Dodgy Speedo

[Elboy 0]

Hi all,

 

The speedo in my car has stopped working so the majority of the time there is no reading. However, every now and again it will flick into life for a few seconds and then die again. Now i know this could be a number of things but has this ever happened to anyone else and what was the cause. Any ideas??

[dazzyvr6 0]

whay year and model is your car?

[Elboy 0]

its a 1991 16v.

[kongo127 0]

Don´t worry mate!

That might just be the connection between the speedo cable and the cluster unit... :idea:

It isn´t difficult to replace (if needed). Well there´s not much space to work there... :wink:

But it´s no big deal!

Try to take it off to inspect. :)

[Elboy 0]

Yeah it does seem like it might be a connection problem. I just wondered whether certain components such as the speed sensor might behave like this when they are on their way out.

[Supercharged 2]

Apart from the cluster itself - it could be a bad earth on the gearbox, dodgy wiring or a faulty speed sensor on the box (my G60 one was bad, kept dropping out, was only about £15 from VW - this started happening after a clutch replacement BTW :mad: )

[Elboy 0]

yeah vw quoted me £20 for the transmission speed sensor, but they said there was speed sensors at the wheels too! Is this correct? They want £47 quid a side for them.

[Henny 0]

the wheel sensors are for the ABS... :roll: typical VAG not knowing their arse from their elbow... :mad:

 

Speedo sender is on the gearbox and is driven off the ring gear on the Diff....

[Elboy 0]

Cheers mate, i thought it sounded a bit wierd when he said they were on the wheels. Well thats narrowed it down a bit. I dont have abs on mine anyway i dont think.