What are the symptoms of a faulty odometer sensor?

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Donna
07/30/25 6:44am
Car odometer and tachometer will stop moving, and the mileage will no longer increase. The following is relevant information about the car odometer sensor: 1. Principle: The roller counter was a purely mechanical instrument commonly used in the past, connected to the transmission output shaft via a flexible shaft on one end and to the odometer on the other. The more commonly used electronic instrument generally installs a speed sensor on the transmission output shaft or wheel, using the detected speed to convert into vehicle speed and mileage through a built-in calculation formula in the control module. 2. Advantages: The car odometer sensor is a widely adopted technology in today's automotive industry, primarily using Hall effect and photoelectric methods to detect signals. Its purpose is to effectively analyze and determine the vehicle's speed and mileage through odometer counting. This invention involves redesigning the originally vertically installed odometer sensor on the transmission into a chamfered odometer sensor, significantly reducing the torque during operation while maintaining the lubrication gap, enhancing service life, reducing failures, and overcoming all the drawbacks of the popular odometer sensors in the market, elevating this component to a new level.
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