speedo not working

[chrisni1986]

my speedo stopped working today, rev counter is still working fine but i dont know what speed im driving now, would this be a sensor causing the fault or is it something else?

[FeArN]

theres a electrical plug that is on your gear box, worth checking that with it off u loose your speedo and milage!

[S34MER]

I've hard of this before happened to amate of mine who had an MR2, think his problem was the Speedometer cable that attached the transmission to Odometer cluster.

in the meantime do you have a sat nav? might be an idea to use that for a speedo, till you can get it fixed mate!

[FeArN]

u need some one with a vts to give u an idea of speed at certain revs, my vtr in 5th is doing 30 on the first marker over 1000 revs. not very accurate but close enough, should be different in a vts im guessing

[chrisni1986]

i know that in 5th gear at about 3000rmp im doing around 60mph, 30mph i havent a clue about tho.. what are the chances of it being the cable into the clocks?

[S34MER]

what are the chances of it being the cable into the clocks?


how longs a piece of string!?

[chrisni1986]

i ment is it a common thing to go on saxos.. or is the sensor more likely to have given in

[Andy_S]

Ive had this b4 on my vts mate, all i did was checked all fuses 2 see if they were ok, which they were, and the next time i started it up it worked, so it cudda been abit of shit somewhere in the fuse box, i dont know but it worked anyway, maybe worth just trying that.

[chrisni1986]

will give that a go matey, under the bonnet fuse or under the dash?

[Andy_S]

I checked them all matey, under the bonnet and under the dash.

[Predator_R32]

i would disconnect the battery for an hour and then try it :)

[piperX]

Sure its not just the fuse?? that happened to me, just consult the fuse diagram