Oddly enough that after I disconnected the negative from the battery for 5 minutes and reconnected it, a bunch of strange behaviors disappeared. The speedo has not jumped once for the last 250 miles I travelled. Before I reset the battery, the speedo needle was dancing like the VU meter on a highend audio amplifier. Now it is just steady.
I am still buying a VSS from TeamFord just for the peace of mind. It seems to me that the ECU has something to do with the speedo (or just a coincidence?) so resetting it fixed the problem.
Originally posted by Tony2005:
Originally posted by SVT3391:
... I am not sure and will have to give it some time to see if this is indeed the case. So I will hold off my purchase of a new VSS just for now.
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If the plastic (old ones has plastic) breaks and ends up in the tranny, you are looking at $3,000 or so. For a $40 VSS, this is not a risk worth taking.
