bouncing speedo needle

[white92tsi]

The speedometer needle on my car bounces up and down. Sometimes a lot, sometimes none at all. When it bounces, I hear a shh shh shh sound, and when it isn't bouncing, I can still hear a chirp or a squeel coming from the dash.

Do these cars have cable driven speedometers or electric? Also, is this a common issue?

Thanks

 

[jada64]

Electronic, There is a plug for the speed on the trans. I would check that out. Those are kind of weird noises for a dash to make, are you sure its your cluster making those sounds?

 

[white92tsi]

Absolutely sure. The sound matches the bounce. I'm assuming it's the gauge itself. There's no pattern (speed, load, etc) that it does it by. It appears to be completely random.