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Originally Posted by x7-AR
Took delivery of 2019 X7 2 weeks ago. Immediately felt that the speedometer reading was high as cars passed me while I was supposedly doing "80". Checked the speedometer with two different apps (Waze and Speed Box) and the speedometer was over-reporting the speed relative to both apps by the same 5%. I then had my wife set her cruise control in her Mercedes to 75 while we were both side by side and I did the same as I watched her pull away.
Took the X7 back to the dealer and was told "there may be an issue with X7s reporting higher than actual speeds" but they were only obligated to be within a 10% variance of actual speed. Bah. I've driven dirt bikes with better speedometers.
Posting this here in case others have experienced similar issues and maybe BMW will realize that "within 10% of actual speed" isn't good enough and actual speed is expected in a car like this.
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This is on purpose as a safety feature. You can usually have it coded off.
https://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1448247