patcal096 Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Ok, last night on way home after work, doing about 65MPH on freeway. All of a sudden the speedometer goes to 0MPH & my car just revs free. No drive in any gear but still running. I am coasting & hit the manual switch & now I have 3 gears. I manage to get off the freeway & stop. I pull the FWD fuse I had installed (torque bind issues) and the car drives & shift fine, just no speedometer. About a mile from home the check engine light comes on but still driving fine. I am going to start by checking codes & the speedometer cable. Not sure what the cable would have to do with shifting but it's a start. Any thoughts on this? Thanks.Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtdash Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 (edited) Hi, Assuming you have a '90-'94 Legacy or '92-'94 Impreza - w/the Manual button. Could be the cable, but likely the TAB @ the end of the cable gear on the Trans side broke off. A bad VSS (vehicle speed sensor) will cause the car to go into 'limp' mode, IIRC - as it 'reports' to the ECU. Yours won't have the electrical connector (unless it's '95+) but the part that screws inis the same: But if pulling the FWD fuse helped it could also be a bad front diff, bad CV, or ? GL, TD Edited May 25, 2016 by wtdash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikaleda Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Broken speedo tab, vss is driven by the speedo cable In the cluster so that's why you have a CEL and why its not shifting correctly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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