Exactly where is it? I couldn't find it in the Haynes or Chilton manuals. The 96 Legacy is throwing a CEL, P 0500 VSS Malfunction, and the spedometer is dead.

 

TIA,

Tom

Do you have an auto or manual tranny?

Do you have an auto or manual tranny?

 

Auto

I don't know for sure whether the 96 has an electronic or cable driven speedo. But check around the area where the front differential dipstick is. On the cable driven speedos, there's a base piece that fails, and causes the speedo not to work.

 

The VSS2, which gives you your speed in the dash and to the ECU is typically driven from the front differential.

I don't know for sure whether the 96 has an electronic or cable driven speedo. But check around the area where the front differential dipstick is. On the cable driven speedos, there's a base piece that fails, and causes the speedo not to work.

 

The VSS2, which gives you your speed in the dash and to the ECU is typically driven from the front differential.

 

Found it! On a 96 Legacy LS AWD AT, the VSS is located on the passenger side of the tranny, just rearward of the shift cable. Now replacing it is a different story.