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Might also explain why a 6.0 gas 1 ton has a 200mph speedometer. Unless I drop it from a plane with a rocket engine I don't think it will ever see that. LOL
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Exactly. Here is an XTR (Canadian F150 FX4) being sold in the U.S. on Ebay with the U.S. instrument cluster. https://www.ebay.com/itm/275088278208?hash=item400c8a02c0:g:JYcAAOSwck9h0o86&LH_ItemCondition=3000|1000|2500
And I’m telling you that is not a requirement. and you are only looking at certain dealer. Don’t try turn it into a all encompassing statement. Your second paragraph says it’s “ it gets done so the buyer doesn’t ask too many questions. “. That part may be true for certain dealers. Hope you like the fishing. We should be having this discussion over a Canadian beer.Just going to tell you that if you go look at a Canadian vehicle sold on a dealer lot in the US that doesn't have a digital display, they are converted to Miles being the "big numbers" and kph being the little ones...
You can argue all you want about needing it, I'm just telling you it gets done so the buyer doesn't ask too many questions... Everyone I've ever looked at had this done. And that number is more than 5 and less than 10....
And Since I visit Canada on a fairly regular basis for fishing, I'm well aware of the dual markings.
Twelve year data, but it says you don’t have to have km on the Odometer, but they all do unless they were imported from a country outside of the North American Free trade agreement. This includes electronic speedometers that can be toggled.This all started around posts 16-20 where you mentioned the odometer gets toggled and I said that only works for the odometer since some speedometers are only marked in the units of their home country. Sure, some have both but not all, and most drivers want to see the large font units of where they drive. That's why most importers replace the clusters. No I don't know if it's a federal requirement for U.S. to have odometers and/or speedometers in miles, not going to look that up. I did find where they did away with requiring both mph and kph markings on the speedometer in the U.S. as of Feb. 2001, https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-05-15/pdf/00-11493.pdf
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 49 CFR Part 571 [Docket No. NHTSA–00–7144] RIN 2127–AG55 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; FMVSS 101—Technical Correction—Speedometer Display AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This technical amendment corrects an error in Table 2 of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 101 as a result of a final rule published September 24, 1998. In that notice the agency adopted language for the speedometer display as ‘‘MPH and/or km/h’’. The effect of this language is to allow speedometers labeled in miles per hour (MPH) alone, kilometers per hour (km/h) alone, or both miles and kilometers per hour. The intent was to require speedometer display in miles per hour, and to allow the addition of kilometers per hour at the option of the manufacturer. This amendment changes the language of Table 2 to ‘‘MPH, or MPH and km/h’’. DATES: This final rule is effective February 15, 2001. Optional early compliance with the change made in this final rule is permitted beginning May 15, 2000.
And I don't fish nor drink beer. Make it some poutine with Canadian bacon and I'll be right over.
Vehicles originally sold in Canada will have a sticker saying transport CANADA with a red male leaf. It will be on the driver’s side door jam. If non digital, the outside large lettering on the speedometer will be in Km on the outside and mph on the inside. If you see one that was not altered with MPH on the outside, it was imported into Canada after being in the USA and would not have the sticker with the red maple leaf. Thousands of these were imported between 2008 and 2015.Sticker for what? The distance the vehicle has been driven hasn't changed, just the unit of measurement. It's not like the old days when you had to put a sticker in the door jamb if the odometer was replaced. Many places do this service. https://usspeedoimporting.com/speedometer-conversion/
Many cars today have a digital cluster, meaning the round looking gauges are just an image on a screen. No changes needed. Not sure if these do or don't have a virtual instrument cluster.That only changes the odometer. Speedo still in kph.