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Old 03-18-2004, 06:30 AM
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Default Vehicle speed sensor problem!

yesterday I took a vss to a friends house to test it in his 98 civic to see if it was was working because I couldnt get it to work in my car with my sir cluster. I took his out, then tested mine and it didnt work but thats not my problem.

When I went put his back in I put it in correctly plugged up the connector and reset the ecu. But for some reason his car is not getting a signal and is flashing a a check engine light. Anyone that might have any clue how to fix it let me know

The fuse is still good, the sensor is getting power and has a good ground. everything worked fine before but now it just wont work.

thanks in advance
Old 03-18-2004, 07:42 AM
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I dunno, but I'll bump for ya'!
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Stupid question for you:

How do you know the sensor is not sending a signal?

Do you know what code you are pulling (CEL)?

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i know its not sending the signal b/c im getting no movement on the speedo and a CEL for vss... anyone got any ideas at all?
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recently do a motor swap?
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yeah my friend did a b20vtec swap about 5 months ago... everything has worked fine until i tried to test my vss in his car. when i put his back in it all the sudden doesnt work.
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AHHH i finally figured it out, the positive pin on the vss connector was severely corroded, i cleaned it out b4 and it didnt work... but i tested the vss in a different car and it worked..

now after i decided to solder in a new 3P connector it works like a charm.
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Perfect example of what to do when you get a CEL code and tackle a diagnosis procedure on your car. Always look at connections, pins, wires first... Usually that is the problem... Much cheaper....

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