Video of an '05 Corolla Odometer stopping at 299,999 kilometers

[BlueCrush]

That's only 187,499 miles!!!!..I know it has been discussed before, but why in gods name would a car company do that??http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAA6HbjQDto

[bodhi_tree777]

man, that video needed some music or something seems silly, especially on a digital odometer.

[ToolGuy]

Yeah I do not get it either! So dumb! Why? Why? I can't believe it is a part issue, more like a software issue or something. Someone needs to figure out how to defeat it!

[ColonelPanic]

Quote, originally posted by BlueCrush ».I know it has been discussed before, but why in gods name would a car company do that??Perhaps due to recent downgrades in Toyota quality, they weren't expecting the cars to be able to last that long. Or maybe just planned obselence, taking a page from the GM playbook. They're punishing those who want to keep their cars a long time. If you want a working odometer, you have to shell out hundreds of dollars to a dealer every 299,999 miles. A money making racket. All this because they didn't put an '8' in the far left number on the LCD. Instead, just the segments that are required to make the numbvers 1 and 2.Could be worse, GM didn't even forsee the Oldsmobile I once had reaching 199,999.9 mi/km. After 200,000 km it just read 'Error.'

[lovemyraffe]

I've got a few more miles before I get to that point.

[bluejaysfan]

The same thing happened to my '04 Corolla. I called the dealership where I bought it, and they said they have to replace the whole cluster. They cover the cost of the cluster, and I have to pay for the 1 hour of labour to put it in.

[star_deceiver]

Somewhere in the fine print of the owners manual, there's a phrase that reads "buy a new car before..."