Odometers

This task is quite easy. If you are asking this question, I assume you haven't done this sort of thing before, so set aside some 2 or so hours. You need a flat screwdriver (or some flat soft edged tool) to remove the trims, and a Philips head screwdriver to open the screws. You also need the bulbs which I suspect you can only get from the dealer. Order them first so you do the jobs and be done at once. [The bulbs for the odometer, clock, and thermometer LCD displays are different from those of the speedometer and diagnostic lights.] My car has 4 bulbs in all. Have spares - those things are super fragile. I only opened my unit to check and 2 bulbs did came up dead when I put it back in... go figure.

0. Disconnect the battery. Perhaps just removing the negative cable is enough.

1. Begin by removing the little cloth covered speakers at the edges of the instrument panel area. Use your wedge tool (or flat screwdriver) and pry gently lest you break something. The speakers are on clips only. The pry motion can dislodge the outer clip, but the inner clip needs a pulling motion. Overprying can break it. When the speakers are free, you may disconnect their wire harnesses. The speaker clips have little metal retainers that can get stuck in the hole. If this happens, remove it very carefully lest it fall into the car and vanish.

2. Now remove the upper and lower trim pieces which run the width of the car. With the speakers out, you can use your hands to put at the trim clips gently until the being to release from one end and work your way across the dash.

3. With the speakers and the trim pieces out, you can now see some of the screws that need to come off. If you are replacing the bulbs that provide backloght for the odometer, clock, and thermometer, you need to work from the passenger side. The first panel from the door has no buttons or functions on it, just a cosmetic cover with Avalon writen on it. It is held down by 2 screws on the door end of it. Once you remove these, the other end is held by clips onto the middle panel (the one with odometer, clock and themometer). Gently tease out the clips and put it away from scratch danger.

4. Now you can see the passenger side screws of the middle panel. You may take these off. On the driver side of the middle panel, there is a narrow trim piece that separates the middle panel from the speedo panel. It is held down by a screw at the top, which once you remove, you can tease out the bottom (careful not to break it) and off it comes. Now you can see the other screws of the middle panel and remove them and out comes your odometer panel. (If you wanted to remove the speedo panel, you just take off the screws by the driver door side and off it comes.)

5. Ease out the odometer panel and release the wire harnesses (5 of them) by pushing down on the little spring clip as you wiggle it out. You can emply a screwdriver to help (but it will dent the plastic, though these are internal parts that you don't look at all the time). If you are replacing the diagnostic lights, you don't need to disassemble the unit - they are accessible from the back of the panel.

6. Now with the panel free in your hands, you first remove clear cover by releasing its clips, then the black plastic backing also attached to the white back by similar clips. At the back of the white plastic back, on the side with the diagnostic lights, there is flexible circuit connector going into the board. Use a small flat scredwrive to get leverage to unplug it from the green circuit board. Then turn the panel over and unscrew the green circuit board adn out it comes.

7. You can finally see the bulbs you need to replace. You twist then and they come off. Assembly is the reverse. Be sure to test that the bulbs are all working before you put the panel screws back.

The problem is inside the speedo and has to go to a speedo shop to be repaired.

If the vehicle has an analog odometer, there is no way of telling the exact mileage. Vehicles with digital odometers usually have an accurate record of millage stored in the vehicle's computer.

But note that early digital odometers kept track of mileage on a computer chip that could be changed to reflect an inexact reading.

To show distances travelled.

The question you ask is too involved for a proper answer. You need to go to a car parts store, and get a repair manual for your car. They cost about $16.00

well i had the same problem all you have to do is take the dash board off then take out the two bolts out for the speed ometer gauges but be careful because the wiring is to the left behind the gauges you have to unclip it then when you get it off there will be a piece of card board behind the gauges remove then you will see the light bulbs just twist them and they come out but dont forget where the light bulbs go and if you go to the dealership they cost around five bucks each bulb

I think it is a manual speedo so take the cable soose at the dash and pull the cable out. Then take it loose at the trans and pull the piece that is broken off out. Go to the parts store and get anew cable and install it with lots of speedo cable lube, If it is electric change the speed sensor.

