Droopy123

Hey all. I'm new to the forums here and am looking for some help.

I have a 1996 Honda Accord 2dr 4cyl vtech. 174,000 miles

First off, my speedometer starting jumping around and only being responsive when it felt like it. This started about a year ago. I haven't fixed it because it didn't seem like a huge issue since my cruise control still works when the speedometer does not. But now my trip meter and odometer have stopped working. They all seem to die in unison, when my speedometer works I notice that the others are also working. One of these weekends I will be removing them and re-soldering some of the connections in the back. Some posts on here said that has worked for them. Does anyone have a link to give me with decent instruction on removing the cluster, I think its called,? Does anyone have pictures of what they have re-soldered? If not, I'm doing all of them. I'll let you know about my progress, but any help is appreciated.

Also, when I turn my car on there is this obnoxious buzzing/rrrrrrr noise that lasts for maybe 40seconds and then stops and the ABS light comes on. I opened my hood and the noise is definitely coming from the modulator but it is very expensive to replace the whole assembly. I tried the paperclip trick to get the ABS code and it seems that after the long first blink, which indicates that the bulb works?, it pauses and then I get one long blink and then pause and one long blink. So it seems to me that this is giving me a code of... 1? Which from another site indicates that the hydraulic pump motor is over-run. What does it mean by over-run? I took it to a shop so they could attempt at getting the code or confirm the code that I got and the guy said that it isn't saving any codes... which was weird to me because I saw it doing the one long blink, etc. After reviewing the site where I received the codes, it says that if its two seconds on two seconds off then it is fine, so that is probably what it is doing.

Any advice is welcome

poorman212

Check the fluid in the ABS unit and bleed the ABS unit....might work, has for me. If not there is an o-ring that might need replacing.

Droopy123

There is a hole I put the brake fluid in on top of the modulator? It says use dot3 or dot4 brake fluid but i don't know which is in there already. Is it ok to mix? Or should I drain the fluid and replace. There is also a resevoir off to the side which says use dot3 or dot4 but that appears to be full.

recka808

is there a way to blled brakes, recently replaced hose lines on front end. refilled resevior and bled brakes. but still feel pedal go down to floor. any suggestions

poorman212

Pedal feels "soft"...air in system. Bleed all four wheel uing proper seq

or

Pedal goes to floor....bad master. Holding steady pressure and the pedal just drops, drops, drops.....

75aces

I agree with poorman. The master cylinder has gone bad and needs to be serviced. Happened to me on my 96 accord.

durie92

ok well i have a 97 honda accord and the odometer and speedometer just stopped working and when they did the car wouldnt shift past 2nd gear and when i manually tried it just revved the engine

JamarMommy1

I have a 1996 honda accord ex. I was at the grocery store and left my son and sister in the car with the ac running. my car just cut off completely and now the lights only comes on. It will not start. I charged the battery and tried to boost off the car. It still will not make a sound. Juat clicks