1996 Nissan Maxima No Speedometer - Try This first!! 

Best tip ever, no money, no parts, but problem solved. Thanks for sharing with us!

Nice to see someone actually fixing something and not just replace parts.

This simple fix worked for me and saved a lot of time and money. THANKS!

Hektor, thanks a million for this video! I have a 1996 Nissan Sentra GXE that had spedometer and temperature gauge problems. I replaced the speed sensor, but the spedo still did not work. Dealer had no idea, and could not order a cluster for this car (discontinued). After doing this, both gauges work great! Thanks again!

You could be my saviour, man. Going out right now to try this.

I guess the customer had some screws loose! Lol. Keep up the great work.✌

Thanks! I just fixed my 97 Nissan truck, had two screws loose

That thing sounds great for the millage ... I had 5 of them ..I'm buying another next month lol reliable and cheap to fix that's why I love them

Homie H for the win! Thanks for the tip.

Awesome. I'm having the same problem with my 96 after already changing the speed sensor. I'm going to try this on Saturday.

Thank you! I have an ‘89 Sentra that just started having this problem today so hopefully this fixes it!

I'm glad I found this vid..just got a 96 maxima with this exact problem...

Thank you ---best tip.

I had similar issue ( slightly different Nissan model and year) I tried junk yard VSS same I tried new VSS same I check wiring same... I read somewhere that bad Odometer cluster can cause VSS to not send signal to ECU.. Because I had check with scan tool and ECU was also reading zero speed... So I was going to get I new ( used) cluster... but I couldn't find so I thought to open the cluster and take a part the speedo gauge see if I could find any faults and fix... (worn gears ,blown IC, short etc) found..... nothing everything looked good clean....... So i ended up replacing just the speed gauge and it works... Though now that I've seen your vid and what I learned from dissembling the speedo gauge almost 100% ... The loose screws were my issue too.. Because when taking apart I noticed that the speedo guage isn't really connected anywhere to the cluster expect by those screws and washers...So it must get it's power and ground from there... I did note this as odd design when taking apart but just didn't put 2 and 2 together til I watched this vid... Ohh well at least I only wasted 15$... Also like the banging on stuff method to test stuff.. I've tried it before on other stuff and it works but didn't think to use on cluster... now I'm just gonna use on everything ....thx

Good tip,thanks.

Love that and will try it on my 2004 highlander

Very informative video Thank u very much

Thanks Hector legend mate

thanks, was about to go out and buy a surplus cluster for my 2001 Cefiro (what the Maxima is called in the Philippines), will definitely try this out this weekend

Gracias Homie Hector = HEX

Thank you it worked great

1998 maxima se worked great

Same thing happened in my car hey thanks man

Good job

It works!

Remove 4 screws and re-do all solders on the counter will be correct. İ have 1996 infiniti i30 the same method applies to the tachometer

Gracias amigo ..aunque hablas ingles pero.la verdad me sirvió lo que enseñaste.anduve manejando anos con ese problema pero ya se arregló. Gracias .

Hey.. quick question what if no the case... what else can be ????? Please tell us thanks

Ha that's literally a clusterf**k! 😆

I'll try this to my Nissan Sentra 1996. Thanks Bro.

Is it possible to replace the needle on the speedometer ? Mine was broke when i bought it. 1992 pathfinder

I'm having the same problem with my 2000 Nissan Frontier and I already replaced the speed sensor. I'm trying this tomorrow.

Old 1989 Nissan Maxima, owned since new. Speedometer may read 30mph when stopped, or zero. Gas, temperature gauge, odometer do not work, but tach does. Bad sensor? Or connection?

I am trying take my cluster out to do same procedure. But, I can not complete the removal. I found 2 screws on top. But, can not find others or tabs. I checked part and there is no tabs on bottom. Where are they? for 2012 altima??

did you have a video to solve this problem i have problem to unlock the wire

Ha! Smack Diagnostics at work. So is it fixed now?

On my 97 Nissan Maxima the speedometer flickers on and off sometimes, the gas gauge was working perfectly fine with just the other day I filled up the tank twice now it says under half a tank could that get stuck or stick lower

I have this same problem with my 96 Max I'ma try thus first before I buy a speed sensor. If it's fixed I'll come back and let you know brotha thankx for the tip brotha #Duley

Have the same issue with my 1996 Nissan Pathfinder! Neither speedometer or tachometer are working!! Wish you were in central Florida!!

I have the same problems with my 1996 Nissan Maxima and I also have a problem when I slow down or come to a turn it shut off but if I'm more a long scratch then it drives real good so what problem

Hey my fuel gauge is acting up. It tells me I have fuel when I don't. Any ideas.

Having the same issue with my 1996 Nissan Pickup. Going to give this a try tomorrow. I'll let you know if this was the fix. Thanks, man.

hey. I got three problems 1. the digital mileage display sometimes shows, sometimes partially shows, and sometimes completely blank. The display also has blackened spots. 2. the km/h meter won't move and is stuck at a certain speed, maybe at 20 km/hr 3. the entire instrument panel does not always work. sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes when I start the car, it wouldn't work until I've driven several miles. Or sometimes it works from startup until I've driven it for several minutes then it dies. Also when the entire instrument panel does not work, the digital mileage display is completely blank. Thank you for your time!

My rpm needle on 96 maxima keeps jumping and sometimes just resting on the right side at 8000 rpm even during idle . Any ideas ? I will try this. Thanks.

Thank you Hektor, thats worked with my Nissan 4*4 Wagon. God bless you

Hey I have a question my 2001 Nissan Maximas speedometer is stuck at 20 and the fuel gauge isn’t working either any ideas what’s wrong

Any info on just the speedometer not working at all on a 1987 Nissan 300zx

Hi, I replaced my speedometer cluster with another used one. The new cluster lights turned on and all the meters worked fine except the speed meter. Is it necessary to do reprogramming after installation for the speed meter to work? or once installed it should work? I believe the speed meter might be bad but I want to confirm if programming by a dealer is needed or not. The car is 2004 Infiniti I35. Thank you!

My dashboard always shutting down on and off , what May be the problem,please advice

Hey man, do you have any experience with the digital cluster from a Maxima 1992? the lights are dead. Thanks!

Could it be a fuse? For me it’s must just the speed it’s ALL of the meters. It will work for a bit they all meters to crazy. I’ll smack it and it works. But it’s gotten worse. I tried your tutorial opened it all up but it didn’t work

Hey I'm having an issue with 2000 maxima. The milage does not show up it looks like a broken calculator, the gas light is on but I have a full tank & the dail is on E plus the speedometer does not work. Can you help me please

i have a nissan sunny 1996 speedo meter temperature gauge odo meter did not work

Are you fixing nussan sunny model 2011

I have to bump my dash everytime I start moving. Thanks I'll try tbis.

maybe my Mazda has the same problem Thanks or maybe you know where to look for electronic speedometer on Mazda 626 1998

Like!

Tried that method but my speedo and tacho still doesnt work

I have the same car, how could I solve the odometer? It does no work. Do I have to adjust any screw like the video? I need help with that. Nice video...

Speedometer in Nissan d27 year 1999 sometimes works sometime don't what I can do?

What about the codes you said it had ???

Original engine and transmission?

my 89 did this, and it worked for a few months after doing this, but dropped again. the problem probably isnt the actual dash at this point

Putos maxima

If you're nissan maxima 1996 is not going into reverse just press the gas 3/4 way down and it will fix this probablem!!

I can hear the corridos on the background.

So in short. You're saying, that your customer has a few loose screws! 😮