Odometer Jumped ~30 Miles

This is kind of bizarre. Last night I parked my truck after driving home from work and I noted the odometer at 980-ish miles. Since I am in the “Over-Change the Oil” club, I have been watching the miles build to where I was going to change out the factory fill, at 1000 miles. With a 22 mile commute, I thought to myself, “OK, I will roll over 1000 on my way in tomorrow and I’ll try and tackle it this weekend.” I am 100% sure on this, and I was not mistakenly in a trip meter (and they are set at A for miles on the tank of gas, and B for tracking miles on oil and has not yet been reset - it matches the normal odometer anyway).

This morning, I hop in and the odometer read 1013 miles. Obviously I am going to be in contact with a service department, but I am curious if this is “a thing” or if anyone has encountered it before. I googled a bit and found more drastic examples like an Outback jumping 1,000, or a Tundra that leaped 30,000 miles after a battery change. Of course, no follow up or resolution to any thread so no clues really.

 

This reminds me of the people I've heard about who will go out for drives in the middle of the night, come home, get back in bed and never even know they were awake. Are you on any medications (serious question, but you don't have to answer), because I know there's a specific medication that causes this, but I don't recall what it was.

 

sounds like someone snuck out at night and joined the “over change the oil” club

 

Let me guess.

You're parent to a teenager.

 

Well OP has a manual which is a great theft deterrent to kids since 85% don’t want to learn how to drive stick.

 

It's probably CRS setting in...lol
(Can't Remember Shit)

 

Somebody moved that truck though. Odometers are the one serious instrument on board, they're almost as regulated as mandated safety equipment.

So if I were to rank the following scenarios from most to least probable, it would be the following:

Most probable: memory lapse, unauthorized operation.

Least probable by orders of magnitude: odometer malfunction.

It's not a commonly heard of event. And I would hope that it wasn't the latter, because any odometer malfunction requires a permanent mark on the vehicle title.

 

Now THIS is Friday thread. Hell yeah guys. Keep it up.

Please, record your conversation with the service department, I'm curious to see what they say, or how hard they laugh.

 

Ambien.

 

Ambien

 

Possible someone stole your truck and then parked it back where they stole it? Sounds dumb I know.

 

Did you park it on a dyno?

 

Solid Friday post

 

First mistake, waiting for 10,000 mles.
Second mistake coming this weekend ... taking it to the dealer.

As of the 30 miles, I'd say some manner of brain fart occurred.
It's ok.
It happens.
Ask me how I know.

 

Wife/girlfriend recently became pregnant, and you are like, "Wait, we haven't had sex in 2 months?"

 

Glitch in the Matrix

 

Better re-read

 

this gawn-beeee guuuuddddd!