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P0500 — Vehicle Speed Sensor Malfunction

P0500 is set when the ECM does not see a valid vehicle speed signal, or sees a signal that does not correlate with engine RPM and selected gear. Modern vehicles derive vehicle speed from the ABS wheel speed sensors and broadcast it on the CAN bus; older vehicles use a dedicated transmission-mounted vehicle speed sensor (VSS). The fault source depends on which generation the vehicle is.

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