Speedometer not working

Raspberrycai · 19th July 2019, 19:51

Hi,

Speedometer has been working intermittently in the last week. It's done it before, but today I drove ~100 miles and the speedometer stopped working for about 75 of those miles.

Fuel gauge also likes to stick, but sometimes when the speedometer stops working it'll go up and down a quarter of a tank and just start wobbling. When the speedo stops working the mileage doesn't go up.

I'm thinking it may be the battery, because today the car would crank once, cut out, then come on again and start up but the letter "E" would appear next to the P on the information screen. Apparently I can check the voltage through the diagnostics menu so I'll do that tomorrow.

I've got no other warning lights such as the traction control or ABS light (could it still be the ABS sensor, which apparently causes these issues) so what could the problem be? I'm doing my oil change tomorrow so I'd best try and sort it whilst I'm doing that I reckon.

Cheers.

19th July 2019, 19:51	#1
Raspberrycai Avid contributor Rover 75 Saloon, Merc 190E 1.8, '91 Yamaha SR125 Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Chester Posts: 193 Thanks: 85 Thanked 60 Times in 36 Posts	Speedometer not working Hi, Speedometer has been working intermittently in the last week. It's done it before, but today I drove ~100 miles and the speedometer stopped working for about 75 of those miles. Fuel gauge also likes to stick, but sometimes when the speedometer stops working it'll go up and down a quarter of a tank and just start wobbling. When the speedo stops working the mileage doesn't go up. I'm thinking it may be the battery, because today the car would crank once, cut out, then come on again and start up but the letter "E" would appear next to the P on the information screen. Apparently I can check the voltage through the diagnostics menu so I'll do that tomorrow. I've got no other warning lights such as the traction control or ABS light (could it still be the ABS sensor, which apparently causes these issues) so what could the problem be? I'm doing my oil change tomorrow so I'd best try and sort it whilst I'm doing that I reckon. Cheers. __________________ 2004 Rover 75 Saloon - Connoisseur S.E - 2.0 Diesel CDTi - Platinum Gold - Auto. 1991 Mercedes 190E 1.8 (Nico) / 1991 Yamaha SR125 (David) This vehicle (Nigel) was born Wednesday, 15th September 2004 @ 08:14:39 and was the 103,810th 75 to run off the production line, out of 112,381 - This vehicle was the 3,096th 75 CDT Connoisseur SE (135) to be made out of 4,744 - This vehicle was the 303rd 75 in Platinum Gold (code: MCN) to be made out of 1,685 Platinum Gold 75s