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1997 Ford Taurus speedo

Tiny
FALFA55
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  • 1997 FORD TAURUS
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 111,345 MILES
Speedo quit turn blinkers quit an shifts hard
Seed sensor code an cam sensor code or comeing up
Thursday, August 12th, 2010 AT 1:12 PM

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Tiny
BLUELIGHTNIN6
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  • 16,542 POSTS
Speed sensor probably is at fault causing the speedo and shiftin issues. As for the signals, check fuses and signal flasher.
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Friday, August 13th, 2010 AT 12:17 AM
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BGBEVAN
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1997 Taurus, 200K mi. I had the classic problem indicating a speed sensor failure. Speedo didn't work and transmission shifted hard or stuck in low gear when heated up. There are two sensors on the transmission, the Vehicle Speed Sensor(VSS) located on the output shaft of the transaxle on the passenger side, and the Turbine Shaft Sensor(TSS) located under the exhaust manifold on the input shaft, accessible from the driver's side. I thought the VSS was bad but couldn't find it and ended up changing the TSS. This fixed my problem so my question is, which one of these sensors drives the speedometer? Both, VSS, or TSS? Most posts on this issue say to change the VSS when this problem occurs and make a vague reference to the TSS.
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Saturday, July 30th, 2011 AT 7:05 AM

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