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Odometer and ECM don't match

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by RBailey, Jul 9, 2017.

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  1. Jul 9, 2017 #1
    RBailey

    RBailey Bobtail Member

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    Purchased a 2007 Freightliner lease truck from a nationwide trucking company, when my husband picked up the truck he noticed that the odometer was reading WAY more miles than was advertised. Company claimed that they didn't know what the codes were on the digital display reading, but the ECM states 168,414 miles. The odometer reads 123332 4 with a space between the 2 and 4 with no period so it's not a tenth. We took it to a freightliner dealer in the same town when we didn't like their answer and they couldn't figure it out either claiming the only time the tenth quits is when the odometer rolls over a million miles, but they weren't willing to agree that the seller is misleading the mileage. Is there another way to prove the actual motor miles?
     
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  3. Jul 9, 2017 #2
    bulldawg trucker

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    A 2007 from a carrier that runs nation wide has rolled over a million. That's not necessarily bad but it does sound like they are misleading you
     
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  4. Jul 9, 2017 #3
    x1Heavy

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    You can burn a million REAL easy from 2007.

    We were given a virgin 2001 century with 8 miles on the clock by FFE and 10 months later had 221,000 on it as a husband wife team At that rate it would probably have done 250K that first 12 months. We were due to get a new replacement before that second winter and this was going to be handed off to a orientation newbie.

    But those are all digital readouts, not mechanical odomoters.
     
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  5. Jul 9, 2017 #4
    Jumbo

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    In the ad how many miles were on the truck?
     
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  7. Jul 9, 2017 #5
    Jumbo

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    Are there any maintenence records?
     
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  8. Jul 9, 2017 #6
    supersnackbar

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    If the odometer module was replaced at some point, it starts from 0. A company I worked for paid by hub miles (via a wheel hubometer), but we had to also keep track of odometer/ecm miles in case the hubometer failed. Some of their Freightliner's odometers had been replaced, so the ecm miles didn't match the odometer.
     
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  9. Jul 9, 2017 #7
    peterd

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    If the ECM is replaced in a truck,it generally would start at zero miles.
     
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  10. Jul 9, 2017 #8
    kemosabi49

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    I drove a Columbia that turned to a million. Before it turned it read 999999.9 and after it read 100000 0. Just like yours, with a space where the decimal used to be.
     
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  11. Jul 9, 2017 #9
    Ridgeline

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    Did you have the ecm dumped and see if it is the original?

    I think that the truck order that fl has will carry the ecm serial number, or at least you the version of the firm ware to see if it is the same.
     
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  12. Jul 10, 2017 #10
    RBailey

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    The ad stated the truck had 168k miles, we don't have any maintenance records yet, going to try and get them in the AM. If the ecm was replaced (which is what we think happened) then we can understand the discrepancy between the numbers and it would mean that the truck has 1.2 million miles but they are claiming there is no way of knowing if the ecm has been replaced. When we pointed out the difference to their service guy he just acted stupid, said he couldn't figure out codes etc. We are starting to think they took the lease in and didn't verify the odometer so they're trying to dump the truck hoping no one will notice the milage difference.
     
    RBailey, Jul 10, 2017
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