A method for checking a displayed in a motor vehicle total mileage of the motor vehicle

The invention relates to a method for checking a displayed in a motor vehicle 1 total running distance of the motor vehicle, wherein a distance traveled by the motor vehicle running distance is detected during operation of the motor vehicle and wherein the detected traveling distance with previously detected as distance traveled routes routes of the motor vehicle to the total travel distance the motor vehicle is added up. For a simple information as to whether the displayed total running distance actually traveled by the motor vehicle 1 total running distance corresponds, the invention proposes that a taking place over a period of irreversible change of the component 12 is detected on a component 12 of a control unit 14 of the motor vehicle 1 such that the size and / or type 12 a related to the time period compared travel distance of the motor vehicle is associated with the change of the component that the travel distance detected during the time period as a distance traveled by the motor vehicle running distance is compared in a comparison of the comparison route and that a resulting from the comparison result of the comparison of 6 an operator of the motor vehicle is available or is transmitted automatically to the operator. 6