1996 Dodge Intrepid speedometer cable quote

Tiny
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1996 Dodge Intrepid

I was interested in buying a '96 intrepid for a pretty great deal but the guy selling it told me that it needs a speedometer cable amongst other things, so I was trying to figure out a ballpark figure on how much a cable would cost me.
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009 AT 12:42 AM

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Tiny
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If you find a speedometer cable, a lot of people would like to see it!

Since you didn't say what the problem is, I would assume the speedometer stays on "0". The possible causes are loose connector pins on the back of the instrument cluster, a defective cluster or wiring, or a problem with the transmission computer. There is a test procedure to determine the cause of a dead speedometer.

There is an input speed sensor and an output speed sensor that feed information to the transmission computer. I believe if one of them is defective, the transmission won't shift out of second gear, so if it shifts ok, don't suspect a sensor problem.

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