maybe some of my fellow hondites can settle an argument between me and my "co-mechanic": is there a fuse for the vss? and for further measures isn't the most common problem with throwing a cel code of 17, a bad connection at the sensor itself?

 

According to this Civic manual, there is a fuse...

http://www.honda.co.uk/owner/C...0.pdf

 

It's like Technician A and Technician B!

The VSS gets power from the under dash fuse box, and runs through fuse 24 if the car has srs, fuse 12 if it doesn't.