- 27/04/2020
HOW TO REPAIR SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE
If your instrument cluster needle is stuck or vibrates or if the speedometer needle bounces or is not working, this is usually due to a stepper motor malfunction. These problems can affect the rev counter gauge, speedometer gauge, temperature gauge pointer or fuel gauge needle.
Several pointer motors are available depending on the type of instrument cluster and car model. The most common are 04100165200 (Minitools code SEI-MOT01B) and 04111165300 (Minitools code SEI-MOT01). Even though very many car models are fitted with these stepper motors, they are now out of production and getting increasingly difficult to find, and expensive.
Minitools has long been aware that the main cause of malfunction is wear and breakage of parts of the plastic casing. This led us to produce the part SEPCOV2, a plastic cover that can be adapted to fit and fix both pointer motors.
The stepper motor cover must be replaced to repair a speedometer needle that is jumping around, stuck and not working.
The following video tutorial shows all steps of the process for repairing the motor 04100165200 (Minitools code SEI-MOT01B).
This video shows how to repair the motor 04111165300 (Minitools code SEI-MOT01).
Minitools part SEPCOV2 can be used to repair instrument clusters stepper motors on the following car and motorbike models.
- Audi:
- – A3 (models from 1996 to 2003);
- – A4 (models from 1994 to 2001);
- – A6 (models from 1997 to 2004);
- – TT (models from 1998 to 2006).
- Citroën:
- – Berlingo (models from 2000 to 2003);
- – C5 (models from 2001 to 2008);
- – Evasion (models from 1994 to 2002);
- – Jumpy (models from 2000 to 2006).
- Fiat:
- – Brava;
- – Bravo;
- – Doblò (models from 2000 to 2003);
- – Marea;
- – Punto (models from 1999 to 2003);
- – Scudo (models from 1999 to 2006);
- – Ulysse (models from 1994 to 2002).
- Lancia:
- – Lybra (models from 1998 to 2005);
- – Zeta (models from 1996 to 2002).
- Mercedes:
- – A-Class W168 (models from 1999 to 2003);
- – V-Class W638 (models from 1999 to 2004);
- – Vito W638 (models from 1999 to 2004);
- – Sprinter (models from 2000 to 2006).
- Peugeot:
- – 206 (models from 1998 to 2003);
- – 806 (models from 1996 to 2002);
- – Expert (models from 2000 to 2006);
- – Ranch (models from 2000 to 2006).
- Renault:
- – Clio (models from 1998 to 2001);
- – Laguna;
- – Kangoo (models from 1997 to 2000);
- – Master (models from 1997 to 2003);
- – Megane (models from 1999 to 2001);
- – Scénic;
- – Trafic (models from 2001 to 2006).
- Volkswagen New Beetle;
Motorcycle:
- Aprilia RST 1000 Futura (models from 2001 to 2004);
- Ducati Monster;
- Yamaha MT-03 (models from 2006 to 2014).