# Nissan Pickup Speedometer and Fuel Gauge

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-pickup-speedometer-and-fuel-gauge/44842>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** nissan, pickup\
**Created:** [February 20, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-pickup-speedometer-and-fuel-gauge/44842 "2010-02-20T23:37:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![b1uebird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@b1uebird](https://community.cartalk.com/u/b1uebird)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-pickup-speedometer-and-fuel-gauge/44842/1 "2010-02-20T23:37:58Z")

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I recently purchased a beat up 1992 Nissan Pickup not from a dealer. When i went for a test drive, I didn’t notice anything odd about the speedometer. But when i drove the following days i noticed that the Speedometer was not keeping accurate speed, in that i felt that the needle was not moving as fast as i was accelerating. also, when i come to a stop the needle will stop at the speed that i was previously going, i.e. if i was going 25 mph and then come to a stop sign, then the needle will stay at 25 mph while i am stopped. Is this a fixable problem, and how easy is it to fix, and about how much will it cost to fix. Also, my fuel gauge is not very accurate either. Is this a fixable problem, and how much will it cost to do so?

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**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-pickup-speedometer-and-fuel-gauge/44842/2 "2010-02-21T00:36:33Z")

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I don’t know if your Nissan pickup truck has a speedometer driven by a mechanical cable or if it is operated electronically. If it is operated mechanically, the problem sounds as though it is in the speedometer itself. You might ask a used car sales manager if he knows of a shop that can rebuid the speedometer head. The fuel gauge may be suffering from a bad float on the sending unit in the gas tank. With an 18 year old truck I think I would just live with it.