1997 Camry speedometer stopped working

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Asked by Yvette Oct 31, 2017 at 06:07 PM about the 1997 Toyota Camry LE

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My speedometer goes out and my shifting
goes out of wack when I'm driving.  It
happens every couple weeks.
I'm ignorant to what is happening and I truly
would appreciate it if someone could
explain it and what steps needed to fix it.
I'm trying to learn so I don't feel so helpless.

12 Answers

38,885

Vehicle Speed Sensor ? (vss) if your car has one , scan for codes

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I had it scanned and it said the egr valve is clogged. And thank you for your help. I truly appreciate it.

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38,885

clean the EGR port , clear the code and see what happens , it's not rocket science but they like to charge you for it , good luck

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I cleaned it out and reset it. That seemed to do the trick

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40

I have a 99 Toyota Camry LE mice for diameter completely shuts off the transmission start slipping and it’s doing it first thing in the morning so it’s not hot it’s quite cool I don’t know if it’s the speedometer cluster or the EGR valve or the vehicle speed sensor I have noticed it does it when I hit the Excelerator and try to go real fast real quick what do you think that could be

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I can replace the speedometer cluster but I am afraid of the mileage that will be listed on the other one I get and not matching what I have on my car isn’t that illegal I’m so confused and don’t have a lot of money to run a bunch of tests and replace a bunch of unnecessary parts any help is appreciated

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uYo1dfH... This video explains the 3 symptoms I've seen mentioned above and shows the process of how it’s fixed. Hope this helps everyone who may run into this issue. 3 issues are: speedometer not moving odometer digital display is blank shifting is erratic while trying to accelerate

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