TSB For Speedo Error (I Have It)

[agpatel]

Hey

I have the TSB in hand for the speed error fix, its in a pdf file but i have no place to host it and would like to put it up for everyone to see, so please PM me or leave a message so we can get this baby up there.

Thanks

[rickyC]

I PM'd you about getting a copy.

Thanks !

[bennylenny88]

i have a photobucket account and i can screendump it.

[agpatel]

Here is some info on it:

Cars Effected:
Jetta, new GTI, Rabbits, EOS (US Only)
Year: 2007 (hmm idk whats up with that)

Here is what it does: (useing dealer vag, dont know if it can be done w/ ross-tech vag, someone wanna check?)

17-Dash Panel Insert in vag
coding will have a 3 at the end
go under coding services
enter org 4 or 5 dig code
change last digit from 3 to a 7

this should fix it (less error, possibly 1-3% still)

[agpatel]

Just sent it to ya Benny

[alf]

i could probably use this as my defense for my speeding ticket

[bennylenny88]

still waiting...

[bennylenny88]

wait what? lol

[Bluechair]

So this could possibly be done with a vagcom? That would be awesome...

[agpatel]

umm....it shows you going faster then you really are not a good defence....you get it yet benny?

[alf]

umm....it shows you going faster then you really are not a good defence....you get it yet benny?

pfft quiet you judge dont know.

[Joe Diver]

Here it is:

http://webpages.charter.net/nrc/TSB-Speed_Issue.pdf (http://webpages.charter.net/nrc/TSB_Speed_Issue.pdf)

Takes a few minutes to load...it's 1.8Mb.

[rickyC]

Thanks!!

Heres a link to the file.
http://tinyurl.com/szcw6

Wonder if they will fix 2006's with this?
I'll find out next week when the car goes in for the XM Failure fix and let you know.

[rickyC]

dammit! Day late and a dolla short for me today! Thanks Joe D

[Joe Diver]

dammit! Day late and a dolla short for me today! Thanks Joe D

:biggrin: The more the merrier!:drinking:

[agpatel]

get back at us if they do fix your 2006, i am gonna try to get it done this week sometime, but i have a vag-com at home so i am gonna see if this is possible useing that...

[Bluechair]

It says its applicable to only cars in dealer inventory... Also its available to only 2007 vehicles? That sucks...

[agpatel]

i guess you can try and see what happends, and hope you have a nice dealer...sucsk that VW put this out and kindda side=steped at fixing it by only doing ones not sold yet...hmm....

[Turbo GTI]

i could probably use this as my defense for my speeding ticket

^^^ X 100000

I got a ticket 2 months ago for doing 75 in 55.. it was the last day of the month... let me know my court date is Nov. 28th...
This could be the best Thread ever.!!!!:thumbsup:

[Turbo GTI]

umm....it shows you going faster then you really are not a good defence....you get it yet benny?

^^^ U just shat on my hopes :cry:

[Slipstream]

^^^ X 100000

I got a ticket 2 months ago for doing 75 in 55.. it was the last day of the month... let me know my court date is Nov. 28th...
This could be the best Thread ever.!!!!:thumbsup:

Which means your speedo showed almost 90mph, I wouldn't bring that up. :laugh:

[Turbo GTI]

My question is How can I edit this PDF so that I can take out the part in the Technical Background part that says "causing speedometer to be greater than actual speed" I need this to take to court... Don't want that Fing Ticket

[Bluechair]

But you'd be ok with Perjury? ok...:confused:

[azmcs]

My question is How can I edit this PDF so that I can take out the part in the Technical Background part that says "causing speedometer to be greater than actual speed" I need this to take to court... Don't want that Fing Ticket

You're gonna go from a ticket to jail time doing this. Smart move.

[agpatel]

use a pdf editor from foxit i think and you can do that, but i am not saying to use it for that reason :biggrin:

but yeah thats not a good idea to do, thats a nice way to get to jail and not see your car for a long time!

[Turbo GTI]

use a pdf editor from foxit i think and you can do that, but i am not saying to use it for that reason :biggrin:

but yeah thats not a good idea to do, thats a nice way to get to jail and not see your car for a long time!

