Speedometer problems

terry71 · Post by **terry71** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:57 pm

hey i've gt a long running and expensive problem with my speedo, the needle would go crzy now and then and jus flick up to speeds like 120mph when i was doing 30, soemtimes the needle stays on zero, after checking my km converter chip it was pretty f*kd so i had that changed and still nothing, also depending on what mood the cars, some dash lights work and some dont, the buttons for the climate control were workin las nite but not couple days ago, any help would be brilliant as im tired of dodgy mechanics

Post by **vipfto** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:52 pm

I'd be checking at a good auto electrician not mechanic

sounds like either dodgy contacts at dash or maybe your ECU has some issues
try resetting ECU first failing that go to the sparky

Post by **I8A4RE** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:50 am

Try and swap out the dash cluster (maybe if you ask another member nicely they might do a swap with you to test it, i will if you live in SEQ). If not try and get one from a wrecker cheap maybe dstocks.

Thats were i would start

terry71 · Post by **terry71** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:22 pm

thanks for the tips, managed to get a friend of mine to lend me his, am in uk btw but the uk fto owners club is useless, spend more time makin money than helpin people, possible problem is that (will get a pic) the part of the cluster with the many contacts seems to not be touch all the contacts, is there a way to repair this or do i need to replace, speedos in uk second hand are 200+ average

terry71 · Post by **terry71** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:39 pm

ok ive gt a pic of the possible problem from completefto

now what ive been told is the contacts on these two stickin out thingys

isnt touchin the contacts on the board because the ones on the board seem to have dents on them :S has anyone ever heard of this before? and do i need to replace it or can it be repaired? and finally is this whats causing the problem, this guy THINKS this is it lol

Post by **I8A4RE** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:40 pm

mate its hard to say if thats the problem but it could be the problem. Pull the blue and brown clip off the backing plate and shove them in the cluster....if you can. Make sure they are in there good (ude tape if you have too) and go for a drive see if that fixes the prob.....

Post by **dstocks** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:31 am

Ive got spare tip clusters if you end up needing one, but im thinking its probably something else. Havent heard of that being an issue before, but best way to check is remove the bolt and put everything back together and see if it still happens. You dont really need that bolt anyway.

terry71 · Post by **terry71** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:55 am

thanks 4 ue help everyone, was a grounding issue in the end from the converter chip, thanks

Hot_aces · Post by **Hot_aces** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:09 am

Hi Terry, My FTO is suffering the same problem, can you give more details as to the cure. TIA

Hot_aces · Post by **Hot_aces** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:12 pm

For anyone with erractic speedo, please see thread:

http://www.ftoaustralia.com//modules.ph ... ic&t=16579