Honda Odometers

jamesmommy · Mar 13, 2007

DH saw this on the morning news and told me so I could look it up. Thought some others here might be interested. I have been questioning my milage for months.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/13/earlyshow/main2562144.shtml

Amie

southpawboston · Mar 13, 2007

this has been posted before:

http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=12478

jamesmommy · Mar 13, 2007

Oops, sorry, I didn't think to check on the car safety section.

Amie

MySillyKids · Mar 13, 2007

Thanks for posting it again. I didnt see it the First time.

We have a 2005 odyssey, however we barley have 20k miles on it, so i doubt we qualify. lol.

UlrikeDG · Mar 13, 2007

I didn't see it the first time around, either.

Amaris · Mar 13, 2007

It adds about 1800 miles to your warranty and that's it. Honda, of course, admitted no fault!

broken4u05 · Mar 14, 2007

They should do more than that. Resale value is not as much

southpawboston · Mar 14, 2007

broken4u05 said:
They should do more than that. Resale value is not as much

that's a valid point, but what's the practical difference in resale value of a car with 50,000 miles versus 51,000? $50?

i think the more significant point of the recall is that some owners may have had to shell out hundreds if not thousands of dollars on expensive repairs *just* after warranty expiration, that otherwise would have been covered under warranty if the odomoter had been properly calibrated.

beeman · Mar 14, 2007

My old 1 ton reads 11.5km on a 10km trip (the spedo's out too), but it is well beyond warranty or any hope of a significant resale value. 2% is not that significant, and the size of your tires can throw it out that much. 1/4 inch of tire height doesn't sound like much, but every time that tire turns it throws the reading out just a little bit more. With larger tires this could work the other way and actually make the odometer read less, potentially extending warranty.

southpawboston · Mar 14, 2007

beeman said:
and the size of your tires can throw it out that much. 1/4 inch of tire height doesn't sound like much, but every time that tire turns it throws the reading out just a little bit more. With larger tires this could work the other way and actually make the odometer read less, potentially extending warranty.

absolutely correct! you can actually "cheat" your odometer by putting larger diameter wheels and higher aspect ratio tires on your car.

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