#1 How would they know that I did it?
#2 I wouldn't bring it up as my evidence until the end of the trial
#3 I hope he doesn't show up so it can be thrown out. :cry:
#4 I'm not going to do it anymore.. you guys scared me :cry:

[Sinjin]

i have a 2006, this is for the 2007? DRAT!!!

[Stasis]

I'll be at my dealer thursday and I'm gonna ask them to do this...

[TheUnfadableMix]

Uhmm ....so you want it to sy that the speedometer reads slower than actual speed.....good luck on that.....its illegal for 1 thing for manufacturers to do that from the getgo and is some risky business...but if you can pull it off, more power to you!!

[Joe Diver]

i have a 2006, this is for the 2007? DRAT!!!

Me too, but I'm going to insist they do it to mine at my 5000 mile service.

[Bluechair]

Over at the vortex some guy is going to try to do it with a vagcom... Looks like its probably possible...

[plac]

Over at the vortex some guy is going to try to do it with a vagcom... Looks like its probably possible...

oh its possible.. few guys have done it already. but only a couple true confirmations.. ill do mine at lunchtime.

6 months ago i researched this distance multiplier. Glad it was finally confrimed correct.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2570806

[davesee]

oooh, the endless arguments I've had regarding this issue to others on this forum who insisted there was nothing wrong with the speedo.

HAH

[mike1947]

I just talked to a VWOA advocate who flat out said that this TSB was just for the 2007. He listened and took my name and listed my speedo problem, but that's it.

[plac]

dont worry about the dealer. do it with vagcom in 3 mins. If you dont have one, find someone with one.

[Wantagti]

Well, must be my 17" summer tires, but I've compared mine to three other cars alongside and they were identical. Anyone know the most accurate speedometer possessing vehicle???

[RJS5689]

i could probably use this as my defense for my speeding ticket

Whats funny is my cop sia di was doin 55 in a 30, and i rememebr looking at my spedo and it only read 50. Ive had my car on radar vs/ speedo and i read pretty damn high. Im still waiting for my court date though.

[kosmo6]

hey, i changed my 7203 coding to 7207...my climatronic still said 55 when my speedo said 60, 73 when my speedo said 80, etc.

my question: did it just not work for me, am i completely retarded, or did it adjust the climatronic as well?

a couple people on the vortex have said it's successful. if i need to look at my speedo and not my climatronic, that's great, just looking for some additional confirmation...

[agpatel]

did you take the key out of the car and put it back in and turn it on? did it after that show the correct speed?

[plac]

did you take the key out of the car and put it back in and turn it on? did it after that show the correct speed?


good call. The MDF has to reinitialize with the new settings. Maybe even turn off before you turn teh key back on.

Let us know. some people have this work.. some dont..

[kosmo6]

okay, i hope that's the issue. I was in such a hurry to get downtown that i didn't turn the key off.

will try again shortly.

[plac]

find out asap!! there are more "not works" than "works" currently.

[918hare]

Well I went in to VagCom and changed the numbers stated. Changing the last # from a 3 to a 7. Now I just have to wait, until I can have a "co-worker" with a radar let me know if it is accurate. I will keep everyone posted

[absoluteczech]

i thought that by putting bigger wheels on kinda fixed the error, werent people w/ 15 and 16 having the biggest problems and as the diameter of the wheel got bigger the error was less? or am i completely wrong! :)

[plac]

i thought that by putting bigger wheels on kinda fixed the error, werent people w/ 15 and 16 having the biggest problems and as the diameter of the wheel got bigger the error was less? or am i completely wrong! :)

thats a roundabout way of fixing it. but very small change.

[absoluteczech]

isnt it illegal to have exact speed? i heard on every car there is atleast like 3-5% speedo error.

[kosmo6]

well, i tried it again. back to 7207 and there absolutely no difference between that and 7203. 55 on the climatronic equals 60 on the speedo, 73 on the climatronic equals 80 on the speedo. damn...

how could it work on some but not on others? is there some other bit i must enable, or is this adjusting the climatronic at the same time?

