Speedometer needle sticks, Help!
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Speedometer needle sticks, Help!
Speedometer needle sticks, Help!
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My car, with all of it's 424,000 miles, has a sticky speedometer. It sticks on Zero and then sometimes it will flip over and stick at 100mph. I have to smack the dash with my fist and it will usually flip to the current speed. I have the most luck doing this with the fewest smacks of the dash when I'm going about 40mph. (sounds stupid but there you go). I know it just about can't be the speed sensor on the trans because of what I just described (so please don't tell me that I have a speedsensor problem).
Question... Is there anyway to lube the needle shaft or anything like that, or what do I do?
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My car, with all of it's 424,000 miles, has a sticky speedometer. It sticks on Zero and then sometimes it will flip over and stick at 100mph. I have to smack the dash with my fist and it will usually flip to the current speed. I have the most luck doing this with the fewest smacks of the dash when I'm going about 40mph. (sounds stupid but there you go). I know it just about can't be the speed sensor on the trans because of what I just described (so please don't tell me that I have a speedsensor problem).
Question... Is there anyway to lube the needle shaft or anything like that, or what do I do?
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Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Buffalo, NY
It may just be a loose connection to the back of the cluster or inside, or maybe a worn out speedo. It would suck to have to replace it with that many miles (do over)!
Only 321,000 miles on mine (speedo shows 244,000- I had to swap mine out for the same reason).
Only 321,000 miles on mine (speedo shows 244,000- I had to swap mine out for the same reason).