Hello, everyone and welcome. In this video,
We're going to be fixing the speedometer on my Honda
S2000. Which as you can see, clearly reads too high. While traveling at a
GPS verified speed of about 80 to 81 miles per hour, you can see the car's speedometer is reading 87 miles per hour,
Significantly higher than the actual speed. This is a result of changing the final drive gearing in my S2000
But you can also have a speedometer reading incorrectly from putting on different tires
or wheel sizes.
To correct this, first you need to know how much your speedometer is off by. You want to travel at the highest legal speed you
can near you, so that you can have an accurate percentage difference. In my case, driving at about 81 miles per hour shows the speed of
87 miles per hour so my car is reading about
7.4 percent high. Next I've purchased a yellow box correction kit. These can be used for many different makes and models of vehicles,
Simply splicing into the speed signal wire or by using a plug-and-play kit that they provide, also
Available for many different brands. The first thing we need to do for the install is lift the front of the car up onto jack
Stands. The speed sensor for the speedometer is on the transmission for the S2000, so we'll need access to it. Once underneath the car,
unplug the sensor from the transmission and plug in the new harness.
There will be plenty of wire length for the yellow box to plug in, so at this point
I pulled the connector out from under the vehicle in order to program it. Then plug in the Yellow Box.
Turn your ignition to accessory mode,
And you should see some lights flashing on the Yellow Box.
Once powered, the box will tell you what the current correction factor is by flashing the red light.
Short flashes represent a count of one each and long flashes represent zero. In this case
We have one flash, and then four long flashes, meaning one zero zero zero
Zero or one hundred point zero zero percent correction factor. My S2000 is reading about
7.4 percent high, so we want a correction factor of 107.40%.
To program the box, hold both buttons for about 5 seconds until both green and red lights flash.
Now, by pressing the plus button the Correction Factor will go up by 0.1 percent. Pressing the plus button
74 times will give us our 107.4 percent Correction Factor.
You can also hold the button to speed this up.
After you've programmed it, wait for both lights to flash. This informs you the setting has been saved.
Turn the car ignition off and then turn it back on to check that the setting is correct. Once powered, the device
Automatically reads the current setting to you.
1
0
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
0
So in this case, we're at
106.7 percent,
so we still need to hit the button 7 more times in adjustment mode.
Save the new setting by waiting, then turn off the ignition and check.
Now it's correctly programmed to 107.4%, so we can finish up the install.
I'm simply choosing to zip-tie the Yellow Box for now,
Directly beside the transmission housing. The device comes with a 10 year warranty and is weatherproof, heat proof, and vibration proof,
But make sure you don't place it near your exhaust or extreme heat sources.
With the device in place, it's time for a test drive. As you can see, the car now reads much closer to the actual speed and is reading just slightly
Conservatively high which I'm fine with you could choose to fine tune at this point if you prefer.
Also, how about that reflection in the iPhone. I will include links in the video description
To the products used and the GPS feed box used to verify my actual speed. Any questions
Or comments feel free to leave them below. Thanks for watching