Scotty Kilmer, mechanic for the last 46 years, shows how to fix the speedometer on your car when it stops working. Often a simmple sensor replacement is all …
Fixing The Speedometer On Your Car
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I’ve got an old Jeep with a cable driven gear. Before I pulled it out it
worked fine and the gear was snug with the housing/cable. Once I was done I
went to put it back together but the gear won’t click into place. It still
sits flush with the housing and I know it’s on the cable because it spins
the other end but as soon as any pressure is on the gear it just falls out.
Any ideas?
Hi mr.kilmer I have a bmw 318i 93 and my whole dash doesnt read anything
all it does is that it lights up any ideas of what might be happening
Hi Mr.Kilmer, I have a 2002 Toyota Camry, its speedometer some times starts
working but most of the times is wiggling around the speed im going in.
What do you think I should do, clean the speed sensor or change it?
Thank you in advance
Scotty Kilmer, you are the best! I bet you are every grimy car dealer or
mechanic’s worst nightmare. Thanks for sharing all your knowledgable
information about cars with us for free.
will every scanner can do it? please tell me which scanner I have to use
for my nissan maxima 2000
Good afternoon, my question is, my speedometer stop working (well only the
one that marks the speed and not the rpm) today and gears of the
transmission are stuck. The car feels forced. Could it be the speed sensor
, the input sensor or outputs sensor?? I have a 2003 dodge status coupe.
Its a 4 cylinder. Thanks!!!
Hey Scott my instrument cluster lights went out except the theft system and
the check engine and also the gas and water temperature gauges are not
working, what could it be? Btw I have an 03 Chevy Malibu
very helpful and entertaining
Thanks Sir Scott , So I need to replace the speed sensor …Sir Scott do I
have to buy oem parts or aftermarket sensor? Can I still drive the car for
the meantime? Thanks!
I have a 98 Honda Civic
And Speedometer Sometimes Doesn’t Read the Correct Speed and stays at Zero.
And Rpm Goes Crazy . The Problem Goes Away, Sometimes If I Drive It For A
Long Time, But Comes Back the Next Day. Need Help.
Hi Scotty.. I have a 1995 Isuzu pick up and the speedometer stopped working
this morning.. does this use a cable or a sensor and if so, where is
it?..thank you.
Another great post Scotty; thanks for sharing!
Sir Scot please help .. my speedometer works fine and yesterday while im
driving my speedometer jerking up n down and then totally goes to 0 and is
not working and then my engine check went on, is it happens when your
odometer not working will light engine on? thanks!
Hi Scotty! My ’83 Mercedes 380SE has a speedo that works but jumps up after
driving a while. It’s annoying because I have to wait quite some time
before it starts working. What do you think it could be?
Omg, I never laughed so hard in my life at the ending, XD!
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Hi Scotty!
I really need your help.
I drove my car to a mechanic to get it’s ignition timing set.
When he pointed the timing gun at the mark, the mark was jumping all around
the place.
He has no clue what’s wrong with the car.
It acts pretty normal when the engine is cold , but once it’s warm it acts
like a wild horse at random times, i switch a gear (the correct gear,
manual trans), press on the gas and the car starts jerking back and forth
like crazy, as if i put it in a gear too high. It stalls almost every time
i put it in neutral (when driving at any speed), and when i stop at red
lights.
What can be wrong with it? I’ve taken it to like 5 different auto repair
places and ALL OF THEM have absolutely NO IDEA what is wrong..
Hi Scotty, thank you for all your advice. I recently purchased a 1996 Honda
Civic DX HB that came with a speedometer that jumps around and stays in
20mph position in most cases. what can I do to correct this problem? Any
advice would be greatly appreciated. Thx again
Scotty, last year my ’94 Camry with 60,000 original miles got a check
engine light, it threw a Vehicle Speed Sensor code, and my overdrive went
out. A transmission specialist replaced the VSS, which didn’t solve the
problem, then took my dash out to some dash rebuilding co. and they
“replaced a few bad transistors and cleaned up the board” and that didn’t
fix the problem. Then they dropped the pan, inspected the transmission and
changed the fluid and that didn’t solve the problem. Then after a bunch of
electrical tests on solenoids etc. they installed a new ECU from a Lexus
ES300 which eventually made my car not start out in 1st gear anymore (shift
solenoid A was just one difference between the computers). And finally
they replaced my ECU with an exact matching computer and the problem went
away.
