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Old Dec 28, 2012 | 02:43 PM
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2005 Dak the speedo sticks at random points while driving. I could be at complete stop and it'll say I'm at 60mph. I was wondering which to check first, the speed sensor or the cluster. And also how to go about both of these. Is there anything else to check? Thank y'all.
 
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Old Dec 28, 2012 | 02:54 PM
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Years ago my speedo would occasionally stick at zero until I flicked the clear plastic panel hard.

Hasn't done that for years now.
 
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Old Dec 28, 2012 | 04:38 PM
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What's probably happening is the needle was pushed on a little to much, and is sometimes resting on the gauge face. I had that problem when I put in the Black Cat gauge overlay. At first I pushed the needles to much and they (I'm not exactly sure which ones) would either stick at certain points or move in kind of a jerking motion. I had to open up the instrument cluster and back the needles away from the face a bit. It wasn't to much of a PITA for me, because I took it all apart in the first place and caused the problem to begin with.
 
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