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ford fiesta, rev counter needle and speedo are stuck on max?

Car battery died and after bump starting it the rev counter needle some how went all the way round and is now stuck under the plastic bit that the needle rests on when the engine is turned off. Also the same with the speedo needle, it's stuck past 140mph. We have recharged the battery and taken it for test drive but still no joy. (Ford Fiesta T reg 1.25 zetec, petrol engine

Aaron. S
February 2010

Ford Ford Fiesta Vehicles, Cars Rev Speedo Battery

Thanks Darrell, worked a treat on my millenium puma 1.7 . Was ready to set aboutcable replacement!

Chris
May 2017

Thanks Darryl,it has worked a treat on my Puma 1.4 Zetec :-)

Stuart Phillips
March 2017

Did this on someone's car and only worked for about 10 minutes

Si
July 2016

Thanks a million Darrell

Dean
January 2016

Worked first time!! (I was looking at having the vehicle speed sensor removed and a costly assessment bill / replacement part before I read this). Thank you so much for the tip.

Lee
September 2014

Thank you Darrell... brilliant :-)

Carmen, Birmingham, England
May 2013

Big smile on my face... my car battery died on me 2 days ago, so had it changed. Then noticed that the needles on Revs counter & Speedometer got stuck on max. So I googled it, found this 5 second solution, tested it. Fixed :-) ... me thinks that a garage mechanic might have told me they'd have to take both units apart and charge me accordingly... alas! Thank you :-)

Carmen, Birmingham, England
May 2013

I had the same problem - The reset button for the mile counter is removable - just give it a tug and it comes out leaving a handy hole in the perspex.

A ladies curvy grip, pulled straight was ideal to flick the needles back round to zero.

Works perfectly now

John

April 2013

John
April 2013

That is superb, I had the same problem when AA changed my battery, rev counter needle went round the clock and stuck under plastic start point. But I did the test and now works fine!!!

Thank you very much!!!!

Matt
February 2011

REF: speedo and rev counter stuck on max... It worked!!! Many thanks Darrell.

Aaron. S
February 2010

turn the ignition on whilst holding the mileage reset button, after a few seconds you will hopefully go into a test mode.

now release and press the button once. each press will take you through a test of different things. the first 2 or 3 are related to the dash, one being the needles and one being a bulb test, cant remember which is firtst but give it a try.

Simply turn off the ignition to exit test mode. If this doesn't help you may need to get the clocks out and use gravity to put them back on the right side of the counter.

Darrell
February 2010