GreddyCivic7

so i just bought a 99-00 si gauge cluster for my 96 civic ex and its weird the speedo needle would randomly bounce around while i was driving. it would be fine one sec then outta no where bounce down to 0 as if i was not moving. my old ex cluster did nothing like that. am i wrong that si cluster should juss plug and play??

any ideas?

eg6b18boy

cluster or your speed sensor is going bad or theres a short some where

GreddyCivic7

not speed sensor, other cluster didnt do it at all, how i fix if cluster is bad

betterwind

I have a 97 civic with an si cluster, and mine does the same thing. It has happened 3 times that i am aware of, and it happens just long enough for it to catch my attention. I have had my car for 2 weeks and have had to get some more important work done first (susp, brakes) but now i am going to look into this problem. If i find out anything I will let you know.

LivinDreamsEK9

you might want to check one of your fuses under the dash(forgot whichone i think its the vehicle speedometer?). I had the same problem jumping around randomly. Then i checked over all of them and the previous owner had a fuse that was a 20 but actually i need a 10 in that place. after that it was fine.

gato5254

check ur vss it might be loose and like mine the pin broke magically

kasperxtcy

check your tranny fluid. same thing happened to me. changed tranny fluid and worked fine.

nighttrain33

I don't know how to tell you to fix it, but I have a '97 with an SI cluster and never had a problem like that, and you shouldn't either. You were right in assuming that it's PnP.

-Shane

GreddyCivic7

well dont think could be my fuse bc me ex cluster didnt do it at all unless ex and si use diff size fuse

dont think is my tranny fluid either i work at honda and use only honda genuine parts and fluids not to mention i replaced my trans fluid less that 2 months ago

Techy

ummmm, maybe, just maybe, a bad cluster. Just a thought.

My 95 EX coupe's origianl cluster did the same thing. It got progressively worse over time until it just quit working altogether. Pitched that cluster and swapped in an LX cluster, problem solved.

Swap your EX cluster back in. If it's fine then that Si cluster is...... ok bad joke...... cluster fucked.

GreddyCivic7

^^^ maybe but i bought it off my buddy who has 99 si ive been in his car many times i never saw it happen and when i aksed him he told me that its never ever happend to him before so doesnt make sense

Techy

but I bet you don't know exactly what has happened to that cluster since the last time you've been in his car and even then, crap can randomly screw up. My original cluster in the 95 worked fine for a while then it just up outta nowhere startin screwin up.

Still the key word in my previous post is MAYBE.

PS why did he take this cluster out?

GreddyCivic7

he bought a real ctr cluster

my car is a 96 ex w/ 99-00 si front conversion and basically everyhting si has been swapped over and i thought si cluster would be fitting for my car

Techy

Ahh, I'd get an EK9 cluster for my hatch but I don't feal like convertin Kilometers to miles. Plus I'm goin SiR route with my hatch instead of Type R. So a Canadian SiR cluster or a USDM Si cluster would be more fitting.

GreddyCivic7

that and screw 300 bucks for a damn cluster

Techy

Lol!! yeah.

rickeg6

iTrader: (2)

mine is the opposite....when i bought my 96 ek dx, the speedthometer keep dropping all of a sudden then i bought a 99 si cluster and now it work fine....... i just think its a bad cluster you bought..

GreddyCivic7

i guess its possible just doesnt make sense bc it was fine

GreddyCivic7

ok so today its not doing anything weird at all

JDean6pac

how long did you have the SI cluster b4 the speedometer needle started bouncing?

GreddyCivic7

it was bouncing the first time i drove it after i put it in.

_HANS

iTrader: (1)

if it didnt bounce around when u had ur stock dx cluster in ur car before then the new cluster is bad

hatch96y7

check ur battery cables maybe the positive is loose and is getting disconected.
that was the only problem i have ever had with my cluster

GreddyCivic7

good possibility bc my positive cable is really wird good call ill check

_HANS

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GreddyCivic7 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it was bouncing the first time i drove it after i put it in.</TD></TR></TABLE>

cluster is broke