speedometer stuck all the way to the right

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speedometer stuck all the way to the right

Unread post by fredbob » Thu Jan 03, 2013 5:17 pm

i have a 2003 ford ranger and the battery went dead. jump started the vehicle and had the battery changed and now the speedometer is stuck at the clockwise position.
i have checked all the fuses and have disconnected the battery. still stuck. any suggestions?

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Re: speedometer stuck all the way to the right

Unread post by ProTech » Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:02 pm

This sometimes happens when there is an electrical glitch, such as a dead battery or the vehicle getting jumped and producing a surge of voltage.

If the instrument cluster has received a jolt, it could have permanently affected the speedometer where only replacement will repair it. This is pretty common actually.

Really, the only thing you could try before replacement, is to take your truck to a Ford dealer and have one of the technicians try to sweep the gauges with their scanner. A tech can control the cluster and command all the gauge needles to sweep back and forth. Sometimes this will get the speedo needle to come back, but sometimes not, and then you'd have to replace the cluster.
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Re: speedometer stuck all the way to the right

Unread post by fredbob » Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:25 am

we drove the vehicle with the speedometer stuck. after ten miles it went back to working ok. thanks to all for the reply's.

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Re: speedometer stuck all the way to the right

Unread post by ProTech » Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:38 pm

Well, that's great! Looks like you lucked out on that one!
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