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Newer Cat/Mitsubishi/Nissan - Hour Meters??

Hello all,

I have had a few customers report that the hour meter readings have turned back...........yes turned back.....at least 3000 to 4000 hours

Anyone have this problem and what was the solution??????
  • Posted 2 Jun 2009 01:35
  • By Prentice
  • joined 25 Jun'08 - 600 messages
  • Ontario, Canada
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Yes you got it guys, the dealers had a recall on the hour meters and replaced them.......but the techs did not tell the customer.....weird.
It's all good, thanks for the replies
  • Posted 17 Jun 2009 22:50
  • By Prentice
  • joined 25 Jun'08 - 600 messages
  • Ontario, Canada
Just to add that the hour meters cannot be turned back, and only one time can the system be reset to 0 hours and only with factory access.
I'd go with what fixitandy has said and would guess maybe the meter panel has been replaced, whether due to defect or part of a rework.
  • Posted 3 Jun 2009 15:18
  • Modified 3 Jun 2009 15:21 by poster
  • By daniel_g
  • joined 13 Jan'06 - 83 messages
  • Flevoland, Netherlands
Thanks fixitandy, We will contact the dealers with Model and Serial #'s to see if they have been recalled
  • Posted 2 Jun 2009 21:32
  • By Prentice
  • joined 25 Jun'08 - 600 messages
  • Ontario, Canada
first generation nissan platinum series had a recall/field mod campaign on the instrument cluster. all should have been replaced in the field with a new cluster with zero hours. I am not sure if mitsu or cat were included in that campaign. The second generation were not effected by the recall and have a completly different instrument cluster. Also, if you have a service scan tool you can read the hours from the ecm.
  • Posted 2 Jun 2009 13:40
  • By fixitandy
  • joined 23 Mar'09 - 81 messages
  • Pennsylvania, United States

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