power steering gets hard speedometer dont work

[kamran nafis]

hi its about my 98 crown vic (its a taxi) i m having a situation in which steering becomes comparatively hard and in this duration speedometer doesnt work plus the taxi meter also doesnt make money on distance it only runs by the time then , i repeat my word when steering is normal everything is fine ,when it become hard to steer then speedo meter needle plus the taxi meter doesnt work ,normally it happens when the car is running for hr or more ,the car has almost 375 kms on it , any help would highly be appreciated

[reekor]

I have no idea why your streering is hard when this happens, but your speedometer and your taxi meter is run off of the speed sensor on the transmission. check the connection where your taxi meter is connected to the speedometer circuit, you might have a bad connection there. Also when this happens, does your check engine light turn on and/or does your transmission start shifting hard from 1st to 2nd gear?

Originally Posted by kamran nafis

hi its about my 98 crown vic (its a taxi) i m having a situation in which steering becomes comparatively hard and in this duration speedometer doesnt work plus the taxi meter also doesnt make money on distance it only runs by the time then , i repeat my word when steering is normal everything is fine ,when it become hard to steer then speedo meter needle plus the taxi meter doesnt work ,normally it happens when the car is running for hr or more ,the car has almost 375 kms on it , any help would highly be appreciated

[kamran nafis]

i already told that any help would be appreciated highly but never expected that would be that much prompt thanks anyways

check engine light is on for more than a year now,this situation arose about a week ago ,chek light is for o2 sensor , so i guess tht would not relate to it ,i was thinking to change thw belt do u suggest it could be helpfull ,bcoz this night i found out the more flexible than it is supposed to be ,i think it would be now on hit and trial basis

[kamran nafis]

sorry i didnt notice the last part of ur question ,so far i havnt notice this ,i will chek it from now on ,just to let u no that the the transmission was rebuild about two months ago,one more thing that this problem can occuur at any speed could be on highway or local

[fleettech]

your car probably has speed sensitive power steering and you speed sensor in the transmission is dropping out causing it to think the car is not moving there for doesn't need to "lighten" the amount of pressure needed to turn. also causing you meter not to work.

[reekor]

I don't think it's your belt at all, a lose belt it always lose. However I do agree with fleettech about your speed sensor as that is what I was getting at. Most of the time when the speed sensor fails it will trigger your check engine light, but since your light is already on for other reasons you would not notice this. This is what I would do next. Find someone or a shop that has a scan tool and have the car scanned to see if you have a P1039 or P1500, P1501, P1502, code stored in the car's computer, and if this is the case replace your speed sensor.

Originally Posted by kamran nafis

i already told that any help would be appreciated highly but never expected that would be that much prompt thanks anyways

check engine light is on for more than a year now,this situation arose about a week ago ,chek light is for o2 sensor , so i guess tht would not relate to it ,i was thinking to change thw belt do u suggest it could be helpfull ,bcoz this night i found out the more flexible than it is supposed to be ,i think it would be now on hit and trial basis

[kamran nafis]

Hi All Freinds

I Have Changed the Speed Sensor (vss) And So Far There Is No Problem Every Thing Seem To Be Fine ,thank U All For U R Support Esp The Guy Responded ,appreciate

[way2old]

(_)3 (_)3 Virtual beers for reekor and fleettech. Good job

[reekor]

Thank you, thank you very much

Originally Posted by way2old

(_)3 (_)3 Virtual beers for reekor and fleettech. Good job