Odometer & Trip Odometer

[KingKole02]

This may sound dumb, but I did not know you could switch between the trip and the odom. I don't want to rest my total mileage. In most cars I have driven there is two dials. In my 03 PT there is one.

So that button to the right of the meter is the button the switch between trip and odom modes?

[IRPT]

Yep, that's the one. Just push it in and it will switch between the two. To reset the trip odometer, have it in the trip mode and then hold the button down until meter resets to zero, usually 2 or 3 seconds.

[KingKole02]

IRPT,
I was always to affraid of resetting my mileage. I document this stuff.

[IRPT]

quote:Originally posted by KingKole02

IRPT,
I was always to affraid of resetting my mileage. I document this stuff.

You can't reset your total mileage, only your trip mileage.

[KingKole02]

I tried this yesterday.

I pushed in on the button and let it out again. Nothing happen [:I].

I dont live in the cold and it was about 78 degrees.

Could I have not held it long enough???

[IRPT]

quote:Originally posted by KingKole02

I tried this yesterday.

I pushed in on the button and let it out again. Nothing happen [:I].

I dont live in the cold and it was about 78 degrees.

Could I have not held it long enough???

When you push in the button it should change from odometer to trip meter and vice versa. When in the trip meter mode, push in the button and hold it down until your trip meter resets to zero.

[SteelBlueGT]

You have to hold that reset button in for like 2 to 3 seconds my wife at first said it did not work cause she didnt keep it pressed in long enough! It does seem like forever when you do it first time!

[Hooligan]

quote:Originally posted by KingKole02

I tried this yesterday.

I pushed in on the button and let it out again. Nothing happen [:I].

I dont live in the cold and it was about 78 degrees.

Could I have not held it long enough???

The car should be running or at least key needs to be on' not just in accessories.

[Rolo]

quote:Originally posted by Rolo

I, too, have the dimming problem. I used to have the trip odometer reset problem, but that is fixed.

I think they all are caused by crummy grounds, both in the cheap, thin wires used and the cheap, corrosive contacts. I intend to replace all of them with better performing, more attractive wires and contacts.

When I replaced my battery terminals and my battery-to-chassis ground cable, my trip odometer reset problem vanished. At first, I thought it was the battery (it went bad and was replaced two days before I redid the terminals), but it did not hit me until recently that my thicker guage ground wire, my better contact, and the better terminal is probably the reason my tripometer works properly now, in spite of numerous static electricity jolts to the PT. (I always have my odometer display the trip odometer rather than the absolute odometer as a fuel guage/MPG check, so I have paid attention to that problem many of us have.)


The Stinger terminals are beautiful.

I had a leftover ground terminal from those ubiquitous kits (Wal-Mart, AutoZone, etc.) that cost about $3. It is a much thicker and shinier wire and eyelet. I just cut the ground cable for the length that I needed and chucked the terminal. I also added a washer on the chassis post for better, cleaner contact.

I cleaned the battery posts to a shine, not that you see them, but it is for better lead-to-lead (an unintentional pun there: "led" and "leed") contact. Now my PT's power source is properly, neatly jacked-in. I think the factory rig is junk, unsightly and unreliable. Less than $20 and a little tinkering time is well worth it; I highly recommend it.

I forgot to mention that I added washers to the chassis ground post for better contact, including a lock-washer to keep it from getting loose. My tripometer has never reset since.


KK02: RTFM bud.

[KingKole02]

quote:Originally posted by Hooligan

The car should be runnig or at least key needs to be on' not just in accessories.

Thanks for the clairification on that.