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Do I have to change my speedometer setting if I get larger tires?

I bought a jeep with very small tires (not sure the exact size). I recently bought a new pair of tires that are probably 2 or 3 inches larger radius. Do I have to update my jeep so the speed is ...
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Does tire size and/or tread wear significantly affect speed and speedometer accuracy?

I've always heard that tread wear affects the speed of your vehicle; i.e. you technically are going faster with new tires than you are with old, worn tires, for a given indicated speed by the ...
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“Flight recorder” for automobiles? [closed]

As I sat in traffic court last week for a non-moving violation, many of the cases were clearly he said/she said issues.. particularly with stop sign violations. I can easily see how this specific ...
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'00 Mercury Sable speedometer and ??? issues

My Sable is having several issues and I can't tell if they are related. The car is driven less than average, three or four days per week. At some point, it lost coolant and I had to add about two ...
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1966 t-bird speedo reads way too high

Just bought a 66 tbird and everything is pretty straight, I love the car, but the main impediment to me registering it is the spedomometer, which typically reads about 50-60 when I am going much ...
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How are digital speedometer readings typically calculated?

This seemed like the most suitable SE site, I do apologize if this shouldn't go here. How are digital speedometer readings (for things like average speed calculations, etc) typically calculated - ...
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wavering speedometer

The speedometer on my '94 Suzuki Sidekick wavers sometimes. This seem to happen only when I'm accelerating in about the 40-60 kph range. I think it may happen consistently under those circumstances; ...
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is it normal for my car to accelerate on downhill when no gas is applied.

I find myself having to apply the break pedal everytime I go down an inclination. It's not too steep but the car seems to gain speed faster and faster. In the other cars I have driven, this was not ...
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Intermittently fluctuating/non-functioning speedometer in Volvo 940. Possible causes?

I have a 1992 Volvo 940. A few months ago, the speedometer started malfunctioning intermittently. Sometimes it would read correctly, other times the needle would wobble around, and sometimes it would ...