5ktq speedometer error

[Kurt Deschler]

The 5k has always had this problem since I got it ~4 years ago. The 
speedos on all of my other Audis are accurate and do not have the pulsing 
problem. It is very annoying for me since I like to drive 5-10 over the 
speed limit at all times, now I also have to add 6.

 	-Kurt

On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, LL - NY wrote:

> 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
>> >  Message-ID: [Pine.LNX.4.63.0701251701130.24874 at cs.wpi.edu]
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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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