[davesee]

i sure hope this thread doesnt go down the same path as every other "possible speedo fix" thread

[agpatel]

one thing i thought about after trying to do it and driving, maybe people w/ euro cluster coding it will not work in...i will try tomm and see if this is the case with mine

[agpatel]

thats a neg, i changed it bak to US cluster didnt ork till off :(

someone with a 07 do it w/ a vag and see if it worked then try to get a dealer vag to do it...

[plac]

My results: FAILED.

No fix.

My speedo 60mph = 56mph actual
My speedo 70mph = 65mph actual

The last digit change did nothing. It was a fun day tho while it lasted..

(everyone knows its easy to check this with MFD I assume)

[nomios]

Initial results for me seem positive. It is not dead on, but it seems much closer (basd on climate control). I plan on testing it some more by using one of those Ka radar based speed signs that display your speed. we have quite a few of those around town.

[slickvic]

oooh, the endless arguments I've had regarding this issue to others on this forum who insisted there was nothing wrong with the speedo.

HAH

We (the forum members) were not the ones telling you that "nothing is wrong with your speedo". What we were insisting was that the corporate entity known as VW of America publicly stated that they did not believe that there was anything wrong with your speedometer reading. :thumbsup:

Thank you, drive thru. :burnrubber:

[RJS5689]

#1 How would they know that I did it?
#2 I wouldn't bring it up as my evidence until the end of the trial
#3 I hope he doesn't show up so it can be thrown out. :cry:
#4 I'm not going to do it anymore.. you guys scared me :cry:

Hey in NY they dont need to show up anymore, how do i know? Because i went through it.... If the cop doeasnt show up they still hold your trial, they do however take it down to a nonmoving violation. For NY MAKE SURE! you ask the cop to show the radar calabration papers, alot of times these papers are messed up, and you can get let off!

[Teknophreak]

We (the forum members) were not the ones telling you that "nothing is wrong with your speedo". What we were insisting was that the corporate entity known as VW of America publicly stated that they did not believe that there was anything wrong with your speedometer reading. :thumbsup:

Thank you, drive thru. :burnrubber:

Here we go again....

[jimb]

thats a neg, i changed it bak to US cluster didnt ork till off :(

someone with a 07 do it w/ a vag and see if it worked then try to get a dealer vag to do it...

I have an '07 GTI (5 door, pkg. 2, DSG) and tried the "fix" last night and it did not work. My cluster is and always has been coded as U.S. The VAG-Com modifications that I have made are disabled DRL's, flash to pass, window operation with remote, and fogs on with high beams. I did not return everything to stock, but I wonder if that might make the change do something.

I also searched VAG-Com's website for some help, and found that VAG-Com recommends having a WSC code, importer code, and equipment code entered into your VAG-Com. There was a note that said that some modules cannot be recoded without this information. So I played around with these settings and still the update did not work.

So here I am, my speedometer still reads about 10% high and is virtually worthless at highway speeds. :mad: :mad: :mad:

[nopama]

My speedo is of 5mph but mine is a 06,will this fix it?

[nomios]

Ok, after more testing today I can say this did not fix my speedo error. Damn you VW, give us a fix for this!!!!

[loccusst]

I tried this with my Vag Com and no worky...Either there is something that the dealer needs to do with their program along with changing the number or it is not a real fix. If they come out with newer models of the car such as 08 and the speedo is accurate then why not just swap in the part that is accurate?

[untchablecs]

i just got my 2007 gti and one of the first things i noticed was this "problem". My spedometer said 80 but I knew there was no way I was going that fast. I really notice it at higher speeds (70+). It's pretty annoying. I mean I understand they do it for "safety" reasons but it shouldn't be off that much in my opinion. We really need a fix for this.

[untchablecs]

So has anybody had any luck with getting VW to do the procedure as listed in that PDF on the first page of this thread?

[agpatel]

NEW TSB CAME OUT FROM VW FOR 2006 GTI'S AND GLI'S

[zerogt86]

NEW TSB CAME OUT FROM VW FOR 2006 GTI'S AND GLI'S

what was in the TSB?

[plac]

same stuff, diff year.

[agpatel]

yeah its the same stuff, but we have speculated maybe dealer is diffrent vag, but i think someoe says they got it done w/ no go...so VW once again..useless fix!

[santiago81]

Hi Guys,

does anyone have link to the TSB for O6?