Dodgy speedo

[GTI-Russ]

Hi all, sorry if this has been asked already, but here goes anyway...

My speedo doesn't seem to want to go above 60 mph, and when I come off the power it just sticks and takes ages to come down.

Realised this today when I took a roundabout, looked at the speedo and noticed I did it at 60 (just got the clio today and thought for a second that the sense of speed wasn't that great, then my common sense hit and realised the speedo stuck at 60 ) But for that split second i was a legend :P


Any ideas on the problem/ solution?


Cheers

[Laine_16v]

Check:

- The cable at the gearbox end, its at the very back of the engine bay at the bottom.

- The connection behind the dashboard.

My speedo was being gay, it would knock off when i went over bumps and potholes.

Ended up being the cable wasnt pushed fully in at the gearbox/diff end.

[Coops]

mine did the same in my laguna, gearbox end n all, just make sure its pushed all the way into the clip inside the box!!

[BRUN]

have you got standard dials or some coloured replacement ones ?....

if you have some Lockwood's etc then sometimes they can rise up a little and catch on the needle making it stick

[GTI-Russ]

I don't think there standard dials, are the original ones white?

Also how easy is it to check the connection? Still a bit clueless when it comes to the technical stuff :(

[big hp]

White are not standard.