Sounds like a broken cable. Its fairly easy to check as it attaches to the
> gearbox just in front of the firewall. The check engine light will
> illuminate with a broken/disconnected cable.
> Cheers
> > slowly over a mile or so.
> > When it comes back after a mile or a week does so slowly also.
> > Also after a while I get the "Check Engine" light come up.
> > Looks like a cable fault.
> > Anyone had anything similar?
>Hi, Kim. Yesterday I managed to persuade the local garage to put the
>car up on a ramp. I had prepared what the sensor looked like from a
>Subaru Manual CD 'sketch' which turned out to be useless :O(( Anyway
>we, the fitter and I could only find three transducers on the gearbox,
>one on the top and two smaller ones. The two smaller ones have a plus
>& socket connector, the larger one just a cable. We checked and
>cleaned the 'free' connectors but the problem is still there - no
>speedo at all! (It completely failed about a week ago)
>Any idea which one is the vehicle speed sensor?
The 'Cable' in front of or right at the firewall goes to the dashboard speedometer. The electrical connectors go to the computer.
Ol' Rep