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Old Jul 27, 2018 | 09:23 AM
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Vehicle Speed Sensor or ABS? Speedometer problem.

Does the speedometer read vehicle speed off of a vehicle speed sensor in the tailshaft of the transmission/transfer case, or does it read off of the Wheel Speed Sensors for the ABS?

I KNOW I have an intermittent Wheel Speed Sensor for the ABS, as I have the ABS light on.

Occasionally, I'll also get a flashing OD light on the shift lever and the speedometer will quit working.
Turning the key off and back on again causes the speedometer to work again for some reason.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2018 | 09:31 AM
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VSS is in the rear end
 
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Old Jul 27, 2018 | 09:35 AM
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Top of rear diffirential

 
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Old Jul 27, 2018 | 12:43 PM
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I thought that's the ABS sensor for the rear wheels.
 
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