# Speedometer not working

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/speedometer-not-working/56752>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** corolla, toyota\
**Created:** [October 23, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/speedometer-not-working/56752 "2010-10-23T20:09:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Pjcurtin2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cdc98d/32.png) [@Pjcurtin2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Pjcurtin2010)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/speedometer-not-working/56752/1 "2010-10-23T20:09:03Z")

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Hello All,  
  
 I have a 1993 Toyota Corolla LE, in very good condition. Recently, the speedometer stopped working. Everything else works fine. Could this be a vss issue or an electrical issue?  
  
 Thanks.

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**Author:** ![MG-McAnick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mg-mcanick/32/188_2.png) [@MG-McAnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MG-McAnick)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/speedometer-not-working/56752/2 "2010-10-23T20:15:35Z")

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Probably.

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**Author:** ![geeaea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@geeaea](https://community.cartalk.com/u/geeaea)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/speedometer-not-working/56752/3 "2010-10-23T21:18:08Z")

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Any drivability issues? While I’m not intimately acquainted with your Toyota, I’ve had a VSS go bad, but it was a “variable” bad, so to speak. Swinging up and down. It jerked the engine all over the place. Yours being inoperative probably has it in some default mode.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/speedometer-not-working/56752/4 "2010-10-23T21:51:31Z")

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The speedometer in your 1993 Corolla is driven by a speedometer cable.

So either the cable is bad, or the speedometer head is bad.

Tester

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**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/speedometer-not-working/56752/5 "2010-10-24T18:11:10Z")

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I agree with Tester. Needs a new cable.