I recently bought a 2001 4 door Civic EX. The RPM gauge has been acting up lately. Normally the car idles at about 600 RPMs. Now the car is idling at 3000 RPMs. Also when I turn the car off the RPMs don't drop they stay at about 2000. It appears the gauge is either stuck or completely broken. Is this gauge controlled by a fuse? How easy it to replace the gauge? What can I do to diagnose the problem?

 

The gauge is not controlled by a fuse. You would need to pull the cluster out, and re-seat the needle.

 

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Troof... But I find it kind of odd that it just slipped on it's own... might want to check for wear when you readjust it, it may just happen again.

 

Somebody messed up when they were removing indiglo gauges to sell the car and prolly tripped up the needle. Definitely going to have to take out.

 

u could allways try to sweep the needles see if that buys anything b4 u tear the cover off (and if your me split in half and in your fit of rage spill your beer on your seat staining it )

hold trip button down.
turn on headlights
turn on ignition
turn headlights off-on-off
release trip button and quickly press 4 times.

 

up down up down
left right left right
b a select start