My speedometer does not work in my 97 dodge dakota and I can not find where the speed sensor is located?

There is an ABS wheel speed sensor located in the rear differential.
If this fails it affects the ABS and may cause your speedometer to read erroneously at speeds under 25-30 mph. There is also a VSS located in automatic transmission housing. Manual trans vehicles don't have this. They use engine rpm to determine speed as there is supposedly no slippage in the manual drive train.

i believe it has a vehicle speed sensor in the rear diff that is probably your problem as the sensor you replaced in the transmission was probably the output shaft speed sensor

Check your owners manual for fuse location. Most likely under the dash, drivers side.

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could be a bad speedometer head

The speed sensor that controls the speedometer is located in the top of the rear differential housing, this is your most likely problem and is very common with this vehicle. Being that it is a direct input to the ABS module it will cause those indicators to illuminate when the sensor fails.

dose the trans act up at the same time the speedo cuts out if soo you definatly have either an intermittent speed sensor problem of wiring in the speed sensor circuit. speen sensor is located on the extension housing of the transmission (2wd) ot back of transfer case (4x4)

it could be the cluster but you have a im put and out put sensor on the transmission that controls the speedo

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE BROKEN WIRE LEADING TO SPEED SENSOR IN REAR DIFF..CHECK FOR ANY SPOTS IN HARNESS WHERE IT LOOKS OUT OF PLACE OR RUBBING ON SOMETHING..ALSO CHECK FOR SPREAD CONNECTIONS IN PLUG AT SENSOR..CHECK ALL FUSES RELATED TO ABS SYSTEM IN UNDERHOOD FUSE/RELAY CENTER

vehicle speed sensor located on the top of the rear axle.

Speed sensor is bad,It is located on the rear axle.
Once replaced,Make sure to reset the computer.

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