Hi, I own a 1996 JDM ITR. The speedometer seems to get stuck at 125kmh even though I know I'm travelling (much) faster!!
Has anyone experienced this problem before? Any ideas on how to fix it?

Thanks!

 

replace the speedo, or the entire cluster.

 

4 lug is the suck

 

TTIWWOP

 

It's actually a common problem. Not with just Honda's, but with all kinds of cars. Probably a bad cluster. Check your VSS though, don't know if that would affect it, but seems likely being that I don't know much about those things.

 

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Has anyone experienced this problem before? Any ideas on how to fix it?

Thanks!</TD></TR></TABLE>

How cold is it there in Ireland?

How often do you travel faster than 125 KM/H (not very often I suppose?)

My old Prelude used to do that at about 90 MPH. It probably hadn't been over 90 MPH in a few years and one time I was travelling a bit quickly and the speedo stuck there. One firm hit to the top of the dash above the speedo (very firm hit) fixed it. After a few jaunts that fast, the problem went away.

A year or two later, the speedo would stick at "zero" when it was freezing out, until it would eventually warm up a bit.

So, before you spend cash on a nuisance problem like this, try smacking it.

 

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try smacking it.

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it fixes most other parts too

computers, radio, TV, cd player,

 

yea the cold is a bitch.... sometimes my antenna doesn't wanna go up in the morning

 

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Leave it alone. It gives you a great excuse if you get pulled over by law enforcement. "I have no idea how fast I was going, officer - my speedometer is broken!"

 

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LOL!!! why didnt i think of that??? oh wow.........

 

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Violence is always the first answer. Right on, brother

 

Thanks for all the feedback lads. I will give the dash a good beating and if that fails I'll do something unreasonable like bring it to a garage/replace the cluster

PS. An Integra Type R in the wet is like a greyhound on a polished hardwood floor. I've no ABS either so if I disappear from this forum you'll know what's happened - I'll have switched to the public transport forum

 

You could just slow down in the rain.

 

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Nonsense. Any car in the wet is only as good as its tires. If you're using normal street tires that have good traction on wet pavement, and - here is the important condition - if your tires have plenty of tread, the ITR will grip as well as anything else. Heck, it even does incredibly well on snow and ice if you're using winter tires. But if you drive around with tires that are well worn (even if they're not quite down to flat treadwear indicator bars, but close), it won't do well at all, especially on wet or frozen surfaces.

It's all about the tires.

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Suggestion: Repair your ABS.

 

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Suggestion: Repair your ABS.
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ABS was optional equipment on some itr's - it's possible his never came with ABS and he'd have to retrofit it in there...

 

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I didn't know that, thanks...

 

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computers, radio, TV, cd player, </TD></TR></TABLE>

women too

 

Yes, my car didn't come with ABS as it does not have an ABS light on the cluster.

Good point about tires. Mine are pretty worn.

I'm thinking that the stock wheels on the 96 JDM ITR are simply too small and narrow (195/55R15) to handle the power.

What should I do - get new larger wheels & tires or stick with the stock wheels and get good tires for them??

I'm not exactly rich so I'm thinking option B right now....

 

Bigger wheels won't help for traction in the rain. Just get better/newer tires. And for what its worth, lots of people, racers included, have tracked and daily driven Rs in the rain on those wheels just fine. Myself included

 

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Yes, I agree. Get better/newer tires; don't worry about size, which is relatively less important.

As far as which tires to get, your situation is slightly different from many folks because of your need for good performance on wet pavement, which is not the strong point of the Falken Azenis RT-615 (although it is better in that regard than its RT-215 predecessor). Unfortunately for us, the otherwise-outstanding Goodyear F1 GS-D3 only comes in 195/50-15 for 15" wheels, which IMHO is a bit too small in outer diameter (3.3 percent smaller than stock). The stock Bridgestone RE010 is excellent on both wet and dry pavement, but it's a bit pricey (~$138/tire). Since money is important for you right now, I would say your best bet is probably the Yokohama ES100 in 195/55-15, which is very inexpensive ($61/tire) and is excellent in rain (as you can read in this previous topic). Although it's not the best tire out there, it is absolutely terrific for the money, with outstanding wet traction and still decent dry traction, and it will last a long time too (the ones on our GS-R look like they will last around 40K miles).

 

just go easy on the gas, the roads are wet of course you will have less traction.