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Nissan Safari Mileage counter stopped
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:56 pm
by BenR
Hi,
I own a 1989 Nissan Safari Grandroad LWB and recently my mileage counter stopped working but the speedo still works perfectly ive had the dash out and everything looks to be in place does anyone have any ideas of what could be wrong with it?
Thanks,
Ben
Re: Nissan Safari Mileage counter stopped
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:23 pm
by sigg
Hi, my nissan did have a problem with the speedo stopping. i took it into the repair shop and they fixed it( took the speedo in). It was a soldered joint on the back of the speedo. you won't have to pay road tax now on yours. I think it is probably between the speedo and the sender?.
Re: Nissan Safari Mileage counter stopped
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:55 pm
by BenR
Yeah i dont have to pay but its a bit of a pain wondering if the cops are going to catch you. I was wondering if there was something wrong with the electronic motor on the mileage winder thing.
Thanks for your help,
Re: Nissan Safari Mileage counter stopped
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:00 pm
by TJ
May be the wire to the switch

installed by the previous owner has fallen off....
Re: Nissan Safari Mileage counter stopped
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:02 pm
by BenR
haha i dont know what your talking about. it was since i got the trans replaced so maybe its a wire of somewhere
Re: Nissan Safari Mileage counter stopped
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:45 pm
by BenR
Can anyone tell me where the sender unit its for it?
Re: Nissan Safari Mileage counter stopped
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:18 pm
by SV1K
Sounds like the wire from the gear box to the speedo has been broken, I have seen that before and all you need to do it find the cut and re-join them.

Re: Nissan Safari Mileage counter stopped
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:36 pm
by 1nzsafari
if it was a broken wire the speedo would n"t be working.mine did the same,so took mine into scotty"s speedo here in dunners ended up beening the plastic drive in the cluster, common fault he said, $190.00 fix cheers
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Re: Nissan Safari Mileage counter stopped
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:53 pm
by darinz
Mine use to do it from time to time. When it stopped it was great as no RUC, so I'd leave it alone. Then it would just start going for no apparent reason. It seemed to jam if I reset the trip meter so when it was going I'd play with the trip meter to make it stop. Do worry asthe cops can only tell it's a problem if they drive it.
If the speedo works then who cares?
Re: Nissan Safari Mileage counter stopped
Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:40 am
by BenR
Thanks for help guys the trip meter has now started working but the milage counter isnt so it should be all good