Until something got squirrelly a few months ago and I got a check engine
light again. The car’s run fine since then, it passed emissions last month
with flying colors, but now I notice that sometimes I get in my car and
turn the key and the speedometer says 10 or 15mph and I’m just sitting in
the car parked in the driveway! Yesterday I must have only been driving 35
mph and my speedometer was floating all the way up to 60mph. So I think
it’s progressively getting worse. Any ideas?
Hey Scotty! I just changed my front break pads and rotors and then when I
take a test drive, the car suddenly shut off. When I turn the car on, the
odometer is not working. Can the my broken odometer cause by recent change
pads and rotors?
THANX SCOTTY. SCOTTY DOES KNOW!!!
Hi, I have a 1994 firebird v6 that cigarette lighter stopped working, next
day speedometer all over the place battery guagenlow, next day wouldn’t
start, jumpped it two miles away speedometer gumpped up to 90 car quit, no
lights on dash, radio ok, speedometer stayed at90 battery 0, and rpm 0,
wouldnt restart? Any ideas?..
Scotty, both the speedometer and odometer have given out. Could you
recommend an easy do-it-yourself way to get the odometer working again?
Thanks
Speedometer doesn’t work in my car ! Help!
Hey really need your help man I have a 96 mustang 3.8 need inspection and
code p0500 keeps popping up and speed is not working and I/d light flashing
I replaced the vss sensor worked for a bit then whent out so whent back got
another speed sensor and replaced the hole wire to it sins it was a little
burnt up and now it’s gos off and on any ideas
Scotty i have a 2005 mustang and the speedometer goes below zero and stays
there. is there any way to fix it myself
My 01 Tacoma’s speedo stays at 0 until I hit about 10 or so mph. Then it
works fine and shows the accurate speed. My truck has wider tires than what
cane on the truck out of the factory. Would I have to calibrcalibrate it
the speedo? If so, how?
Hey Scotty, I need help!
my speedometer started going crazy now it just seems to be on zero… also
once this happened my car how do I say it kind of stalls or has a hard time
accelerating…
Hi Scotty,Is there another way to check the speed sensor and dash before
replace? My honda accord 91 does not work speedometer. where I should to
begin, thanks
Scotty have can I fix my temperature gauge? For my ford f150 1998
I have a 1992 Toyota Camry … The needle does move but not to the correct
speed and never above 10mph .. Would be a speed sensor or cable?
i got a 2002 Buick century and the speedometer needle is stuck past 200, it
won’t return.
Hello Scotty, I made sure to read all 875 comments that had been posted on
this page up to this point to make sure my issue isn’t covered yet and I
believe it hasn’t. So here is the issue I am experiencing: 98 corolla,
check engine light on and got code P0500 (Vehicle Speed Sensor
Malfunction). Symptoms: car shifts to and fro second and third gear. When
it does this speedometer gets stuck at zero. But sometimes it goes back to
shift normally and the speedo goes back to work fine. This makes me think
that the sensor may not be bad but some connection to it. Also I can’t
locate the speed sensor on this car; it’s frustrating! What do you think
the problem is, and do you know where the sensor is located? Thank you very
much in advance!
hey my truck stays a zero is it the speed sensor?
its a 1991 toyota pickup
i have a 94 honda accord ex, the speedometer works about 25% of the time,
often on longer drives it’ll start to fire up, do i just need to replace
the sensor?
Hello Scotty I have a 1997 honda accord lx automatic and the speedometer
works sometimes and sometimes it doesn’t. I use a code scanner to read it
and no codes comes up but, when i drive it shows my speed on the scanner,
but it doesn’t show my on dash. Could it be a wire problem? and if so how
do I fix it.
hey scott, my speedometer stopped working on my 03 hyundai tiburon. After
watching your video, i would like to know which one of these, output or
input speed sensor controls the speedometer?
Once on my old 95 explorer, the speedometer was all out of wack, it jumped
around and wasn’t close to the real speed. All I had to is put a new air
filter in it, problem solved. Though to this day I don’t know how these two
would be connected.
I had a Honda dealer replace the sensor on my 95 Honda civic si it still
did not work they told me it was the speedometer my speedometer worked when
I just started out in the morning but would go crazy and sometimes just die
and sometimes come back to life . I saw some mention of Gas caps affecting
the speedo so I spent 9 dollars on a new gas cap and it now seems to be
working why ?
how do you fix the trip and Mileage odometer on a Honda accord ex?