YACT- 95 Civic Speedometer problem

[BeeVo]

Since you guys were awesome at helping me identify my last problem(cv joint) I am come here again and humbly ask for car advice since I am such a noob. Anyways I have a 1995 Honda Civic CX and my speedometer has been giving me a lot of grief lately. It works only about 25% of the time. It usually works when I just start my car then it will just die. It will also work at seemingly random times throughout the day. Also if I see it die, if I step on the gas harder it will start working again but usually it dies. Well this past week it has only worked about 10 out of 200 miles. It is really bugging me and I have no clue where to start looking or what to do. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks guys!

 

[BeeVo]

Any ideas?

 

[mastertech01]

It depends on the design of the Speedometer. If its electronic it may have a bad speed sensor. If its mechanical it may have a bad cable or drive gear stripped. You state that it dies. Does it die in a given speed and stay stuck there or does it drop to zero? Does it fluctuate rapidly? Does it have wide swings where the needle sweeps far faster than the vehicle is moving? Best to just take it to the dealer and get a diagnostic. Speedometers can be quite expensive, but a drive gear, cable or speed sensor can be relatively inexpensive.

 

[RagingBITCH]

John has some good advice. You could probably find plenty of dash clusters for cheap at your local junkyard if it is the cluster itself

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Sounds like a loose connection or a plug in connection starting to UNplug. Maybe
corrosion inside a plug connection, bad ground? I say this because you say it worked
after throttling up and the engine rocking may give a temporary current flow.
Ohm meter and test light time. Get a wiring diagram. G/L..:sun: