Speedo counter locked

[fabmox]

Hi,

Excuse me for my bad English, I'm french and I don't speak English fluently.

My problem is :

My speedo counter (miles indicator) is locked. It arrived suddenly this week end.
According to me, it's not an electrical problem. It looks to come from "the small wheel" inside the speedo. It was locked during the mouvement from xxx49 to xxx50 miles.
May be there is dust inside the speedo or something else.
I'm looking about documentation about how to repare the speedo.
Because I would like to repare it by myself.
Could you help me ?.

Regards.

[fabmox]

Hi,

In fact I have got a "sticking odometer".
I did a reset of the trip, but the odometer still sticking.
Could you help me please.

Regards

[Cider Andy]

It is a common problem Fabian. Depending on the age of your car it will have a speedo made by ETB (black edge) or Caerbont (silver edge). Yours is probably the Caerbont speedo. Contact the manufacturer about repair: I am sure it is not possible to do at home.

Tap the edge of the speedo whilst driving; that may cause it to work again temporarily.

[fabmox]

Hi,

thank your for your answer.
I have got a silver edge. I'm going to tap slowly on it during my next running.
I have also remove the top of the dashboard, I 'm also going to tap slowly on the top of counter.

Regards.

[Badmutha]

Remove the dash top and tap the speedo sharply (but not TOO sharply!) with a piece of wood and you should see the numbers jumping round until they appear central across the readout.

[The Red Baron]

I had this exact same problem. It fixed itself one day when I hit a bad bump in the road and the knock started it off again.

I didn't count it as being a problem - I was able to drive an extra 1500 miles over my insurance limit without them knowing!!

I wish it was still stuck actually.

[mac123yre]

if you drive for about 200 yards backwards, this sorted my one at least 3 times

[fabmox]

Great,

I'm going to test all solutions.

Thank for your help.