1997 Dodge Neon speedometer

1997 DODGE NEON
135,000 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • MANUAL
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GOLDMAN45
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While driving along my speedometer will go to zero
it will come back up it hit a bump in road but want stay up long can you tell me what is the matter
Feb 8, 2008 at 3:43 PM
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BMRFIXIT
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Check wiring
check output sensor
do you have check engine light on ?
check for codes
let me know
Feb 10, 2008 at 7:08 PM
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NEON69
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I have the same problem different year mines a 1999 with 132000, and I was told that it could be vss (vehicle speed sensor) or loose solder joint in dash gauge cluster. I found several sites for fixes for both these problems. www.neons.org was pretty good.
Good luck
Feb 23, 2008 at 8:50 AM
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