Speed and fuel guages cv8 04 plate

[mv6 bob]

I went out the other afternoon and the fuel and temp guages failed to move from the bottom, i noticed and stopped a few hundred yards up the road. i turned the car off and on again, the guages read normally however i was also now travelling at 80mph which is concerning! i turned the car off again and each further time the speed dropped until it reads 0mph when it all started working properly again.
What was that all about?

And whats an occasional clonking from the front suspension when on lock likley to be, drop links?

cheers in advance

Rob

[jet_noise]

Dear mv6 bob,

have a search, there's been a thread or two on mad speedos. My speedo's done it only once. IIRC you could replace the instrument pack, maybe poor soldering, or you could leave it if the occurrence is very rare, adds to the car's character

regards,
Jet

[mv6 bob]

Cheers Jet,

i would search but it still says its down for fixing when i try to search, has done for over a week, at least im not the only one! replacing the whole cluster seems a bit drastic

rob

[gsd2000]

my 04 did the same a few times when i got the car but has never done it since. Dont know what happened, just restarted car and it sorted itself

[SimonV8ster]

Yep, quite common. Mine went berserk the other day for a while until I stopped and restarted.

[phillg]

gsd2000 said:

my 04 did the same a few times when i got the car but has never done it since. Dont know what happened, just restarted car and it sorted itself

Me too,04 vxr,did it twice in its first month ( brand new ) never did it again in 3 yrs of owning it.

Edited by phillg on Monday 15th June 11:47

[toothrot]

its a known bug, a reset (on/off) can fix it. Caused by the speed convertor but if you use EFI live you could remove it and just program the signal direct (I never did this, problem would occur once or twice a year)

[atco2]

phillg said:

gsd2000 said:

my 04 did the same a few times when i got the car but has never done it since. Dont know what happened, just restarted car and it sorted itself

Me too,04 vxr,did it twice in its first month ( brand new ) never did it again in 3 yrs of owning it.

Edited by phillg on Monday 15th June 11:47

The same happened to me as well. No problem.