speed sensor(electric type)
 

hi , my speedo has stopped working in my 98 car(import) i have been told its speed sensor, car still revs above 4500rpm, so dont think its in limp mode, i have tried another dash ,but still nothing...
is there any way to check the sensor before i buy one...

thanks

ANYONE:(

If the speed sensor had gone, it would be in limp mode, so from this you can deduce that the sensor's still good and the problem's elsewhere.

Does your car have a speedo converter in so it reads in mph rather than km/h? If it does, first thing I would check is whether one of the connections to it has failed.

HI MATE, i dont see anything on the back of the clocks , i think what your talking about is a small black box, i have one on the wrx dash which i tried. The trips not moving either.

anything else to try ,as the car is going for MOT next week :brickwall

car won't fail m.o.t if speedo in.op, as it's not a testable item:)
as for the speed sensor i'd defo make sure it's that before you buy one as they aer about £100:thumb:

was told by the MOT centre it will fail if they dont see the speedo move, it may be different here in N ,IRELAND. as we have government run centres over here,and you get it done in a garage type centre.