Processes For Adjusting The Compass Variance
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Dodge Stratus and 2005 Chrysler Sebring. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Under certain circumstances, as during a long distance cross-country trip, it will be necessary to adjust for compass variance.
Compass variance is the difference between earth's magnetic north and true geographic north. If not adjusted to account for compass variance, your compass could give false readings.
- Press the display switch more than 9 seconds, less than 12 seconds. The current zone number will appear in the display.
- Find your current location and variance zone number on the map given on the left.
- Press the display switch until the new zone number appears in the display.
After 5 seconds of inactivity, the original item (Outside temperature/Compass) displayed again.
NOTE: Do not install the ski rack, antenna, etc. Which are attached to the vehicle by means of a magnet. They affect the operation of the compass.NOTE: If the compass deviates from the correct indication soon after repeated adjustment, have the compass checked at an authorized Mitsubishi dealer.NOTE: The compass may not indicate the correct compass point in the places shown below:- Vehicles in tunnels or parked in buildings
- Expressways, near railroads, underneath railroad cables, or over subways
- Near transformer stations or high voltage power lines
The compass returns to the correct compass point when the vehicle moves to an area where the geomagnetism in stabilized.