WTF New Tundra's showing a boatload of miles on the tripmeter but not the odometer???

Give them an opportunity to make it right. Whatever you do, don't reset the trip meter.

car fax the trucks vin # if the numbers dont match bring it to the lot and make a fuss

Are you sure that its not 480.00 My trip meter shows in 0.1 increments.

If it was a ex demo theres ways of zeroing the speedo within the first

As has been said, don't reset it and maybe even take some photos of it with a date and timestamp (both odometer and trip meter).

I'd be real interested to hear their explanation. Running a CarFax as suggested also isn't a bad idea.

Post back.

Stew

Car Fux is not a reliable source. The Car Fux report on a car I was considering buying give it a clean bill of health. WRONG! Had been in an accident with major damage. Guess that one slipped by....

: > Yesterday, for the first time, I pressed the trip meter button and... : > GOTCHA!... the tripmeter's showing 4800 miles! : >

: > What's going on? We've only driven the truck 440 miles since buying it. : > Do these things ship from the factory with a bunch of miles showing on the : > tripmeter, but not the odometer? Why would they do that? : >

: > Or... did the bastards roll back the odometer (but forget to reset the : > tripmeter) and sell me a used truck as new? It did have a 4" dent in the : > front passenger door when we bought it. They told me it happened when it : > came off the car carrier. I let them fix it and didn't raise a fuss about : > it. But now I'm thinking maybe I should have. : >

: > Finally, what should I do now? Should I go back and raise holy Hell about : > it and demand a new truck, contact the state attorney general's office and : > complain that the dealership defrauded us, what? : >

: > F**K!!! : : : As has been said, don't reset it and maybe even take some photos of it with : a date and timestamp (both odometer and trip meter). : : I'd be real interested to hear their explanation. Running a CarFax as : suggested also isn't a bad idea. : : Post back. : : : Stew : :

Check your DMV paperwork. By Law (in the US at least), an accurate odometer reading must be filled in or a "damn good" excuse why it was not.

Since this is a new car, is this your first car with a digital Odometer? Are you sure you can't read the decimal point? Does you truck have an "A" and "B" Trip-odometer?

Did anyone notice that OP never replied?

It was either a troll, or an embarrassing case of misreading the meter.

Or just maybe someone that doesn't read the newsgroup everyday.

Understood, but it's been over a week.