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Anonymous Posted on Jun 25, 2013

Why is my speedometer and odometer stuck at zero?

My battery died about two weeks ago due to the rear door being left open over night. We charged the battery but it acts like it does not want to start ever since. Now today when I drove it the speedometer and odometer are stuck at zero.

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Could be a problem with the engine computer, or the speed sensor in the transmission.
Is the check engine light on ?

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 09, 2009

SOURCE: speedometer not working on 2001 town & country

i had that problem before i turned the key to on and pressed the odomiter button twice and held it down it started to run through the codes and havent had a problem with it since.

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Darrell

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  • Posted on Feb 16, 2009

SOURCE: No gear change. Speedo remains on zero. New battery goes flat.

well going off of typical chrysler problems and since I dont have the car or any codes I would say professionally speaking,replace the input and output sensors on the trans get them thru chrysler they are pretty cheap $15.00 each or so have a goodd day DB
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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 21, 2009

SOURCE: Battery dies after doors are left open

Hello, you are wantng to know if you have the right size battery for your vehicle. It sounds as if your battery may not have enough cold crank amps in it to support your vehicle, or either the battery you have has a bad cell. Your local auto supply store should be able to help determine if the battery is bad. It may also have just a surface charge and need to be charged on a trickle charger overnight or either there may be a parasitic draw on your battery beside the lights, but before going through a bunch of different test check your battery condition, then manufacturer specs, then battery cranking amps to manufacturer specs. I would say about a 800 cca battery at least.

Philip Armitage

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  • Posted on Aug 26, 2009

SOURCE: 2001 Town & Country batterys bad/speedometer got stuck behind 0

a scanner that gets into the instrument cluster computer can reset the needles. or take the dash apart and manually turn dash cluster upsidedown, then the needles will move so rotate untill the needles are reset.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 30, 2010

SOURCE: battery is dead and can't get in

Try a slimjim to unlock door. Or call pop a lock

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