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A518 downshift blues (not TPS)?

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Old 02-09-2012, 05:27 PM
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A518 downshift blues (not TPS)?
My speedo needle is bobbing up and down intermittantly and I think it's causing my trans to drop out of OD.

VSS?
Wiring?

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Old 02-10-2012, 02:18 PM
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check the connection at the VSS sensor on the transfer case.
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Sounds like a computer issue.
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ive heard of there being a sensor that when its cold it wont let it go into top gear. dont know what its called or where it is though lol
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Originally Posted by monstr250
Sounds like a computer issue.
elaborate please
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