I'm not Sure if my leased Murano is trying to cheat me on miles.

[DSK]

Hello I'm new to the club. I have a 2009 Murano and love it but..

He is the short story. I have previously leased 2 Toyota Highlanders before my current Nissan Murano lease. In both of those previous leases, I returned the cars with "Under" mileage on them, one time as much as 3k miles under the contract. I have had my Murano since Nov. 2008 and I already have 17,000 miles on it. I haven't changes my driving habits or gone on any high mileage trips and I don't even drive this car as a daily commuter. The car seems to be consistent with clocking a mile as I drive when compare it to the highway mile markers but I was wondering if the computer is just adding a 100 here or there, after all its probably a computer in there and not a fly wheel. Or maybe the car is recording the odmenter as KM instead of miles?

Any thoughts? Thanks in advance

[2young2retire]

Use your, or your neighbors, GPS on your next trip and compare the miles driven on the GPS vs. the miles on your trip odometer. The odometer on my '04 is very close. The KM in stead of miles could be an issue but I have not heard of anyone else with that problem,

[Timmbo]

Welcome to NICOclub! 2young2retire had a good suggestion, that will give you some piece of mind that your vehicle is calculating the miles correctly. Good luck!

[BBISHOPPCM]

Another approach is to tie a string to your bumper, and leave the spool at home (you'll want a 5' in diameter spool of kite string for this), and drive around town. Once you return home, measure the length of the string and compare it to the odometer reading.

One way to cheat your leasing agent is to install the largest tires and wheels you can possibly find (you may need to cut the wheelwells and fenders to fit the new tires); this will reduce the number of wheel revolutions needed to cover the distance of one mile, thus lowering the distance calculated by the odometer.

[DSK]

Not helpful but I guess your bored..

[Desert Rat]

did you have have aftermarket wheels/tires on either vehicle that would throw the reading off?