mohaine

Prior to July 2006, speedos were allowed to be plus or minus 10% in their readings, meaning that on the whole, actual speeds were much more likely to be closer to reported speeds. Since July 2006, a speedo cannot read lower than the speed the car is actually doing. This means that newer cars (post 2006) are more likely to be going slower than older cars, even when everybody thinks they are doing the same speed according to their speedos. This is definitely what I observe out on the road.

What I meant was that if I am driving at 54 kph, then I observe other drivers behind me tailgating me and getting aggressive.

All that bothers me about this is fitting in with the flow of the traffic. If I naively think I'm doing 60 when I look at my speedo when I'm really trundling along at 54, it only results in tailgating and aggression. At the end of the day, I just drive around at 65 knowing that I'm really doing close to 60.

Just for everyones' info, I had my 2007 2WD Kluger's speedo accuracy measured by the RAA and here are the results: Indicated Speed, Actual Speed 25, 20.5 40, 35.1 50, 44.6 60, 54.5 70, 64.3 80, 73.8 90, 83.3 100, 92.8 110, 102.3 Design regulations or not, that's pretty poor I reckon.

Ditto here like other posters... had the clunk, fixed under warranty. Techs said it was a "known problem". So far so good, after fix.

I'm also getting bad rattling from above the console on my 2008 Kluger. It sounds like something's definitely broken or come loose, as the noise wasn't there at first. Now it's quite bad... a horrible cheap plastic squeak/rattle. It makes the car "feel" very flimsy, hearing all these plastic rattles. I'll give the warranty dash repair a go.