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Texas_MkV

FIA World Rally Car Champion
Location
Plano, Texas
Well I think I may get a ticket because I will go 5-10 mph over the speed limit, and I may overcompinsate and get a ticket.

Anyway I checked the Digital Speedo and it was the right mph. So I guess I will just go by that till VW gets this fixed.

Here is the link for those who have the same problem as mine.
http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=492
 
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herrstreet

Touring Car Newbie
Location
Pittsburgh, Pa
This is JUST a guess. If you go into the options in that data screen in the instruments, you are able to set the wheel size. Perhaps you have a different diameter wheel than the speedometer thinks you have. If that's the case, it would explain why the accuracy is worse as you continue to accelerate. It's just a gues, and you may have already tried that, but that would be my suggestion.

good luck
 
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plac

GTI Master
Location
SF Bay Area, CA
There is nothing in there to change wheel size dude. Ive been thru every setting. You might be thinking about the +5mph -5mph Winter tire options which has nothing to do with adjusting the speedo.
 
loccusst

loccusst

FIA GT Champion
Location
IA
Car(s)
MKV GTI
I don't think they all have digital speed......
 
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plac

GTI Master
Location
SF Bay Area, CA
First you'd find out exactly how off it is at 100mph. Then if its like 111mph on speedo at a true 100mph, you're 11% over. So you would need a tire 11%taller to perfect the speedo range. Thats a huge tire difference.

Stock 17 = 225/45/17 = 25" diameter
Larger 17" = 235/55/17 = 27.2" diameter

And that would only give you a 8.8% correction.
 
SSS_Hoon

SSS_Hoon

Touring Car Champion
Location
Western Sydney
Car(s)
Nissan Pulsar SSS
where is this winter tyre setting?


SSS_Hoon
 
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McPsycho

Rally Car Champion
Location
Daytona, FL
plac said:
The pkg 2 has the digital speedo.
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dude, i gots me the package 2, how do u get the digital speedo to show?

ive also noticed it looks like im going slower than what the speedo is telling me. hmm? i wonder what it would read if u tryed to hit the governor at 130? maybe thats why the speedo goes to 180. it'll go all the way to it but you'll actually only being 130. :laugh:
 
cmdrfire

cmdrfire

FIA World Rally Car Champion
Location
UK
My car's speedo is about 2-3mph short compared to a GPS system.
[strike]I don't think I've got a digital speedo on mine, I've got the highline computer, how does one access such a function?[/strike]

Just read the link on how to access digital speedometer via climatronic, I'll have a play with that later.
 
nomios

nomios

Touring Car Champion
Location
Salt Lake City, Utah
The winter tire settings have nothing to do with tire size. It is a safety feature, and part of the speed warning system.

The speedo defect should not impact the speed govenor either. I am sure the computer is looking at the digital speed and not the analog.
 
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