1997 Subaru SVX Odometer and Trip Not Working

[elemgee]

 

The odometer and trip odometer on my 1997 SVX dont work.  All other gauges as well as the cruise control do work.  I've posted this issue to the  SVX World Forum but no one was able to resolve the problem.

 

Heres what I've done so far:

 

1) I sent the original gauge cluster out to someone who specializes in their repair thinking it was the gears in the odometer/trip. They fixed a few things, sent me a video of the speedometer pegged at around 100mph (they were able to do this electronically) with the trip and odometer clearly working.  But when I put it back in the car,  the odometer and trip still didnt work.

 

2) I've now purchased 3 used gauge clusters, and once installed in the car, the odometer and trip didnt work on any of them. All other gauges worked.  

 

3) Thought maybe it had something to do with the speed sensor, but I replaced that and the problem still exists.  

 

4. I checked all fuses and they are good.

 

It seems like its car related and not gauge cluster related (due to the number of replacement gauge clusters exhibiting the same problem).  

 

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

Thanks. 

[forester2002s]

Could it be a problem with the wiring between the speed sensor and the cluster? 

[el_freddo]

If I’ve got this right, the odometer and trip meter don’t work but the speedo showing how fast the vehicle is travelling does work - correct? 

Do you have a wiring diagram for the instrument cluster and dashboard wiring loom in the vehicle? 

I’d start by searching the wiring diagrams to see if there’s a seperate earth or sensor wire to the odometer and trip meter. Then go about interrogating the wiring associated with the speedo, odometer and trip meter to check of any issues. 

Cheers 

Bennie

[elemgee]

Thanks for the responses.  el-freddo - yes, you've got it right, speedometer works fine, odometer and trip odometer (at bottom of speedometer) don't work.  I should mention that its an analog odometer and trip.

I do have a wiring diagram which I've looked at, and it doesnt really show any separate wiring for the odometer and trip. 

[el_freddo]

11 hours ago, elemgee said:

I do have a wiring diagram which I've looked at, and it doesnt really show any separate wiring for the odometer and trip. 

I wouldn’t think there would be two wiring systems. Seems a bit over kill and more expensive from a production point of view without any real gain from this setup. 
 

Are you sure the cluster being bench tested was actually your cluster in the video? 

Cheers 

Bennie