Toyota Wants $500 From Canadian Owners To Fix Odometers (Video)
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Aaron Cole
Owners of some Toyota cars in Canada say that the Japanese automaker is asking them to foot the bill for replacement odometers due to a glitch that won’t allow the gauges to roll over after 299,999 kilometers, CTV is reporting ( via AutoFocus).
The glitchy odometers are found in 2003-2008 Toyota Matrix and Corolla models, and some 2004 and 2005 Toyota Prius models.
There are a few videos on YouTube of people expecting to hit 300,000, but they never do.
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We reached out to a Toyota spokesman in the U.S. but haven’t heard back. According to the CTV report, Toyota is replacing the odometer but asking owners to pay for the replacement (for now).
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I dont get this "90a Toyotas were so much better and nothing ever went wrong" attitude. I see early 90s Camrys throw their automatics regularly before 200k, v6s that guzzle gas and sludge up, RUSt RUST and RUST, oil leaks, and Im sure we all loved automatic seatbelts. Newer Toyotas have their odometer big ip at 300k? Sure beats a 1000 transmission job.
My dad's '92 Cutlass Supreme had the same problem, only 100k sooner. After 199,999 km, the digital odometer read "Error." Switched it to miles, and it displayed the mileage. Clearly GM didn't think the cars would hit 200k miles and didn't bother to set the clusters up for it.