So I just bought a 2000 Accent 2dr coupe 5sp. Seems to me after following my wife around in her car that the speedo is way off. It seems to indicate 55 mph when traveling at 50 mph. And before you ask yes it has the factory 175/70R13 tires on it. I don't understand this since it is an analog speedo that uses a cable and gear setup correct? Only thing I can figure is somebody swapped out the speedo gear? But see that doesn't make a lick of sense either because the vehicle is completely unmodified. Any help on this matter would be great.

Thanks,

NK777

with my 02 accent once in a while it's of by 1-5 mph, not rlly a big deal. everything with hyundai is off.

I check mine with the speed checks the cops setup.

I wouldnt think that's way off, speedos- particularly the analog type- are notoriously unreliable and can be off by maybe 8 percent or more...I wouldnt worry about it...could be your wife's car is a few mph off too, how can you be sure hers is accurate ? just asking dude ;-))

Okay I know the wife speedo is correct because it's a digital speedo on a dodge durango and I have personally checked it with my gps and it is perfectly accurate. I have now checked the Accent with the GPS and I find that it is indeed almost 8% off. I decided to correct for this some what by running taller tires 185/70 R13. Now I am only around 5% off which is a whole lot better.

Why does this bug me you ask? Because you are wrong, most manufacturers I have experienced do indeed provide you with a decent speedometer (Ford, Dodge, Toyota's that I have personal experience with). All of my other cars in the past have also had analog speedo's as well. The wifes Durango is the only vehicle I've owned with a digital speedometer. An anolog speedometer that is inflated by 8% will also add 8% to the odometer thus skewing the mpg numbers. I just personally think thats BS to mislead your customers. Mind you I find that the Accent still gets decent mpg but 8% really does skew your results when calculating mpg. For example I calculated 35mpg last fill up using the actual odometer reading (260 miles) and the 7.37 gallons I put in the tank. This works out to roughly 35 mpg but when you correct for this 8% error you will find that your actual mpg is 32.25 mpg. Yes I do believe Hyundai did this intentionally and yes I do believe it's BS. See it just isn't that hard to put the correct tooth speedo gear on your speedo cable to make it more accurate, no it probably won't be perfectly accurate but it would be far more accurate if they simply put in a speedo gear that had one more tooth. Trust me I do know what I'm talking about here. I've built many 4x4 trucks and had to correct allot of speedometers due to running much larger tires.

it's a cheap little hyundai.

you're lucky it starts