Notices
1987 - 1996 F150 & Larger F-Series Trucks 1987 - 1996 Ford F-150, F-250, F-350 and larger pickups - including the 1997 heavy-duty F250/F350+ trucks
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:

speedometer is acting up

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
  #1  
Old 03-26-2021, 06:34 PM
f-1minty's Avatar
f-1minty
f-1minty is offline
Freshman User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 29
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
speedometer is acting up

speedometer wont work if i go slower then 20 mph now. for awhile it didnt work at all while i was searching for the problem. i was reading that the speedometer reads off of the abs sensor or something for my truck. if it does then that might explain the abs light. is there a common thing that fails at roughly 139k miles or do i just have a bad part somewhere?.

thanks, lane
 
  #2  
Old 03-27-2021, 06:48 AM
tjc transport's Avatar
tjc transport
tjc transport is offline
i ain't rite
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
Posts: 61,075
Received 3,148 Likes on 2,196 Posts
what are you working on?
could be a bad speedometer, or a bad speed sensor or a bad PSOM on cluster if 92 and newer, or a bad cable if 91 and older,
 
  #3  
Old 03-27-2021, 03:06 PM
f-1minty's Avatar
f-1minty
f-1minty is offline
Freshman User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 29
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Originally Posted by tjc transport
what are you working on?
could be a bad speedometer, or a bad speed sensor or a bad PSOM on cluster if 92 and newer, or a bad cable if 91 and older,
im not to good with the sensors but the odometer doesnt work if that helps narrow it down. truck is a 94 5speed if that also helps
 
  #4  
Old 03-27-2021, 04:08 PM
tjc transport's Avatar
tjc transport
tjc transport is offline
i ain't rite
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
Posts: 61,075
Received 3,148 Likes on 2,196 Posts
94 has a vehicle speed sensor in the rear axle. it also has what is called a PSOM on the back of the cluster that controls the speedometer..
but with you saying the ABS light is also on, i would be suspecting the VSS, because the RABS reads off that too.
 
  #5  
Old 03-27-2021, 09:55 PM
f-1minty's Avatar
f-1minty
f-1minty is offline
Freshman User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 29
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Originally Posted by tjc transport
94 has a vehicle speed sensor in the rear axle. it also has what is called a PSOM on the back of the cluster that controls the speedometer..
but with you saying the ABS light is also on, i would be suspecting the VSS, because the RABS reads off that too.
thanks, ill look into getting a new one.
 
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Rockhauler98
Large Truck
5
10-14-2020 11:49 AM
tperk100
1999 to 2016 Super Duty
0
10-28-2017 02:42 AM
cabloom300
1999 to 2016 Super Duty
3
06-26-2012 04:18 PM
SteveO.
1999 to 2016 Super Duty
7
08-26-2008 10:05 AM
99strokun
1999 - 2003 7.3L Power Stroke Diesel
4
09-25-2007 09:43 PM



Quick Reply: speedometer is acting up



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:01 AM.