The US requirements are in FMVSS 101. The US does not require dual unit instrument cluster. It requires miles, but allows dual. Canada (CMVSS 101) also allows dual but requires metric primary.
________________________________ From: Scott Hudnall <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Cc: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, February 26, 2013 10:22:13 AM Subject: [USMA:52391] Re: Pickup truck dashboard A few years ago, I rented a car in Canada. The dashboard was in metric-only (speedometer in km/h only, odometer in km only, thermometer in ℃ only). I think the US is the only major car market that requires dual-labelled dashboards. On my personal car, I tried to get the get my Subaru dealer to at least switch my thermometer to ℃, but that option is not available on US models. With Subaru, you either get the US defaults, or international defaults. On Feb 26, 2013, at 04:42 , Martin Vlietstra wrote: > A few years ago I rented a car in Sweden and the DTRs were always on - a > requirement of Swedish Law. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of [email protected] > Sent: 26 February 2013 10:04 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:52389] Re: Fw: Pickup truck dashboard > > The DTRs are always on, and cannot be switched off. I don't think they are > connected with the dash - the circuitry is built in to the main lighting > wiring. > > John F-L > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pierre Abbat > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:34 AM > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:52388] Re: Fw: Pickup truck dashboard > > On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 09:10:11 [email protected] wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:07 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [USMA:52385] Pickup truck dashboard >> >> Assuming you are in the US and looking for a US-spec model, try seeing >> if you can get a Canadian-spec dash. Speedometer will then be km/h >> predominant (with mph as a secondary scale, which should comply with >> US laws), and the other instruments (e.g. outside temperature readout) >> will also be metric. >> >> if you are buying new, you may be able to get a Canadian spec model >> direct (which will then include daytime running lights, but will >> otherwise be almost identical to the US version, although often >> certain specific versions of a model may be available in Canada and >> not the US, and vice versa). If buying used, you might see if you can >> buy Canadian parts and retrofit them. > > I'm in North Carolina, which is pretty far from Canada. I'll ask when I > start looking around. > > Does it have a switch for daytime running lights, or are they always on when > a Canadian dash is installed, or what? > > Pierre > -- > loi mintu se ckaji danlu cu jmaji > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus Database: 2639/6103 - Release Date: 02/14/13 > Internal Virus Database is out of date. > >
