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1998 Subaru Legacy Outback speedometer not working... no shift


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I have put a lot of miles on my 1998 Outback... it at 313,000 as of a few days ago. The weird thing is from time to time the speedometer won't work... and sometimes when that happens the transmission won't shift past 1st gear. Normally hitting the gauge cluster will cause the Speedometer to start working...(sometimes it won't help) normally this will cause the transmission to hunt for its gear (engine revs until it shifts) then it runs fine...

 

This has been going on for about the last 115,000 miles

 

Ideas please?

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there's a loose solder joint in the speedometer.  it's very, very common in 1999 models and some 1998/2000 models have it happen as well.

 

you can google the solder repair - it is well documented.   

 

if you're not comfortable soldering - remove the instrument cluster (really easy) and take it, and a printed out pictures/threads of people that have done it before and have a shop do it.  it takes like no time at all, they shoudlnt' charge much of anything.  

 

or sometimes you end up needing to replace the cluster.  

www.car-part.com and buy one with similar mileage - they're cheap and easy to replace.  get a 1996-1997 model maybe and you'll avoid that 99 specific solder joint issue?  if they're interchangeable, which I'd imagine they are. 

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