Speedometer Error?

[Lams]

every VW group vehicle I've had prior to this Skoda, actual speed has been about 10% under shown on speedo

This Skoda though is bang on accurate, so I have to be very careful now... I notice mum's S3 also the same. I would suggest somebody somewhere made a decision to change the way things are done

[Guest001]

Australian built cars are bang on the true speed.

How come my VX Commodore was 5 out then on standard rims and tyres. Speedos are normally set to allow for the largest wheel and tyre combo on the tyre placard

My 100 ser Cruiser was bang on at 100kph

[Jondalar]

So what size and tyres were the ones they swapped off it

According to the brochure 225/40 R18 (110TDI)..

According to the comparator above there should be only 0.7% difference in speedometer reading.

I'm well aware of the ADR re speedo's, when we got my wife's Golf I checked it against GPS and found it almost spot on at all speeds, but always reading slightly higher than actual speed.

What I'm really trying to get at here is whether others with the 19in black pack wheels have checked speed against GPS and what the result was.

[Guest001]

Shouldnt have made a discernable difference in speedo reading as only 4 mill difference in diameter.

Something is strange Maybe look at the other car instead, it might be the problem speedo may be way out on it but then you said you tried yours against a GPS so ?????????????????????????????

[woofy]

How come my VX Commodore was 5 out then on standard rims and tyres. Speedos are normally set to allow for the largest wheel and tyre combo on the tyre placard

My 100 ser Cruiser was bang on at 100kph

Could be with the reduced tolerance they changed it somewhere along the line. Previously any Falcon or Commodore I've had were always bang on. Camrys as well, but recently copped a fine in a hire Camry and it was reading higher than what the radar showed so things have changed there as well.

[woofy]

Shouldnt have made a discernable difference in speedo reading as only 4 mill difference in diameter.

Something is strange Maybe look at the other car instead, it might be the problem speedo may be way out on it but then you said you tried yours against a GPS so ?????????????????????????????

I'd take it to the dealer and get them to check it. Having someone with an RS report back to you won't help as they would have been set at the factory to use those wheels and you are comparing oranges with apples.

[Aargh]

I've checked my RS (with 19 inch xtreme's) against a GPS app and seen about a 2% difference (reads 98 on the GPS for an indicated 100).

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[AALocksmiths]

Just last week I had a customer with a MK4 Golf with the same issue. The speedo was showing 91km/h when the actual speed was 100km/h. I verified that the issue was in the cluster as the value can be checked by OBD. If is possible to adjust the needle on the clusters but you have to be careful to not damage the servo motors.

[Gerrycan]

You might want to check odo and rev counter accuracy as well

[Jondalar]

Interesting you should say that, because my wife's Golf 110TDI which I thought had identical gearing shows about 250 RPM more at 100 km/hr...

You might want to check odo and rev counter accuracy as well

[Jondalar]

Seriously amazing how many either can't see my sig or don't read the thread. Anyhoo, I checked the speed against my Garmin Nuvi GPS today and found that the speedo is either spot on (up to 60 km/hr) or reading 2-3 km/hr high, so all is as it should be. Moral of the story, don't trust iPhone GPS for speed accuracy...

[Guest001]

Seriously amazing how many either can't see my sig or don't read the thread. Anyhoo, I checked the speed against my Garmin Nuvi GPS today and found that the speedo is either spot on (up to 60 km/hr) or reading 2-3 km/hr high, so all is as it should be. Moral of the story, don't trust iPhone GPS for speed accuracy...

Just shows Apple products arent perfect. How could we ever think that.

Had to be something exterior of the car as the wheels wouldnt have done it and as you say are slightly more corrct than it would have been before.

Usually speedos are linear Like 2 out at 50 4 out at 80 6 out at 100 etc.