minnesotagirl

For a while now my car has been working strange. It starts fine, but
after you drive it for a while(3 miles or 50 miles) all of a sudden
the speedometer stops working and goes to zero and if you step on the
gas the RPM’s rev up so high that you have to let up and very slowly
get up to speed. As soon as the speedometer stops so does the milage.
Also when that happens if I try to make a turn the power steering goes
out and I have to use all my strength to turn the wheel. Somebody
please help me out here!!!Thanks

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BOB URZ

minnesotagirl wrote:

> For a while now my car has been working strange. It starts fine, but
> after you drive it for a while(3 miles or 50 miles) all of a sudden
> the speedometer stops working and goes to zero and if you step on the
> gas the RPM’s rev up so high that you have to let up and very slowly
> get up to speed. As soon as the speedometer stops so does the milage.
> Also when that happens if I try to make a turn the power steering goes
> out and I have to use all my strength to turn the wheel. Somebody
> please help me out here!!!Thanks
>

For starters, i would check you battery connections and clean them.
Then check and clean all the under hood ground connections.
Especially block to firewall or unibody.

Bob


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trainfan1

minnesotagirl wrote:

> For a while now my car has been working strange. It starts fine, but
> after you drive it for a while(3 miles or 50 miles) all of a sudden
> the speedometer stops working and goes to zero and if you step on the
> gas the RPM’s rev up so high that you have to let up and very slowly
> get up to speed. As soon as the speedometer stops so does the milage.
> Also when that happens if I try to make a turn the power steering goes
> out and I have to use all my strength to turn the wheel. Somebody
> please help me out here!!!Thanks
>

Vehicle Speed Sensor.

Rob

Michael

"minnesotagirl" <UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote in message
news:1_669925_d51517ae56768583a893bc44231379c4@autoforumz.com...
> For a while now my car has been working strange. It starts fine, but
> after you drive it for a while(3 miles or 50 miles) all of a sudden
> the speedometer stops working and goes to zero and if you step on the
> gas the RPM's rev up so high that you have to let up and very slowly
> get up to speed. As soon as the speedometer stops so does the milage.
> Also when that happens if I try to make a turn the power steering goes
> out and I have to use all my strength to turn the wheel. Somebody
> please help me out here!!!Thanks
>
> --
Similar thing happened to my 1997 Sable. Transmission range sensor needed
replacing. Ford PN for the Sable is F6DZ-7F293-A.

mike