I was driving down the road tonight and all of a sudden i see my check engine light on... i got 17 short flashes on my ECU... how can i fix the problem...."VSS (Vehicle Speed Sensor) defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor"?????please help asap

 

isnt a VSS opnly in the OBD1 cars??

 

I have a 1991 Honda Civic Lx 4 Door Sedan.....No mods either us CAI

 

it can be your cable came lose going in the tranny to the vss.

or ur cluster ****** up.

all cars have VSS sensor OBD0/1/2....

 

Do you have pics or something that could help me throught this man..... i need help by 2morrow morning or im screwed.....also could that be the reason why i have to push start the car every morning to start it up...?

 

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noo your car is not starting maybe cause u battery or something killing your battery. VSS is nothing it won't hurt your car or anything but if your car has vtec it won't go in vtec if throwing VSS. I sugguest you try and find the helms book somewhere online and check out the VSS cable going in the tranny. I don't have a picture

 

I just had my alternator put on yersterday.... This is rediculous..... for some reaosn i think its my starter too.....but what happenes when the VSS goes???

 

What should i do
?

 

I had a VSS before It was the screw at the back of the cluster wasn't tight.

so I changed the cluster the problem went away. Its something to do with the ecu not getting the signal or something but doesn't hurt the car unless you have a swap no vtec if you get code 17.

 

ohh i thought that teh cable that went into the tranny for the speeedo had a differentname other then the VSS

 

Check it is still bolted into the tranny properly then check there isn't a problem with the cable.
After that check the back of your cluster.

 

Get up under your tranny, just above your driver side axle there should be a fat wire running into the tranny from above, it may or may not have a boot over it as well. If you trace this wire back it will go into your firewall, this is your speedo cable. Tug up on it to make sure its still connected to the tranny. If it pops out youll need to put it back in and probably replace the clip that holds it in. Honda has them for a couple cents I believe.
If all that checks out ok take the panel off the back of your gauge cluster and check the other end of the cable running to the speedo. It just snaps on so that wont be hard. Good luck.

 

Here is the troubleshooting flowchart for code 17:
http://www.binghamtonlife.com/...4.jpg

My car had this problem a while back..If your speedometer still works,
the problem is probably in the speed instrument cluster itself.

When my car was stock,I just removed the "check engine" bulb
and drove the hell out of it..it ran fine..