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Vehicle Speed Sensor

Vehicle Speed Sensor (VSS) is built-in speedometer gear assembly. Uses a reed switch to sense speedometer gear revolutions from the transaxle/transmission. VSS converts transaxle/transmission gear revolutions into pulse signals which are sent to the ECM. On all models except Sportage, VSS sensor is located on rear of transaxle housing. On Sportage 2WD, VSS is located on right side of transmission. On Sportage 4WD, VSS is located on left rear side of transfer case.