1995 Ford Contour Stalling - Electrical & Lighting Systems

Question: About a week ago I noticed after starting my 1995 Ford Contour that my speedometer didn't work and the car was running with a hiccup-like symptoms especially when I was decreasing speed and actually when the speed was getting lower than 30-20 mph sometimes the engine would shut down. A friend told me, since it happen all at once (speedometer and running rough) that it might be related to the speedometer and speed sensor. I'm not a mechanic but I try to look at the engine and see if there was any obvious problem, and I noticed that a cable close to where the speedometer is whas broken. I just dropped the car to a mechanic that works from home to fix the cable, but Would you think that the problem with the car running rough could be related to the speedometer cable being broken? or could it be something else?? I appreciate any help I can get. Anthony"

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Owner: When I opened the hood, after noticing the speedometer didn't work, I noticed that the cable (what I think is the speedometer cable since it goes in direction of where the speedometer is) was out of the guide. When I tried to put it back, it actually broke but I could actually see the spring out of the cable so maybe it was already broken. My main doubt is since both problems, the speedometer stopped working and the stalling of the engine started at the same time, do you think that by replacing the speedometer cable, both problems would be fixed?? I instructed the mechanic that has the car to just do the cable for now and try it, but the mechanic said that the device that controls the speed might be separate. Anthony

Technican: You may have a faulty vehicle speed sensor in the transmission. This sensor signals the computer to shift the transmission and also drives the speedometer

Technican: I do believe that the two problems are unrelated I have never seen a problem where the car idle or a stall was connected to the speedometer cable

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