read Err? If it does, the only way to get it to continue reading mileage is to give it to the dealer (does one exist anymore? ) and have them send it off. When my dash died because of this, they were going to send it out and have a chip added to let it read more than 200,000 miles. It was like 400.00 to have this done. I opted out.
Yes, it is the digital dash board and if that is the case, I would not want to pay $400 to get it working again either. My hope was that someone would be able to tell me a way just to reset the thing somehow.
Hell, if you could I'd have done it by now. Mine stopped about 3 years ago. I just hit the trip button and look at the trip mileage for stuff. I figure, if I haven't changed the oil in 3 months, it is time. Watch it though, about
3 months after mine turned 200,000 the dash started to freak out. It had broken a cold solider joint. Running a solidering iron and some solider over the points on the back fixed it right up (and saved me 400.00). I would call your dealer though. See mine wanted to send the dash to a company in Seattle to have the chip added to it.. I told em no way.MotorsForum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.