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bigred91 04-27-2012 10:23 AM

Speedometer not working
 
Just put a new head unit in the truck and put everything back together and now the speedometer is stuck at 0,. All other gauges work perfect. What could this be? Are the cluster grounds hooked to the radio

ntmdtr3fan 04-27-2012 03:28 PM

if you had the cluster out id check over the connections. if that dont would your Speed sensor is located on the rear end housing. Take it out ( i think a 10mm bolt) and clean it off. The sensor is magnetic and the metal shavings sometimes interfer with it. If that dont work it may need replaced or check the connections at your fuse box panel on drivers side fender.
I had my speedo quit working and found that the connections to the fuse box came loose. It had previously had the cab off for engine work and they were not connected properly.

Curry 05-24-2012 06:06 PM

Did you ever figure out the problem bigred? Today when i turned the key it went to 50mph but moved normally while I was driving. As if 50 was 0:humm:

antnybeatu 05-27-2012 01:07 AM

I would say rear wheel speed sensor... Is your abs light on? I encountered similar problems.. My speedometer would just all of a sudden fall to 0 while driving down the freeway and then bounce backing nothing was wrong...

Curry 05-27-2012 07:12 AM

Abs light never came on. No codes. After a day of driving its back to normal.

brondondolon 05-29-2012 02:06 AM

Most bizarre thing.... Today after reading this post I go to drive my truck and same thing Speedo not working along with my abs light is on I scanned for codes got none for my abs and and only my egr code came on which I am already aware about. If any one knows what the problem is I'd greatly appreciate it.

antnybeatu 05-29-2012 02:09 AM

It's your rear wheel speed sensor most likely... Mine is the same way...

bigred91 05-29-2012 09:25 AM

Yes I fixed it, sorry it took so long to reply, when I installed the new head unit I taped the wires I didn't use together instead of separately so they were grounding off each other causing it not to work,.dip I taped them speratly and it works perfect now!

brondondolon 05-29-2012 11:10 AM

So in my case, abs light on Speedo stuck at 0mph, it's the rear wheel speed sensor and not the tranny speed sensor?

ntmdtr3fan 05-29-2012 11:35 AM

Yes. The speed sensor on these truck are located on top of the rear axel housing. Pull it out with a 10mm wrench. clean it off and see if it works. If not replace. They sometimes pick up alot of metal shavings which interfers with it. They dont have a speed sensor on the tranny like other trucks do.

Mdub707 05-29-2012 12:06 PM


Originally Posted by ntmdtr3fan (Post 898669)
Yes. The speed sensor on these truck are located on top of the rear axel housing. Pull it out with a 10mm wrench. clean it off and see if it works. If not replace. They sometimes pick up alot of metal shavings which interfers with it. They dont have a speed sensor on the tranny like other trucks do.

Yes, what he said.

brondondolon 05-29-2012 12:49 PM

Ok cool yeah I went on autozon web site to see what they are going for and the part came up was "tranny speed sensor" or something like that. I'll check it out today hopefully

Mdub707 05-29-2012 12:59 PM

It should be WSS I believe, wheel speed sensor. They may call it the trans speed sensor though, not sure.

TheRobenator 05-29-2012 01:08 PM

Yeah, the trannny speed sensor is located on the top of the 5R110's, and I think there are multiple ones? Make sure you diagnose which one is causing the problem.

brondondolon 05-29-2012 01:10 PM

Once I replace it will my abs light go off or will I have to take it somewhere to get cleared? My scanner has an abs function but when I scanned it my scanner said my truck didn't support this function

TheRobenator 05-29-2012 01:31 PM

Yeah you need a separate ABS scanner I think, I am pretty sure, or you need a scanner that supports both abs codes and engine codes :)

Mdub707 05-29-2012 02:31 PM

The ABS light coming on randomly and the speedo acting funny are two classic symptoms of that speed sensor, take it out and clean it first, see what happens.

AE can read ABS codes without issues. I believe an SCT can too, once you download livelink.

brondondolon 05-31-2012 09:03 PM

So I bought the part from AutoZone and the sensor on top of the diff is the abs sensor I replaced it and nothing happened.

Dwayne Coley 10-22-2020 08:29 AM


Originally Posted by ntmdtr3fan (Post 888216)
if you had the cluster out id check over the connections. if that dont would your Speed sensor is located on the rear end housing. Take it out ( i think a 10mm bolt) and clean it off. The sensor is magnetic and the metal shavings sometimes interfer with it. If that dont work it may need replaced or check the connections at your fuse box panel on drivers side fender.
I had my speedo quit working and found that the connections to the fuse box came loose. It had previously had the cab off for engine work and they were not connected properly.

so did that Fix the problem

Stumblefoot 11-15-2021 08:55 PM


Originally Posted by Curry (Post 897282)
Did you ever figure out the problem bigred? Today when i turned the key it went to 50mph but moved normally while I was driving. As if 50 was 0:humm:

Mine did the same thing the other day (06 F350) the next day was fine...no codes no ABS light..Mine is 2X4 and I think the rear axle sensor is for ABS, speedometer should be on my tail-shaft of he transmission. Will crawl under it tomorrow


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