Last answer is incorrect. If the speedo didn't work then it would have been. The problem is with the cluster. Go to your local salvage yard or eBay and get another speedo.

Getting closer. It is actually the small plastic gear in the odometer. You can get a new one at odometergears.com or get a whole new cluster.

The odometer gears go frequently on Volvo 240's. There is a gear kit with an instructional DVD available from IPD.

I NEED AN ANSWER FOR THE 1997 VILLAGER

I have a 97 Villager and recently had this exact problem. I replaced the speed sensor (i.e. buy one at Autozone) and that was the fix. The ABS light might come on too as a symptom it is not working. Use penetrating oil on the only bolt that holds the old sensor in place(oil penetrates better if the engine is somewhat warm) and then s-l-o-w-l-y loosen it via small back and forth wrenching, else you can snap it off- located in the transmission housing. Put anti-seize on the bolt when retightening it.

If you have a 2006 or newer Police Interceptor the H stands for hour. 2006 and newer Police Interceptor and some fleet vehicles come with an hour meter. Because Police and Taxi Vehicles idle for long periods of time this helps the fleet manager keep tract of when to service them.

same thing as any vehicle, it just goes back to zero

My thought would be that your vehicle is originally from a country that uses kilometers. The Speedometer face plate may have been swapped out but the odometer wasn't converted. One mile equals 1.6 kilometers, hence the difference you're recognizing.

It says that when it is done displaying any trouble codes. To start that display you must have turned the key on, off, on,off,on.

You read an odometer from the left to the right. The last number represents tenths of a mile.

I have had this issue with my old 92, if the radio stopped working too, it is because of a fuse. on the few I have worked on it seemed to be a common theme. just keep a stock of fuses unless you want to rewire the fusebox.

Six. Most cars make to well over 100,000 miles these days.

The odometer indicates the distance traveled by a vehicle.

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If by off you mean with key removed - well, it shouldn't, not for long anyhow. If it stays on after, say a minute, your wiring or your ignition switch is faulty.

I am guessing the speedometer is doing one of two things.It is causing the needle to be slow or bounce.Second it is slow to repond while driving.Simple correction is to remove the speedometer cable at the transmission on the driver side large black cable and clean the end with brake cleaner and lubricate it with some white lithium grease.You can do the same to cable where it connects to the gauge itself.Napa sells this grease in a small container like wheel bearing grease.If you choose not to use my recommendation use wheel bearing grease as a substitute.This should clear up the issue I assume you are having based on my experience with my truck I have owned the last 22 years.I normally have to grease my cable at the transmission about once a year to prevent this problem.

you have to lift the dash there is two screws on each side by the doors. the you take off the plastic and then pop out the cluster and the is a plug that hooks into the back of the odonmeter display but if u disconnect it for trying to have a lower mileage it is only a display it is all digital the car still remebers and adds up the milage unless u disconnect the speedo cable from the tranny.

Why, so you can reconnect the odo. when you're ready to sell it (thus with a lower milage reading)? This is illegal.

If the speedometer works, but the odometer is not working, there could be a fuse blown if the odometer is digital. If the odometer is not digital, then a gear is broken in the speedometer cable. It should be replaced.

Buy a bulb from the Honda dealer or auto parts store (so you get the right one). You will need to remove the instrument cluster trim panel, and then remove the instrument cluster itself. Change out the bulb. Detailed instructions can be found at Alldata and on the internet.

If it is just the one light then bulb has gone out. You will have to remove the instrument panel to get to the back. Take it out and replace them all so that you dont have to do it again later. Good luck.

I have a 1999 Windstar, not sure what its called but I had the same prob, look on the right side of ur motor under the air filter pieces, just check wire connections, its not real obvious either so you will have to take it off the intake and look,(no tools need to take black tube off, just clamps holding it) it is kinda tough to see but you should be able to find it. I know it would be easier if i knew names of parts but all newer models are just a pain I fix them not worried bout names, good luck I hope this helps

Odos measure the distance travelled and speedos measure speed at that movement

Odometer is the device present in the automobile that is used to measure the speed of the vehicle and distance covered by it