04 Civic EX Automatic Speedo Not Working

[ndccpf1]

I know VSS (Vehicle Speed Sensor) is on the tranny but for this year
Civic how accessable and where ? Is there a quick way to test the
sensor / output to determine it is bad ?
(same car that is overheating and CEL on).

Oh and the typical Honda failure of the hood-release pull knob
broken !

[Tegger]

ndccpf1 <ndc...@gmail.com> wrote in news:83ca8821-0538-4099-bd01-
29ecd5...@j10g2000vbb.googlegroups.com:

> I know VSS (Vehicle Speed Sensor) is on the tranny

It's at the rear of the instrument cluster, in the dashboard.

> but for this year
> Civic how accessable and where ? Is there a quick way to test the
> sensor / output to determine it is bad ?
> (same car that is overheating and CEL on).

Have you considered that the concurrent presence of several unrelated DTCs
may indicate some other sort of problem?



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Tegger

[jim beam]

On 10/02/2011 06:34 PM, Tegger wrote:
> ndccpf1<ndc...@gmail.com> wrote in news:83ca8821-0538-4099-bd01-
> 29ecd5...@j10g2000vbb.googlegroups.com:
>
>> I know VSS (Vehicle Speed Sensor) is on the tranny
>
>
> It's at the rear of the instrument cluster, in the dashboard.

only on cable driven speedos. the 04 speedo is all electronic, not
cable, and the sensor is on the transmission.

>
>
>> but for this year
>> Civic how accessable and where ? Is there a quick way to test the
>> sensor / output to determine it is bad ?
>> (same car that is overheating and CEL on).
>
>
> Have you considered that the concurrent presence of several unrelated DTCs
> may indicate some other sort of problem?
>
>
>

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nomina rutrum rutrum

[ndccpf1]

On Oct 2, 9:34 pm, Tegger <inva...@example.com> wrote:
> ndccpf1 <ndcc...@gmail.com> wrote in news:83ca8821-0538-4099-bd01-
> 29ecd553a...@j10g2000vbb.googlegroups.com:

>
> > I know VSS (Vehicle Speed Sensor) is on the tranny
>
> It's at the rear of the instrument cluster, in the dashboard.
>
> > but for this year
> > Civic how accessable and where ? Is there a quick way to test the
> > sensor / output to determine it is bad ?
> > (same car that is overheating and CEL on).
>
> Have you considered that the concurrent presence of several unrelated DTCs
> may indicate some other sort of problem?
>
> --
> Tegger

The CEL currently is the O2 sensor which I will replace Saturday. I
had a VSS go bad on my 1989 Accord LXI

[ndccpf1]

On Oct 2, 9:42 pm, jim beam <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> On 10/02/2011 06:34 PM, Tegger wrote:
>

> > ndccpf1<ndcc...@gmail.com>  wrote in news:83ca8821-0538-4099-bd01-
> > 29ecd553a...@j10g2000vbb.googlegroups.com:
>

> >> I know VSS (Vehicle Speed Sensor) is on the tranny
>
> > It's at the rear of the instrument cluster, in the dashboard.
>
> only on cable driven speedos.  the 04 speedo is all electronic, not
> cable, and the sensor is on the transmission.
>
>
>
> >> but for this year
> >> Civic how accessable and where ? Is there a quick way to test the
> >> sensor / output to determine it is bad ?
> >> (same car that is overheating and CEL on).
>
> > Have you considered that the concurrent presence of several unrelated DTCs
> > may indicate some other sort of problem?
>
> --
> nomina rutrum rutrum

Can I reach the sensor by removing the battery ? or the air intake
"plumbing" / Or do I need to access from the bottom / back firewall
sside ?

[jim beam]

usually on the firewall side. can reach from on top or underneath. do
you have the proper shop manual for this vehicle? if not, it's worth
investing in one. the official source is helm.com, but i'm not entirely
happy with them at present because they charged me full price for an
incomplete photocopy of a manual that was missing the wiring diagrams i
bought it for. they refused to give me a refund or take it back.

or you can go online at alldata.

you'll need this to confirm the testing process for the vss. usually
it's just a reed switch and you can see it click on and off with an ohm
meter as you rotate the diff.

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nomina rutrum rutrum