Speed sensor fault (code P0500)
- Symptoms
- Check engine light with P0500; speedometer may not work
- Likely cause
- In the owner report the fault was the wire to the meter, not the sensor.
- Fix
- Check the speed sensor wiring to the meter before buying a sensor.
- Applies to
- EFI
- Related fault codes
- P0500
- Confidence
- low
Sources
Related problems on this car
- Check engine light with rough running
- Missing and jerking at low speed, worse with A/C
- Engine heating up
- Fuel smell in the cabin with the A/C on
Similar problems on other cars
- Check-engine light after cleaning the air-flow sensor · Toyota Vitz (1st gen)
- P0977 on the 1.3 automatic · Toyota Corolla (11th gen, E170)
- Automatic will not move in D (2 and L work) · Toyota Vitz (1st gen)
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