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pkman · Oct 31st, 2005, 09:38 AM

I have notice when I am passing thru a speed indicator (tells you how fast ur driving if ur over the speed limit) my speedo is slightly inaccurate.

I know the speed indicator to be usually correct having driven thru that road in a Honda Civic, Astra, and a Mercedes and it was all accurate.

When I drove my 2005 Mini (on stock 195/55/16) i drove it at 40mph on the speedo but it shows only 37mph on the speed indicator. I tested this a few times but its always 2-3mph out.

Does anyone else have this inaccuracy with their minis??? should i take it back to bmw?

Wizzzz · Oct 31st, 2005, 02:38 PM

That sounds about right to me... You will find that most cars will be out by a bit.

I've tested mine. According to the speedo I was doing 50km/h but according to the speed indicator sign I was doing about 45-46km/h.

Al · Oct 31st, 2005, 03:16 PM

Same thing here in the US. Mine reads about 4 MPH higher than it should.

I took the speedo apart, and there's nothing I can find to adjust. I didn't have
the enthusiasm to download the firmware and write somethign new.

uncle albert · Oct 31st, 2005, 08:39 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by fiesta dan

should be a couple mph out, mine is in accurate up to around 50mph, then it gets more or less spot on (GPS snooper) said 110 on speedo and was doing 110.

Can back this up - had Road Angel and speedo both reading 130 (private track).

James

Oct 31st, 2005, 09:38 AM	#1
pkman MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London Local Time: 10:28 PM Posts: 163 Offline	speedo inaccuracy I have notice when I am passing thru a speed indicator (tells you how fast ur driving if ur over the speed limit) my speedo is slightly inaccurate. I know the speed indicator to be usually correct having driven thru that road in a Honda Civic, Astra, and a Mercedes and it was all accurate. When I drove my 2005 Mini (on stock 195/55/16) i drove it at 40mph on the speedo but it shows only 37mph on the speed indicator. I tested this a few times but its always 2-3mph out. Does anyone else have this inaccuracy with their minis??? should i take it back to bmw?

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Oct 31st, 2005, 02:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
Wizzzz R56 Cooper S Chilli My Classifieds Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Local Time: 08:28 AM Posts: 148 Offline	That sounds about right to me... You will find that most cars will be out by a bit. I've tested mine. According to the speedo I was doing 50km/h but according to the speed indicator sign I was doing about 45-46km/h.

Oct 31st, 2005, 03:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
Al MINI2 Master Join Date: Sep 2003 Local Time: 03:28 PM Posts: 2,292 Offline	Same thing here in the US. Mine reads about 4 MPH higher than it should. I took the speedo apart, and there's nothing I can find to adjust. I didn't have the enthusiasm to download the firmware and write somethign new.

Oct 31st, 2005, 08:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
uncle albert MINI2 Master Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hereford/Cwmbran Local Time: 09:28 PM Posts: 797 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by fiesta dan should be a couple mph out, mine is in accurate up to around 50mph, then it gets more or less spot on (GPS snooper) said 110 on speedo and was doing 110. Can back this up - had Road Angel and speedo both reading 130 (private track). James

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