mysterymatt

I replaced my vss and tried another gauge cluster and yet my speedometer still doesn't work. Anyone know wtf is going on

MAD_MIKE

Are you sure the mechanical part of the VSS is working?
If the gear stripped it will not turn the VSS, no VSS signal, no Speedo.

94 accord typeR

check engine light = VSS
no check engine light = speedometer in cluster

try another speedometer my first one was a dud second works fine

Andrew Jones

mine stopped working something like 2-3 years ago if not longer. i just use the tach lol

ag_ghost

What year? My son's 90 EX 4 door auto has that issue so we're about to try a new OEM VSS; fingers crossed.

NerfGunner420

have you guys even hooked up a dmm to the signal wire at the back of the dash to see if you guys even get a reading. there probably is a break in the wire.

hiwaydog

check the contacts in the connector at the vss for corrosion, I had this issue with mine

cctgene

You might check your vss to make sure the drive pin didn't fall out when you installed it.
Happen to me once!

Just a thought.

mysterymatt

Mine is the gear in the transaxle is stripped.

Known_Offender

If the VSS is bad, the cruise control will not function properly or even work at all. I originally swapped the whole cluster trying to fix the speedo issue , but the second cluster also had a bad board. Then I just swapped just the board and the second one worked. My vss and speedo circuit board failed around the same time. When the vss went out after I fixed the board(I got a cel for the vss) the speedo starting jumping again. I pulled a used vss and it fixed it. Hope that made sense and helped....lol....good luck.

I guess my point was that when it was just a bad speedo board on my 94 ex, the speedometer needle didn't move at all. When the vss went bad the needle jumped erradically and sometimes didn't move, and my cruise control control malfunctioned.

ag_ghost

FWIW, a "new genuine OEM" VSS has fixed his speedometer, eliminated the flashing "S" and turned off the bogus CEL. Thanks to everyone for this thread (Yes I realize we threw replacement money at at it instead of a real diagnosis...).