Hit 50,000 miles on my work van last week and the odometer actually reset to 00000

So I drive a 2011 Ford Transit Connect for my HVAC side jobs, and last Thursday I rolled past 99,999 miles. I was expecting it to click over to 100,000, but nope. The display just went back to 00000 like it was brand new. I had to pull over and take a picture because I thought my eyes were messing with me. Turns out old Ford vans have a 5-digit odometer that literally resets after 99,999 miles. So now I have no idea if I'm at 5,000 actual miles or 105,000. Has anyone else had a car do something dumb like that or is my van just haunted?

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danielr994d ago

Wait, don't most work vans from that era only show 5 digits on the odometer? I'm pretty sure that's standard for a lot of older Fords, not some haunted glitch. The real mileage is still tracked in the computer, so your ECM probably has the actual number stored somewhere. If you're worried, borrow an OBD2 scanner and check the engine hours versus mileage, that'll tell you the truth.

jessica9214d ago

Wait, you're telling me the ECM secretly knows the real mileage even when the dash is stuck on 5 digits? That's wild, I never knew that. So basically the computer is like a silent witness to every mile that van rolled, even if the odometer says 99,999 for years? Man, I bet there's a lot of stories those old Ford vans aren't telling, huh?

charles_baker284d ago

My neighbor had an old F150 that did the EXACT same thing. @jessica921 is right about the computer silently knowing the real miles though. His truck read zero for like two years before he finally traded it in.