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NeilJB · 25th February 2008, 10:44

Today I used a GPS to see how much error there was in the odometer of my Civic Sport - yesterday I took about 15 readings at various speeds and the speedometer reads 6% high, ie at 100 indicated the GPS says I'm doing 94-95.

Surprisingly, the GPS and the odometer are very close, about 1% difference with the odometer reading 30.4 kms to the GPS' 30 kms. That's close enough for me.

I read somewhere last night (in here?) that Honda USA had been hit with a class action by owners complaining that high-reading odometers were robbing them of warranty time etc.

It looks to me like Honda have now set the odometers accurate but are still leaving speedos reading high to avoid being sued over speeding fines.

Luckily it's not hard to do the maths to get the true speed.

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NeilJB Valve Cap Join Date: 24th February 2008 Location: Newcastle, Australia Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Civic Speedo Error Today I used a GPS to see how much error there was in the odometer of my Civic Sport - yesterday I took about 15 readings at various speeds and the speedometer reads 6% high, ie at 100 indicated the GPS says I'm doing 94-95. Surprisingly, the GPS and the odometer are very close, about 1% difference with the odometer reading 30.4 kms to the GPS' 30 kms. That's close enough for me. I read somewhere last night (in here?) that Honda USA had been hit with a class action by owners complaining that high-reading odometers were robbing them of warranty time etc. It looks to me like Honda have now set the odometers accurate but are still leaving speedos reading high to avoid being sued over speeding fines. Luckily it's not hard to do the maths to get the true speed.