Speedometer died... came back to life.
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Speedometer died... came back to life.
I've had this issue a few times in 2 different civics and i'm just wondering if anyone knows any good fixes for it.
This morning I'm driving along 80mph and then all of the sudden the speedo just shuts off and falls to 0. About 10 minutes later it wakes up and bounces from 0 to 10 to 5 to 40 to 15 to 65 to 30 then stayed steady at 80 till I got off the freeway. I've also had it at other times just bounce up and down like that for a few minutes and then goes away.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.
This morning I'm driving along 80mph and then all of the sudden the speedo just shuts off and falls to 0. About 10 minutes later it wakes up and bounces from 0 to 10 to 5 to 40 to 15 to 65 to 30 then stayed steady at 80 till I got off the freeway. I've also had it at other times just bounce up and down like that for a few minutes and then goes away.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.
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Re: Speedometer died... came back to life. (beoy9)
Check the VSS connector. 9/10 cases that I see the pins rust away inside the connector, causing the blip of the speedo.
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mine did that when my altanator ground wasn't all the way grounded and caused my car to run off battery thus causing the spedo and tach to jump all around and die and come back.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 95jdmcivic »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">mine did that when my altanator ground wasn't all the way grounded and caused my car to run off battery thus causing the spedo and tach to jump all around and die and come back.</TD></TR></TABLE>
The alternator grounds off the block, so I'm assuming your alternator was not properly affixed to the engine. The only feasible way that could happen is if your alternator died, and you killed the battery while driving...
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The alternator grounds off the block, so I'm assuming your alternator was not properly affixed to the engine. The only feasible way that could happen is if your alternator died, and you killed the battery while driving...
Don't post if you don't know what your talking about.
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Re: (beoy9)
yes the vss is normally a 3 wire plug towards the rear off the tran's.
most the time coolant or some fluid gets in there and cause's the pins in the vss to corrode, when you install your new one fill the plug with dieletric grease
most the time coolant or some fluid gets in there and cause's the pins in the vss to corrode, when you install your new one fill the plug with dieletric grease
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you can get one used on here for around 40 or 50 bucks, brand new over 100 bucks, i actually just replcaed mine and my cost was 60 or 70 dealer.
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Re: (B16B_coupe)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B16B_coupe »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just make sure you look at it first, make sure it is corroded, but check the connector itself to!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>
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