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hammond
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by hammond » Mon Sep 07, 2020 6:44 pm
Anyone have any ideas on this?
Haven't used the F for about 4 weeks (not sure if that's relevant) but today when I first drove it after a few minutes of driving the speedometer went wild and moved around to 130mph and then back to normal before going back to 150mph. I was only driving around 30 honest guv
Isn't the speedo driven by a measurement on one of the wheels?
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Rob Bell
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by Rob Bell » Thu Sep 10, 2020 2:34 pm
You have a Freestyle? It'll be a MY2000 with an electronic speedometer.
Not sure why the speedo went full-range randomly, but this sounds like an electrical fault - either at the sender end, or a poor earth or at the speedo head itself...
Simple things first - pop off the plugs, spray on electrical contact cleaner and reassemble and see whether that fixes the problem!
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hammond
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by hammond » Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:45 pm
Rob Bell wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 2:34 pm
You have a Freestyle? It'll be a MY2000 with an electronic speedometer.
Not sure why the speedo went full-range randomly, but this sounds like an electrical fault - either at the sender end, or a poor earth or at the speedo head itself...
Simple things first - pop off the plugs, spray on electrical contact cleaner and reassemble and see whether that fixes the problem!
Yes I do. Thanks for the suggestions.
I did have the instrument panel off a while back to fit new backlights. Wonder if I left a plug loose
