5ktq speedometer error

[Robert Myers]

Larry,

Another data point.  The speedo of my '95'5 urS6 agrees within less 
than the width of the needle with my GPS display.  Numbers like 42 by 
speedo and 41.8 by GPS or 93 by speedo and 91.9 by GPS.  That's 
showing the speedo to be a bit optimistic but not by much.  Reading 
the speedometer itself is hard to do better than within +/- 1 mph.

Bob

At 08:24 AM 1/26/2007, LL - NY wrote:
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>Has your respective speedos inaccuracy changed recently, or have they always
>been off?
>
>If they haven't changed, it's by design (apparently, German law allows the
>automaker whom sells in Germany to be sued (can't recall by who, the car's
>owner if they receive a ticky, or the Gov't themselves) if the speedo reads
>low under "normal" circumstances, i.e. different tires that are within the
>recommended mfgs size choices, + sizing, etc.) so the tendency is that the
>German speedos are purposely rather ambitious in their reading. As I recall,
>when I've bothered to calibrate, ALL of my German cars have read at least 4+
>MPH higher than actual. The closest to accurate is the Saabaru, which is
>actually made in Japan. It's only 3 off.
>
>LL - NY
>
>On 1/25/07, Ameer Antar <antar at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > I can't be of much help, but I'm pretty sure my speedo is ~5 miles over
> > too. No
> > pulsing though. I'm not sure if it's a design problem or just aging
> > components.
> > Has anyone else noticeed this on their 5kt/tq? I'm curious to hear how you
> > noticed this? I compared my speed while tailing my brother in a newer car.
> >
> > -Ameer
> >
> > -------------------- Original Message --------------------
> >
> > > Message: 5
> > > Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:04:51 -0500 (EST)
> > > From: Kurt Deschler [desch at alum.wpi.edu]
> > > Subject: 5ktq speedometer error
> > > To: quattro at audifans.com
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> > >
> > > The speedo on my 5ktq is around 6mph on the high side. In addition, it
> > > pulses at low RPMs. My suspicion is a bad capacitor somewhere, but I
> > > really know how these speedos work. Anyone seen this before or have a
> > fix?
> > >
> > >     -Kurt
> > >     87 5kcstq
> > >     89 200tq
> > >     00 s4
> > >     95 s6
> > >
> > >
> >
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