Odometer problem?

[HotDog88GT]

A friend is turning in his 2000 4Runner after Toyota mailed him an offer to exit his lease early (4yr) if he buys another Toyota (he's getting a Solara).

He told me he was going to get ding'd on mileage since he had 80K on the odometer. Given his driving habits, mostly local driving, I thought the LCD odometer was reading kilometers instead of miles. Three and a half years and 48K is more likely than 80K. I live 10 miles farther from work than he does and I'm lucky if I get 18K per year on my car.

Is there a way to flip over the odometer on his 4Runner to read kilometers or miles? The dealer tells him 'no', my Toyota mechanic friend tells me 'yes' but he couldn't tell me how at the time...

 

[peter78]

You would think your friend would of figured out if he was running kilometers or miles by now. Things like oil changes and mileage, if he gets something like 28 MPG, maybe just maybe he is getting kilometers. If he wants to find out simply get on the interstate and look at the mileage marker, hit the trip meter and if he gets 1.6 before the next mile marker he is reading in kilometers and if happens to read 1.0, he is screwed.

My feeling is your friend just has wishful thinking. By the way the LCD read out is about impossible to tamper with, unlike the older mileage readout. I say he should get ready to lay out the cash.:bonk:

 

[HotDog88GT]

Thanks for your help. He's already given up his 4Runner for the Solara so he can't do the road test. Sucks to be him.