Chimaera 4 speedo/Odemeter problem
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If it isn't the fuse then you might have to physically check the wiring under the centre arm rest section.
I think the reversing lights are controlled by a switch in the gearbox. I think the wire from that runs down the centre of the car under the upholstery. The speedo cable runs down there too.
In 2012 I had all sorts of electrical problems, including the ones you have. I also lost headlights, hazard lights, eclectic windows and loads more.
Turned out I had had mice in the car, which had got in through the heater and also through the perished handbrake and gear lever rubber gaiters, and chewed the wiring.
To take the centre section off, you undo the screw at the bottom front corner each side (by your left knee if you are the driver) and there is another one under the little sunglasses triangle behind your left elbow. The floor of that lifts out to reveal the screws. Take you gear knob off and lift the trim section out. Then investigate further. The little b
ds had chewed all over the place, including the speeo wire where it passed through the body under that triangle (on its way to the diff).
The rubber gaiters are Ford bits. IIRC the gear gaiter comes from a 90s Escort or Fiesta, the handbrake one from a Sierra.
I think the reversing lights are controlled by a switch in the gearbox. I think the wire from that runs down the centre of the car under the upholstery. The speedo cable runs down there too.
In 2012 I had all sorts of electrical problems, including the ones you have. I also lost headlights, hazard lights, eclectic windows and loads more.
Turned out I had had mice in the car, which had got in through the heater and also through the perished handbrake and gear lever rubber gaiters, and chewed the wiring.
To take the centre section off, you undo the screw at the bottom front corner each side (by your left knee if you are the driver) and there is another one under the little sunglasses triangle behind your left elbow. The floor of that lifts out to reveal the screws. Take you gear knob off and lift the trim section out. Then investigate further. The little b
ds had chewed all over the place, including the speeo wire where it passed through the body under that triangle (on its way to the diff).The rubber gaiters are Ford bits. IIRC the gear gaiter comes from a 90s Escort or Fiesta, the handbrake one from a Sierra.
My speedo and odometer stopped recently.
The fault was located to a broken transducer on the diff that sends the signal to the speedo unit.
You'll need to get it on a ramp (or get the back end high up as you can) as its the most inaccessible place possible under the car.
Cant say why that would stop the reverse light though?
The fault was located to a broken transducer on the diff that sends the signal to the speedo unit.
You'll need to get it on a ramp (or get the back end high up as you can) as its the most inaccessible place possible under the car.
Cant say why that would stop the reverse light though?
mgjc said:
My speedo and odometer stopped recently.
The fault was located to a broken transducer on the diff that sends the signal to the speedo unit.
You'll need to get it on a ramp (or get the back end high up as you can) as its the most inaccessible place possible under the car.
Cant say why that would stop the reverse light though?
It was that last point that got me thinking mice. Before that I also had the diff transducer fail and have to be replaced.The fault was located to a broken transducer on the diff that sends the signal to the speedo unit.
You'll need to get it on a ramp (or get the back end high up as you can) as its the most inaccessible place possible under the car.
Cant say why that would stop the reverse light though?
It could just be two separate faults.
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