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I was driving my camaro the other day and i was going up a hill, all of a sudden the speedo needle started jumping like crazy and then dropped to zero. The car stopped shifting in to overdrive and then the check engine light turned on. I pulled the codes and got a vehicle speed sensor code. Would my speedo cable breaking (if that is the problem) cause the car to throw the code.
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yes it would. IIRC, the speed sensor in cable driven cars is up in the dash. Which would make it throw a code.
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Originally Posted by Dale
yes it would. IIRC, the speed sensor in cable driven cars is up in the dash. Which would make it throw a code.
Exactly true. The VSS is an optical sensor on the back of the speedo, driven by the cable.
I suggest that you get a cable AND housing for it when you replac it because the cable has worn the inside of the housing and might screw up the new cable.
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