Hi, I have a 1998 1.3 Felicia, having some issues with the speedo, odometer is fine but speedo does not always work, if you press the front of the speedo dash it does start to work, any help would be appreciated

Maybe a plug problem, not proper contact or a pin has corrosion of damaged cable.

 

 

 

 

thanks very much, will look at the weekend, cheers

6 hours ago, D.FYLAKTOS said:

Maybe a plug problem, not proper contact or a pin has corrosion of damaged cable.

 

That's not problem for sure - Felicia has a mechanical speedo.

It's weird that the odometer works, the input is same. Maybe the needle sticks to something.

Edited 27 April, 20233 yr by Papez

4 minutes ago, Papez said:

 

That's not problem for sure - Felicia has a mechanical speedo.

It's weird that the odometer works, the input is same. Maybe the needle sticks to something.

 

Some times my english don't help me, for sure it has as i show it.

 

It happened to me few years back, i had a ''squeaky noise'' in national way only, not in city roads.

The problem was on the base of the square wire, by mistake i had put in the past some silicone oil inside the ''nest'' and in high rpm the wire was trembling.

Another time that white (like Teflon) clip wasn't secured 100% (it's twist and click procedure) and i had a noise that something was ''coordinated'' but when i removed the panel both of these problems solved.

Thanks for all the responses, took the speedo out and cable, refitted and works fine now so wonder if it had just come slightly lose at the back of the speedo.  thanks again

9 hours ago, lukestar said:

so wonder if it had just come slightly lose at the back of the speedo.

 

Maybe was one click loose maybe someone by mistake pull a bit the cable from inside the engine bay.

 

By the way: before i put it back i have added in the past a light coat of glue or even strong silicone between the black cover and the grey factory dashboard because no matter how tight the screws are sometimes is getting loose and you hear crackle noises.