after much panic, i drove out of work with the intention of picking up a cheap OBD scanner for my own future use/diagnostics. Within 2km's, the speedo bounced around and wanted to get started, and then just worked. The engine light remained on, so i went into IT support mode, when in doubt reboot it! Went passed my house, disconnected the battery for ten minutes, and warning light went off! Problem solved...it's been pouring with rain here for the last few days, so my guess is the sender/sensor on the gearbox got water ingress, and with the dry and hot conditions today, all evaporated, and solved itself effectively. I will check the sensor mounting, and check for obvious wire breaks, and perhaps spray some contact cleaner to ensure this does not happen again soon. But the OBD scanner i will get anyway, to save costs of diagnostics at the shops. Cheers mate, thanks for you advice :)
the next day problem is back after a nights rest...disconnected the battery again last night, all good, this morning same fault 🤣 Going to have a closer look this afternoon, or this weekend. Rain has stopped for a few days
It's either that sensor that needs replacing or a broke wire but before you buy a new sensor test to see if you have a circuit from the sensor wire to the wire behind the clock to prove the wire hasn't got a brake in it mine twitched a few times before finally stopping altogether
In the UK there is a connector behind the passanger kick panel the blue and white signal wire runs throught that they are usually rotten inside water damaged
I got this same issue, was working last night, this am, not working... Drove to work, not working, went out again, now engine warning light is on, speedo still not working
Yes that's exactly what mine did too I bought a new gearbox speed sensor as a mechanic friend said it needed a new sensor but it made no difference so then i worked out what wire did what and found the break in the wire so try what I have shown you I run my new wire from the gearbox sensor and tie wrapped along the original wiring and brought it through a rubber grommet under passenger seat carpet I then fished it up through the dashboard and to the back of the speedo I put money on it it is a break in the loom I think this is a common failure on them along with the trigger wire to the starter motor when you find one day your starter motor suddenly dies it just needs a terminal cleaning up I have put another video on here of that but on my other channel good luck with fixing your speedo i bet it will be that wire
@@BREN2009 thank you for your assistance. So you also had an engine warning light, at the same time? My onboard distance/ range meter, still deducts kilometers... I'll check this out. It's been pouring with rain for the last few days, thought maybe some water ingress.
It was for sure the sensor sender wire that was broken...speedo/odo all working, but now i have the fuel gauge moving up and down slightly, and no reading on the onboard computer remaining km range 😅
Fkn legend 👍, thanks mate
after much panic, i drove out of work with the intention of picking up a cheap OBD scanner for my own future use/diagnostics. Within 2km's, the speedo bounced around and wanted to get started, and then just worked. The engine light remained on, so i went into IT support mode, when in doubt reboot it! Went passed my house, disconnected the battery for ten minutes, and warning light went off! Problem solved...it's been pouring with rain here for the last few days, so my guess is the sender/sensor on the gearbox got water ingress, and with the dry and hot conditions today, all evaporated, and solved itself effectively. I will check the sensor mounting, and check for obvious wire breaks, and perhaps spray some contact cleaner to ensure this does not happen again soon. But the OBD scanner i will get anyway, to save costs of diagnostics at the shops. Cheers mate, thanks for you advice :)
the next day problem is back after a nights rest...disconnected the battery again last night, all good, this morning same fault 🤣 Going to have a closer look this afternoon, or this weekend. Rain has stopped for a few days
That's great, I will try it. Thanks.
It's either that sensor that needs replacing or a broke wire but before you buy a new sensor test to see if you have a circuit from the sensor wire to the wire behind the clock to prove the wire hasn't got a brake in it mine twitched a few times before finally stopping altogether
In the UK there is a connector behind the passanger kick panel the blue and white signal wire runs throught that they are usually rotten inside water damaged
That's great information 👍 wish I had known that when I had it cheers sure that will help someone out
I got this same issue, was working last night, this am, not working... Drove to work, not working, went out again, now engine warning light is on, speedo still not working
Yes that's exactly what mine did too I bought a new gearbox speed sensor as a mechanic friend said it needed a new sensor but it made no difference so then i worked out what wire did what and found the break in the wire so try what I have shown you I run my new wire from the gearbox sensor and tie wrapped along the original wiring and brought it through a rubber grommet under passenger seat carpet I then fished it up through the dashboard and to the back of the speedo I put money on it it is a break in the loom I think this is a common failure on them along with the trigger wire to the starter motor when you find one day your starter motor suddenly dies it just needs a terminal cleaning up I have put another video on here of that but on my other channel good luck with fixing your speedo i bet it will be that wire
@@BREN2009 thank you for your assistance. So you also had an engine warning light, at the same time? My onboard distance/ range meter, still deducts kilometers... I'll check this out. It's been pouring with rain for the last few days, thought maybe some water ingress.
@@34clint1 yes exactly the same symptoms as you engine management light on etc
It was for sure the sensor sender wire that was broken...speedo/odo all working, but now i have the fuel gauge moving up and down slightly, and no reading on the onboard computer remaining km range 😅
@@34clint1 glad you got the speedo working this sounds like you have more breaks in other wires with them symptoms 😳 😢