Danger
04-04-2013, 09:26 PM
Hey Mazda Gurus, I was wondering if any of you could help me out.
The situation:
My old speedometer cable had leaked out all of its lubrication and was making noise as well as making my speedometer shake like a, well, like something that shakes a lot. I did the natural thing and decided to replace it, did so, and enjoyed my new, well performing speedometer. That was a month ago.
Yesterday I was hooning around like I normally do, and all of a sudden the speedometer simply died, nothing, nada. It was totally unexpected except about a week ago my speedo did bounce around like crazy for a few minutes, but that was only one time. I figured the cable must have popped out behind the gauge cluster, and figured I would just fix it today.
On my way to work today I got a check engine light (P0500 - Vehicle Speed Sensor A). I inspected the connection of the cable to the transmission as well as to the gauge cluster, and both appeared to be just fine. I looked it up in my repair manual and there is a section regarding replacing a vehicle speed sensor (VSS), so I went to the dealer where they said exactly what I was thinking, that the speedometer is controlled by the cable, and that there is no VSS that I could replace.
Long story short: My speedometer has stopped working. My fairly new speedometer cable "appears" to be just fine, and I did get a P0500 CEL for the VSS. Did my new cable fail, or is there something that I am missing?
My car is a '96 Miata with a 1.8L and manual transmission. Thanks in advance!
The situation:
My old speedometer cable had leaked out all of its lubrication and was making noise as well as making my speedometer shake like a, well, like something that shakes a lot. I did the natural thing and decided to replace it, did so, and enjoyed my new, well performing speedometer. That was a month ago.
Yesterday I was hooning around like I normally do, and all of a sudden the speedometer simply died, nothing, nada. It was totally unexpected except about a week ago my speedo did bounce around like crazy for a few minutes, but that was only one time. I figured the cable must have popped out behind the gauge cluster, and figured I would just fix it today.
On my way to work today I got a check engine light (P0500 - Vehicle Speed Sensor A). I inspected the connection of the cable to the transmission as well as to the gauge cluster, and both appeared to be just fine. I looked it up in my repair manual and there is a section regarding replacing a vehicle speed sensor (VSS), so I went to the dealer where they said exactly what I was thinking, that the speedometer is controlled by the cable, and that there is no VSS that I could replace.
Long story short: My speedometer has stopped working. My fairly new speedometer cable "appears" to be just fine, and I did get a P0500 CEL for the VSS. Did my new cable fail, or is there something that I am missing?
My car is a '96 Miata with a 1.8L and manual transmission. Thanks in advance!