I would try to search this but I am at work....

My sons 96 legacy 2.2L Automatic threw this code

No physical running problems that he mentioned

 

I erased it

Speed sensor malfunction

 

What is this?

WHere is the part located

Cost?

 

I have a 97 2.5 GT with a Manual tranny as a parts car

Would this have the same part?

thanks guys

Before you condemn the speed censor, take a look at this.

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=119744

Before you condemn the speed censor, take a look at this.

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=119744

 

 

Thanks 987

 

Is it possible the car would run badly if this happens again?

If not, I have time to pull the speedo head

If it COULD run crappy...I need to make it a priority

TIA..!

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It didn't cause the car to run crappy for me. It caused two issues, though. And one problem which didn't make sense.

First, the speedo on the dash still worked, this lead me to believe it wasn't the sensor, otherwise how would the gauge still work? That's why I went on to wiring issues.

 

Issues were limp mode, so I couldn't rev over 3,500 or 4,000. Or whatever limp mode is, I can't remember the exact RPM. And stalling coming to a stop.

My car was a 5speed, but as I came to a stop sign and pushed in the clutch, the engine would stall. Someone with an automatic talked to me and said he had the same issue stalling coming to a stop.

 

But I wouldn't say the VSS code and the car running crappy are related, I never had crappy running while I was fighting VSS codes.

 

 

It's not that hard to get the gauge cluster out of your car.

Remove the trim around the gauges. Two screws in the underside of the gauge cluster cave, two under where the cruise and fog light buttons are.

Then four screws hold the cluster in, they're pretty obvious once the trim is you. They're just right there in plain sight. If you have fat fingers like me, it's a little hard to get the connectors off, but it's not impossible.

Key thing it is an auto, it has two VSS. If one goes bad the spedo will still work, car run normally, just no AWD.

 

1996 doesnt have cluster issues, that would be the last place I would look.

 

The to sensors are on the transmission and fairly obvios, one rear one towards the front.

Dont know if a manual one is the same.

Key thing it is an auto, it has two VSS. If one goes bad the spedo will still work, car run normally, just no AWD.

 

1996 doesnt have cluster issues, that would be the last place I would look.

 

The to sensors are on the transmission and fairly obvios, one rear one towards the front.

Dont know if a manual one is the same.

 

1996 does have the cluster issue. It was my 96 that prompted me to rip the cluster apart and make that guide.

Also, this can effect an auto. I was talking with someone on here who had a 98, I think, auto which my guide fixed.

I said it could affect an auto. It would NOT happen to a manual because they use one VSS. That VSS goes bad, no spedo but you still have AWD. If this is not cable driven and he is getting the code it means the SENSOR is bad, not the cluster. It mat have happened to you, but it also could have been something else.

 

There have been almost no 96 cluster issues on this board (I said almost) and would rather go with the more common cause first.

I said it could affect an auto. It would NOT happen to a manual because they use one VSS. That VSS goes bad, no spedo but you still have AWD. If this is not cable driven and he is getting the code it means the SENSOR is bad, not the cluster. It mat have happened to you, but it also could have been something else.

 

There have been almost no 96 cluster issues on this board (I said almost) and would rather go with the more common cause first.

 

Ok, fine. The 96 isn't failure prone. When it happened to me, my speedo still worked. But the computer didn't get the signal. The VSS signal goes to the cluster. Makes the needle move, then the cluster converts the signal and sends it to the computer. And I've heard of it happening on an auto.

 

Depending which VSS on the auto fails it will set a different code with different problems.