tacho crazy

[simsith]

not realy a problem more an irritation, my speedo sometimes resets itself or stops working completely it happens every time I drive it but its not constant, it also managed not to zero fully yesterday so at 70mph it was reading 60, mr rev counter is fine and my miles are clocking up with no proble. all in all loving the sunny days have actualy managed to take the roof off my good old s1 elise but not loving the loose chippings on my way home tonight.

any ideas how to help let me know

regards

si

[Exige77]

Have you tried re-setting the Stack ?

You need to sit in the drivers seat, have drivers door open, ignition off, press the little button on the steering column (keep it pressed in)and then turn the ignition on so all lights come on but engine doesn't start.

Wait a few seconds. Needles will fly about all over the place and then everything should be re-set to zero.

Try that. Sounds a bit bizzare but that is the re-set procedure.

Good luck

Ex77

Edited by Exige77 on Sunday 2nd May 08:36

[hueandcry71]

I once had tacho issues after changing my stereo, have you changed stereos recently?

[simsith]

Cheers for the help so far, I will try that tonight, (at work now) iv not changed the sterio at all no so its very strange, I had a whole day of no speedo and no milage on my trip yest, but today fully working again, I will let you know how I get on.

thanks

Simon

[MattT49]

I had a similar problem which turned out to be a faulty speedo sensor, once replaced worked fine.

I have read elsewhere that a corroded battery earth will effect the electrics, most noticably the temperature readout which will suddenly rise when the heater fan is switched on (mine rises 10 degreees when the fan is on full - something to sort out this week I think)- might that be linked to your problem?

[simsith]

hummm could be the spedo problem has been for a couple of weeks now but last week I left my lights on and had to jump the car, after this my temp has only reached 70deg max, which i thought was strange, also I did get up to 100deg in traffic a month ago which suddenly jumped to 105 then 114 in a second so could be linked.

what kind of cost dis you have to fix the problem.

Kind regards

Simon

[Exige77]

I had a flat battery some time ago which led to a load of weird readings.

I Re-set the stck and all was back to normal. Try that first before spending any money on anything else.

Ex77