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UN R39 change reports — Speedometer and odometer

UN Regulation No. 39 (ECE R39) — Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to the speedometer and odometer equipment including its installation.

02 series

  • 02 series — Supplement 2

    For vehicles of categories X and Y, an on-board odometer is required, but a speedometer is optional and need not meet this Regulation.

  • 02 series — Supplement 1

    Legibility by day and night is not required for a speedometer in a Field of Vision Assistant (FVA) compliant with Regulation No. 125 or 176.

  • 02 series — Base text

    New paragraph 5.8. sets a ±4.0 per cent limit for the total distance indicated against the true distance travelled in the Annex 4 test.

01 series

  • 01 series — Supplement 2

    New paragraph 5.5.2. requires the odometer to display the distance in the unit of the predominant speedometer scale.