I have posted a similar question on here before, and sorry for not
> sending out thanks to all of those who contributed to the post and
> tried to help with my question...but here is my updated problem
>
> I am about to give up on my car ever working again...if you have any
> idea what the problem with my car might be, please help! Thanks in
> advance for all of your input...here is my problem:
>
> I have a 99 Mercury Cougar and this summer, while driving on the
> interstate, the speedometer dropped to zero and the transmission > would
> no longer shift properly...I hooked up a code reader and it told me
> that my vehicle speed sensor was malfunctioning...I took my car to a
> shop and had them install a new VSS...the car worked fine for a
> couple
> of hours, but then the same problem started happening - the
> speedometer would not work (it would only work "sometimes"...very
> sporadic) and the car would shift extremely hard...so I decided that
> my car was in fact still broken and I took it to another shop in town
> (a more reputable one)...after their investigative work, they were > not
> able to find any problems with the VSS wiring (which I told them to
> check out) and they cleaned off all the connections...the only
> problem
> they found was that the VSS was not completely installed by the first
> shop I took it to (I guess it was not correctly locked into
> place)...so they finished the installation...their only other
> suggestion was that it might be some other major electrical problem
> with my car involving my car's computer???...anyway, after having the
> VSS "correctly" installed, my car now works slightly better, and by
> slightly I mean that the speedometer and transmission now
> consistently
> DO NOT WORK the first 10+ minutes of driving, but one the car gets
> sufficiently warm (? - just a guess) the speedometer kicks up and > then
> follows the transmission shifting perfectly...this now happens very
> consistently - if I drive my car long enough, everything works fine. >
>
> So there is my problem, do any of you have any suggestions on how to
> fix this? I have seriously looked at everything I could on the
> internet and I don't really have the $$ to take it to the local ford
> dealership and give them a blank check to tear my car apart...I am so
> frustrated that I would sell my car right now if I could get any > money
> out of it...thanks again in advance for all of your help!
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