Honda Civic / Del Sol (1992 - 2000) EG/EH/EJ/EK/EM1 Discussion

Is it the VSS?

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Old Sep 21, 2005 | 12:52 PM
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My speedo moves around randomly and most people would say it's the VSS. But if the speedo is moving around even at idle or even when I just turn the accessories on (car is off).... could it still be teh VSS or does it sound liek somethingelse, like say the gauge cluster??
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Old Sep 21, 2005 | 03:16 PM
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check the connections on the top of your VSS, sometimes the wires becomes corroded or loose
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Old Sep 21, 2005 | 03:27 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Shaun &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">check the connections on the top of your VSS, sometimes the wires becomes corroded or loose</TD></TR></TABLE>

Doubtful. The most likely culprit is bad circuitry and/or solder on the back of the gauge cluster. This is a very common problem in "EG" chassis Civics and has happened to almost all of the ones in my family. Get a new cluster and you're set.
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Old Sep 21, 2005 | 03:30 PM
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well, wouldnt hurt to check both
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Old Sep 21, 2005 | 03:33 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Shaun &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well, wouldnt hurt to check both </TD></TR></TABLE>

Agreed
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Old Sep 21, 2005 | 03:45 PM
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check your in car fuses

my ek did something like this and it was caused by some crazy fuse in the in car fuse panel.

I want to say it was the alternator fuse but im not 100%. It was a very odd fuse to be blown, i went thru them 1 by 1...
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Old Sep 21, 2005 | 05:39 PM
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that hapend to me in my eg when i accelerate hard or go over bumps my spedo needle would shake around. it turned out to be the connector to the vss was loose i just tighten it and it went away. and i never heard of the cluster beign the problem.
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Old Sep 22, 2005 | 01:50 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Archidictus &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Doubtful. The most likely culprit is bad circuitry and/or solder on the back of the gauge cluster. This is a very common problem in "EG" chassis Civics and has happened to almost all of the ones in my family. Get a new cluster and you're set.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Having sold 15-20 VSS, the number one issue is a dirty connection at the tranny. Only one VSS was really bad.
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