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At the occasional moment that I actually stop and let the car idle, I have begun to notice that my speedometer will jump up to about 20 mph and sporadically jiggle. Is this my VSS sensor telling me bye bye?! 
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Sounds like it.
Either your connection is loose or dirty on the plug, or the VSS gear is broken or breaking off.
The first ones were plastic gears and break over time, the revised gears are metal.
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Originally posted by MapOfTaziFoSho:
At the occasional moment that I actually stop and let the car idle, I have begun to notice that my speedometer will jump up to about 20 mph and sporadically jiggle.
Is this my VSS sensor telling me bye bye?!
maybe your car is SOOO fast that its taunting you to floor it..
That or its your fast playing games with your head 
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Originally posted by MapOfTaziFoSho:
At the occasional moment that I actually stop and let the car idle, I have begun to notice that my speedometer will jump up to about 20 mph and sporadically jiggle.
Is this my VSS sensor telling me bye bye?!
I think so. That happened on mine a few years ago. I was on a 3 hour road trip and for about 30 minutes that happened, the speedo needle jumping all over the place. That was at speed though, not just idling.
Then after the 30 minutes it just went. No more speedo. The car would die at strange times, clutch in slowing down on freeway off-ramp, turning a corner...
Finally took it in. The sensor had broken off inside and he had to rip it all apart to fix it. It was an expensive nightmare.
Good luck !
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Originally posted by Ex-Mean'Tour:
Originally posted by MapOfTaziFoSho:
At the occasional moment that I actually stop and let the car idle, I have begun to notice that my speedometer will jump up to about 20 mph and sporadically jiggle.
Is this my VSS sensor telling me bye bye?!
I think so. That happened on mine a few years ago. I was on a 3 hour road trip and for about 30 minutes that happened, the speedo needle jumping all over the place. That was at speed though, not just idling.
Then after the 30 minutes it just went. No more speedo. The car would die at strange times, clutch in slowing down on freeway off-ramp, turning a corner...
Finally took it in. The sensor had broken off inside and he had to rip it all apart to fix it. It was an expensive nightmare.
Good luck !
Yup, mine was randomly stalling when downshifting. Scary taking corners and it would stall and lock the steering. I was getting to be a pro at recovery, starting up the car and getting back lined up in my lane.
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Oh [censored], mine is doing all that stuff. I had better replace it.
I thought those were unrelated tuning mishaps with my 3L.
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