Last month I purchased an '05 2500HD Duramax with 62k miles on it. I just now looked at the hours and it shows 2,800 hours. Is this possible?? Is there any way for the dealer to dial the miles back? I just want to make sure I wasn't duped by the dealership.

Thanks for any input.

That is an average of 22.14 mph. I think some was sitting a round for a long time with the engine running.

there's an issue with the hours resetting and doing odd things.. search for hours reset and you'll find others having similar issues. Some zero out, others change.. voltage problem with the cluster, some are under warranty.

my 05 has 61,400 miles and 2400 hrs mine is used on the farm and hauling wagons and stuff at speeds no more than 30mph

Mine worked fine until about 170k miles. Accidentally left my laptop plugged in overnight and drained the batteries dead. Charged them and re-installed and noticed the hour meter had reset. Now it seems to reset itself about once a week. 181k miles and about 20 hours. :rolleyes:

181k miles and about 20 hours. :rolleyes:


DAMN Thats flyin..lol j/k:cool:

I have 95000 and 1800+

Also the truck might have had larger wheels and tires on it then removed for resale.

I have 98685 miles and 2361 hrs

141,000 km and has 4900 engine hours lots of idle time.

My average isn't much "faster". I forget exactly, but I think I'm around 35K miles and 1200 hours. This is a higher average, but still under 30 MPH. Small town and not many highway hours will do it.

Joseph

I have 35K miles and 1264 hours or about 27 and half MPH average. I don't idle much and about 40% of the miles are towing at about 65 MPH.

Sounds like you are in the ballpark for usage. Especially if the truck was used for general purpose driving and has some around town miles.

Hi
A little off topic but here goes, Im looking at a 2005 D/Max CC SB it has 66000Km's about 45000 mi. How do I check the hour meter when I go see the truck? Im looking for the procedure, Do you have to reset something on the Cluster ?

Thanks

You just push the trip button and it will scroll through trip, odometer and hours.

Thanks for the info helps me look like I know a bit about these trucks.

Ok now I`m really confused...? I just bought a 2004.5 Duramax with 95K miles but only 1185 hours...? I was told it was mainly all highway miles so what or how do you figure the average MPH...? thanks...

divide the mile by the hrs so yours is 80mph dang he was flying

Ok now I`m really confused...? I just bought a 2004.5 Duramax with 95K miles but only 1185 hours...? I was told it was mainly all highway miles so what or how do you figure the average MPH...? thanks...
Yours reset. There is no way your truck averaged 80.5 MPH haha

I have also never reset the gallons used since I bought mine.

My mph average 41.74

My MPG average is 12.61

I have 98,801 miles, 7833.4 gallons used, 2367.1 Hours

mine ha 95000 and used around 8800 gals. did alot of towing

I think it's safe to say that any hour meter reading you come across that averages over 45 mph is bogus. Too many of these things are re-setting and are inaccurate.

Most of us who use these trucks for over the road work, are seeing in the neighborhood of 40-45mph averages, when the meter was working properly.

I believe the second battery gettn' disconneced will reset the hourmeter. I had over 2000 while working for the oilfield. Then replaced both batteries. Next time i looked i was at 1100. WTF:wtf:

I have replaced batteries and not started over

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I have 106K miles of troublefree driving with 2831 hrs on the meter, original batteries. That is an average of 37.4 mph.

I traded in my 02 with 190k and 7000hr+ with battery replacement along the way. I did have a lot of idle time though.

mines....79130 on the miles and 4061.4 on the hours..wtf

74k miles and 2300 hrs on the meter....didn't even cross my mind when I bought the truck!