My car's odometer jumped back 200 miles and I have proof

This happened Tuesday morning on my way to open the shop. I filled up my tank at the Shell on Oak Street, and the trip meter read 312.4 miles since my last fill. I drove the 8 miles to work, parked, and when I got back in after lunch, the trip meter showed 112.4 miles. The main odometer had also rolled back. I checked my gas receipt from the morning, which I keep in the console, and it has the 312.4 written on it. This isn't a case of me misreading it. Has anyone had a digital odometer just reset part of itself like this?

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the_dylan14d ago

Man, that's wild. My car's trip meter does weird stuff sometimes too, but never a full rollback. I once had it reset to zero after I hit a pothole so hard I thought I lost a tire. Maybe check for a loose connection somewhere? It's the only thing I can think of, but your receipt is pretty solid proof something glitched.

the_zara14d ago

Yeah, the pothole reset is a classic. I had a car where the trip meter would just give up if you turned the key too fast. Loose connection is a good call, but sometimes it's just a dumb computer glitch that never happens again. Your best bet is to keep that receipt and maybe snap a pic of the odometer every time you fill up for a while. That way you have your own log if it tries anything else.