Volkswagen Jetta Speedometer Not Working. Mechanic is very good with Mitsubishi but says he is stumped. While there are a variety of reasons your Volkswagen Jetta speedometer is not working the most common 3 are the vehicle speed sensor VSS a faulty speedometer or an electrical issue. Recently bought 96 Jetta and the speedometer sometimes does not work mechanic ran scan and shows no problems does the cluster need to be replaced. ShopDealer Price 9677 - 10561.
Joined Oct 13 2013 55 Posts. This is still yet to happen. And im wondering if theres something with the transmission or if the speedometer sensor or whole thing needs replacing. Service type Speedometer is not working Inspection. The speedometer just stops working while the car is in motion and this has an effect on the fuel gauge it drops to empty even when the tank is full. Also the instrument panel clock does not keep correct time resets back to 1200 each time I get in.
Long story short German cars allow the speedometer to read fast by a tenth of true speed plus 4 kph but never slow.
VW Jetta MKIII 19911998. Service type Speedometer is not working Inspection. Jump to Latest Follow. What causes the speedometer not to work properly on a VW Jetta Bora 4. Odometer showed 136325 miles but was not incrementing. This article shows how to fix a fast speedometer on mk5 and mk6 VW Jetta TDI Jetta wagon Golf TDI Golf Wagon and Rabbit includes the GTIGLI.