Hi guys, I recently bought a ford fiesta 1.4 zetec 52 plate and have just noticed that the speedo cuts out every now and then. I'll be driving then all of a sudden the speedo will drop to 0 and stay there for a while then all of a sudden will start working again. Anyone have any ideas why

I had this on my Mondeo (same age and reg as yours), foxed me as well as to why it was doing it - took it to ford - turned out to be the coil in the end, dunno why that affects it but it certainly cured the issue

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If you dont mind me asking was it expensive to fix.

As it was three cars ago I honestly can't remember I'm sorry. It's worth bearing in mind though ford garages charge £60 per hour labour, £60 for diagnostics and then their higher than average charge for parts, so all in it's going to be at least over £120, my husband thinks the costs weren't too bad at approx £150, but as said I honestly can't remember either way

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Does the whole instrument panel go blank or just the speedo?

the lights and everything else on the dash work fine just the speed needle drops to 0 revs work fine. i think the mileage stops working when the speedo stops working

Yes, mileage quits when the speedo quits. Had this on my Corsa, took it to a garage, diagnostics said it was "this and that", had "this and that" replaced, (at a cost of more than the vehicle value) still the same. My son now has the Corsa as a runabout. No real prob unless its a newish car, gear + rpm = speed.