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Speedometer Adjustment

Old 03-30-2006, 09:37 PM
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Speedometer Adjustment

My truck has over sized tires and the speedometer is off. Obviously this is a problem that should be remedied eventually. I know that several of the programmers allow me to fix this...but are there any cheaper options out there? I already have an edge comp and I really don't want to buy another programmer just to recalibrate my speedometer.
Old 03-30-2006, 09:41 PM
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Just go to the dealer and have them change the ecm to match your tires. Should not cost more than $20 or so.
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thanks. that just seemed to simple...
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I charge .5. Set revs per mile, tone ring # and road test with GPS to verify.
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What size tire did you go to. I think on my '96 the speedo was set to be overstated quite a bit. I switched to 285 tires which have a 10% greater circumference than 245's and I worried about my speedo being wrong. Later I bought me a GPS for other reasons but the now when my speedo says "60" the GPS only shows 61 or 62. Not too bad off !
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After buying 4 new vehicles from my dealer he was going to charge me $100 for a speedo correction. Needless to say I didn't do it, and it cost him my future busness, and no recommendations from me to him for business.

It is amazing to me how short sighted dealers are.
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I have 38" tires on mine and my speedo is off 15mph..........I also need to get mine recalibrated soon too!!! I was gonna buy a smarty but funds won't allow it right now.....guess I'll check the dealer and see what they will jab me for!




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You do not have to buy any programmer. Ask you dealer to re-set the number of revolutions per mile indicated for your tire. You can find this info at a tire store that sells your tire or better yet, go to www.tirerack.com and look up your tires. The specification column will have revs per mile on all the tires. I do not know if this works for earlier dodges, but it works on 98.5 and newer, including third gen.

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