Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site moncol.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!petsd!moncol!ben 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 Article-I.D.: moncol.158 Posted: Fri Jan 11 09:37:33 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jan-85 05:52:39 EST References: <3101@ucla-cs.ARPA> Organization: Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ 07764 Lines: 22 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 ..vax135!petsd!moncol!ben