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From: ben@moncol.UUCP (Bennett Broder)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Fixing speedometer/odometer rate?
Message-ID: <158@moncol.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 09:37:33 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 11 09:37:33 1985
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I have a 1984 4dr Accord LX and have noticed the same inaccuracy you
describe.  I can understand why a speedometer might be off; it is
an analog device which may have been incorrrectly calibrated.  But an
odometer is simply a collection of gears which register the number of
times the front axle rotates.  Since the auto maker knows the exact
size of the front tires, he should be able to mathematically calculate
the gear ratios inside the odometer.

I find it quite suspect that all '84 Honda odometers err on the high
side.  This reduces Honda's warrantee liability,  produces higher
revenues for its dealers (through more frequent servicings), and might
cause people to trade their cars earlier.  When you multiply the 3%
error by the average life of a car by the number of vehicles Honda has
sold with this imperfection, it appears that Honda is cheating its
customers out of perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars in lower
resale value and higher servicing costs.  Is this cause for a
instituting a class action suit ??


                                   Ben Broder
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