[s-cars] Dead Speedo

[Tom Green]

Input for the odometer comes from the same sensor.  You can see the  
sensor from the engine compartment.  I'm not sure your arm is long  
enough to reach it but you
can see the connector condition.  My neighbors heater valve dripped  
directly on his shorting out the signal when it got wet.  YMMV

Tom

On Mar 28, 2007, at 9:22 AM, Raphael Avila wrote:

> Guys-
>
> Thanks for all the info, this is why the list rawks!  Anyway I have  
> not gotten under the car yet, but will do so tonight.
>
> Calvin - FYI the cruise control was non-op with the dead speedo.
>
> Tom - Looks to be the sensor as the HVAC check yielded no speed  
> reading.
>
> One more quick question, does this same speed sensor send a signal  
> to the odometer??  I drove the car into work today (42mi 1 way) and  
> got nothing added to my total mileage, 179K and counting.  Mebbe  
> this is not such a bad thing after all.....JOKE!
>
> TIA,
> Riff
>
> '95 Dead speedo but getting younger as the miles go by......
>
>
> On 3/27/07, Tom Green <trgreen at comcast.net> wrote:
> I would expect it is not a really serious problem, Riff.  The
> electronic speedometer
> has been very reliable in the S6.  The sensor is on the left side of
> the transmission.
> I would verify the connection is good and perhaps clean the
> contacts.  There are
> many opportunities for liquids to compromise the connections.  The
> sensor is not
> an expensive item and available from many online parts suppliers as
> well.
>
> You can also check channel 17 on the HVAC head for vehicle speed
> information
> to verify where the problem lies.  See the knowledge base in Audifans
> for details.
>
> Even if it is the speedometer head itself there should be several
> available used
> from the marketplace or Force 5/ Shokan/ Dads, especially if someone
> has a
> damaged cluster to purchase the donor from.  Details for removing the
> instrument
> cluster are well documented on s-cars.org and other places.
>
> You shouldn't make comments like that, Riff.  The car may be
> listening.  :-)
>
>
>
> -----Original message-----
> > Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:27:56 -0500
> > From: "Raphael Avila" <riff944 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [s-cars] Dead Speedo
> > To: s-car-list at audifans.com
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> > Gents-
> >
> > First off, I suck at using the search so forgive me if this has
> > been done to
> > death.  Got into the car this weekend for a quick run and noticed
> > that my
> > speedo was dead.  All other guages seem to be working fine, but
> > nothing from
> > the speedo.  Is this an easy fix any "how to's" available?
> >
> > Maybe this car is not for me....
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Riff
> >
> > '95 S6
>
>
>