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lethanh93 · 03-26-2015, 12:23 AM

I've never felt what the speed governer feels like unless its what's happening now. When the car slows, it just becomes unresponsive to throttle and starts engine braking. I get around it either by quickly double clutching or wait it out for about 5 seconds. Happens seemingly randomly but almost always on the highway.
When my speedo is dead, its completely dead with the needle at 0 and not moving. I just tested my speed sensor so Im pretty sure its the cluster.
I'm replacing the cluster tomorrow and I'll probably grab a fuel pump in case. If it still happens without a new pump could chalk it up to the cluster.

Thanks for the help.

03-26-2015, 12:23 AM	#15
lethanh93 Leaky Injector Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: California Age: 31 Posts: 62 Trader Rating: (5)	I've never felt what the speed governer feels like unless its what's happening now. When the car slows, it just becomes unresponsive to throttle and starts engine braking. I get around it either by quickly double clutching or wait it out for about 5 seconds. Happens seemingly randomly but almost always on the highway. When my speedo is dead, its completely dead with the needle at 0 and not moving. I just tested my speed sensor so Im pretty sure its the cluster. I'm replacing the cluster tomorrow and I'll probably grab a fuel pump in case. If it still happens without a new pump could chalk it up to the cluster. Thanks for the help.