Trip Odometer #2 random reset

[Busaboy]

2012 V6 Base. I like to use Trip #2 to to track oil changes and Trip #1 for gas fills. For whatever reason Trip #2 keeps resetting to 0 every few days. Trip #1 only resets when I want it to. Am I missing something?

 

[Mark_888]

2012 V6 Base. I like to use Trip #2 to to track oil changes and Trip #1 for gas fills. For whatever reason Trip #2 keeps resetting to 0 every few days. Trip #1 only resets when I want it to. Am I missing something?

What is the maximum number of miles on your 2012 trip odometer? On my 2009 it is only 999 (not enough to track oil changes).

 

[Southern Boy]

What is the maximum number of miles on your 2012 trip odometer? On my 2009 it is only 999 (not enough to track oil changes).

Mark is right, on page 4-54 of my owner’s manual there is this statement:
The meter's working range is from 0.0 to
999.9 miles (0.0 to 999.9 km).
Pressing the TRIP button for more than 1
second, when the tripmeter (TRIP A or
TRIP B) is being displayed, clears the
tripmeter to zero (0.0).
If the trip odometer is resetting before 999 miles and you are sure you haven’t hit the reset button then there is another problem that you should discuss with the service manager.

 

[Busaboy]

Guess I should have read the manual. For a dot matrix display, 999 seems arbitrarily small.

 

[Mark_888]

For a dot matrix display, 999 seems arbitrarily small.

In 2009 I mentioned that to John Krafcik (HMA CEO) during an online chat session with customers. I told him that on other cars I used the trip odometer for tracking oil change intervals but couldn't do it on the Genesis, and he replied that he never thought of that. Sounded like he agreed it should go higher than 999, but maybe they are not able to make changes until 2nd generation Genesis. Of course, these cars are designed in Korea, and 999 miles or even 999 kilometers is a long way to drive in Korea.

 

[Crusty Old Shellback]

I wondered about this as well as I also use the trip 2 for oil change monitoring. But I never looked it up in the manual to see that it only went to 999. So I wonder does the trip 1 do the same? Guess I'll have to look that one up.

 

[bobshine]

I just finished a round trip from Central Texas to Gatlinburg TN. I was planning to keep track of the total miles on the Trip B meter, but noticed quickly that it maxes out at 999 miles. Makes it kinda worthless for long trips. I love this car and that is my only complaint so far after 5 years. Reminds me when the Asian cars first came over with the digital temperature displays, they stopped at 99 degrees. I guess in Japan it never gets to 100 degrees. I have the 3.8 engine and averaged 28-29 MPG for the trip. I hope this issue has been addressed for the latest Genesis sedans.

 

[landtuna]

I guess in Japan it never gets to 100 degrees.

Oh yes it does and with their high humidity it is very uncomfortable. But remember, the Japanese have been designing and building vehicles for sale worldwide for a bunch of years now so they have a pretty good idea of their various operating environments (with tongue in cheek he references TV stories of ISIS who are usually shown driving caravans of Toyota pickups).

 

[bobshine]

Oh yes it does and with their high humidity it is very uncomfortable. But remember, the Japanese have been designing and building vehicles for sale worldwide for a bunch of years now so they have a pretty good idea of their various operating environments (with tongue in cheek he references TV stories of ISIS who are usually shown driving caravans of Toyota pickups).

I have noticed all the Toyota pickups in ISIS pictures. Perhaps Toyota should put "official vehicle of ISIS" in their advertising.

 

[opticsguy]

My trip odometers reset twice this month (both at the same time as well as the MPG indicator). I think, but I'm not sure, that excessive use of the horn might be causing it (and I punch it pretty hard sometimes).

I really like the car, but if this is the beginning of some sort of electrical meltdown, I'll have to reconsider buying after the lease is up.

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[dougmcp]

Because of the 999 number max, the trip odometers on these vehicles with the exception of fuel fill ups and the occasional distance measurement are pretty much useless.