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odometer and trip going crazy

cjmatt

NAXJA Forum User
Location
East Lansing
yup, my girlfriend drove it about 150-200 miles today and it definitely put about 2400 miles on the odometer?
WTF!!!
anyone got an explanation. shes on her way back as we speak and says its spinning wayyy faster than normal

89 limited by the way
 
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On your 89 XJ the speedo is driven by a cable. It is not electronic. It sounds like an intermal failure of the speedometer/odometer.

You may want to have the instrument cluster changed out. You might look up in the yellow pages under speedometer and see if you have a local shop, call them, explain the story and they will give you options.
 
I think this can happen if the trip odo jams so that the tenths wheel is driving the mile wheel. One possibility is that a jab to the trip reset might unjam it. Another possibility is that your speedo is in need of repair, and if this is a Jeep you bought used in the recent past, one related possibility is that it was tampered with in a clumsy manner.
 
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