My speedometer is not wrking right it does not always work, I have to drive a while then it will kick on can someone help me before I have to pay some one to tell me somethin simple?

 

check your vss (vehicle speed sensor) on the tranny, below the air intake pipe.

 

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Agreed, sometimes salty water can find it's way into the connector and corrode it. Actually very common with these cars.

 

If the odometer and tripmeter work when the speedometer doesn't, then you could have a gauge problem.

 

ya everything else works besides the inconsistent speedometer thanks for the replys

 

Mine was like that when I first got my civic. It would start working after I drove for about 10 minutes with the heater on. I pulled my gauges out, pulled out the speedo assembly and re-soldered the board on the back and that fixed it. Hope that helps...

 

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true beans. however,

after viewing some wiring diagrams...
it also heavily depends on the model and year; sometimes the speedo, odo/trip drive circuits are all together, sometimes the speedo and tach are one connector, different drive circuits, but in any event you could just have a bad ground somewhere, a wiring backing out of a connector or corrosion. help us help you holmes.

 

my bad its a 96 civic ex 2 door THANKS

 

I had this problem when I bought my car, had it fixed at a speedometer place (http://tacomaspeedomter.com) for $130, dropped off the cluster and picked it up the next day worked ever since... Still not sure what they did but apparently they said its really common with honda's... They just called it a speedometer rebuild... My speedometer and odometer both didnt work. (And when one started to work they both worked)