Last night, I felt like taking the car for a spin. As usual, after I started the car, I checked on the DTE (distance to empty) meter and it read 616 km. I also noticed that when I pressed the brake peddle, I heard a low "thud" sound that emanated from underneath the gear lever console. To confirm, I depressed the pedal repeatedly only to hear the same sound again and again. I spent close to 10 minutes to locate the exact source of the sound, but to no avail. So I left it at that.
I then drove out of the condo's park building, out the guard exit and drove to Speedmart, at the Wisma Padi Corporation building in Subang Jaya. [By the way, Speedmart is a minimarket that sells goods at considerably lower prices than even in the hypermarket such as the nearby Carrefoure. As an example, a tin of Pringles sells for RM 3.95 while for the same stuff, it costs you between RM 1.00 - 2.00 more at seven-eleven, or KK or Carrefoure. The same thing goes for all the products on the Speedmart shelves].
While driving away from Speedmart after buying some stuffs and a pack of cigarettes, I noticed the DTE meter seemed to read more than just the distance of about 4 km from my condo to the shop. Nevertheless as I was driving back via Jalan Tujuan, then up the flyover and to the roundabout with 3 flyovers, I noticed that the digital read-out on DTE meter ran faster than usual. By the time I got to park my car again, the meter had read that I had travelled a distance of about 50 km when the actual to-and-fro distance was not more than 10 km ! Something was definitely wrong. Again I depressed the brake pedal to confirm my earlier observation. The same sound was again heard. I then left for home.
Hello.
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I'm from KL but i'm driving a 2006 350z in Australia.
The DTE is never too reliable.
Too many times i've driven 10km and the DTE drops by 50.
It can be very discouraging sometimes.
There was once my DTE was at 160. I drove 100km on the highway, and my DTE said 190 after that.
i also notice that quite often my DTE drops by about 10km everytime i start the engine. I suspect 1 of 2 things:
1) petrol has settled down in tank hence the sensor reads a lower petrol level (or it could read higher depending how the sensor is placed)
2) Maybe it takes alot of petrol to start the engine.
Anyway enjoy your car! one of a few lucky malaysian owners aren't u?
Thank you Kev for sharing my thoughts.
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