Speedometer stopped. Odometer still goes.

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by 97JettaGLS, Jun 12, 2004.

  1. 97JettaGLS

    97JettaGLS Guest

    My sister has a 1991 Volvo 740 GL 4 cylinder 4 speed automatic rear wheel
    drive cant remember if it has ABS or not. Her spedometer has stopped
    working but the odemeter still keeps mileage and the cruise control still
    works and maintains speed but its anyones guess how fast shes going. She
    was in an accident and the passenger side rear wheel was struck and
    knocked out of round and warped the brake drum, rim, and wheel hub so all
    that was replaced. She thinks its a wire or sensor in the rear and I
    cannot find it if thats it. But it doesnt make sense to me to think its a
    sensor when the mileage is still going. I have resoldered all the
    connections in the dash so what else could it be? I know Volvo is bad for
    electric problems but all are easy fix. This is just a mystery to me. Any
    and all help is appreciated. Thanks! =)
     
    97JettaGLS, Jun 12, 2004
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    mikef2316() Guest

    If your speedometer doesn't work and your odometer still does, the
    problem has to be in the speedo head, they both use the same signal.
    The speed signal for the ABS is shared with the speedo, and is located
    in the differential cover.

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    Mike F.
    Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

    NOTE: new address!!
    Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly.
    (But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)
     
    mikef2316(), Jun 13, 2004
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