Vehicle Speed Sensor

Vehicle Speed Sensor

Symptoms of the bad sensor:
1) Speedometer and odometer dropping out. First occasionally, then more frequently with some months.
2) Engine power noticeably dropped when the speedo shut off and abruptly came back when the speedo came back up.
3) At first, it seemed to happen most often ~45 mph, but eventually happened at any speed
4) Failure period was random, anywhere from a split second to 30 sec or more at a time.
5) When the speedo was out for much time, the odometer reverted to "- - - -"
6) When the speedo was out, this sometimes made the engine stall when trying to idle.
7) If the speedo was out long enough, it would throw a code and set the malfunction indicator light. This could be reset by unplugging the battery.
8) First symptom happened about 95,000 miles. By 103,000, it was bad enough that it was hard to drive the car, primarily from the idle stalling side effect.

ref: http://forums.focaljet.com/team-tech/428239-vss-removal-need-help.html

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Vehicle
• Speed
• Sensor
• 2000
• ford
• focus
• se
• lx
• manual transmission
• removal
• replacement

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