Vehicle Speed Sensor: Service and Repair

REMOVAL
1. Disconnect the battery.

WARNING: On vehicles equipped with an auxiliary battery, both the negative and positive battery cables must be disconnected.

2. Raise and support the vehicle.





3. Remove the Vehicle Speed Sensor (VSS).
(1) Disconnect the electrical connector.
(2) Remove the bolt.
(3) Remove the VSS.





4. Remove the VSS drive gear.





INSTALLATION
1. Install the VSS drive gear.





2. Install the VSS.
(1) Install the VSS.
(2) Install the bolt.
(3) Connect the electrical connector.

3. Remove supports and lower the vehicle.
4. Reconnect the battery ground cable.

NOTE: When the battery has been disconnected and reconnected, some abnormal drive symptoms may occur while the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) relearns its adaptive strategy. The vehicle may need to be driven 16 km (10 miles) or more to relearn the strategy.