Mileage counter

[projekakkord]

My odometer is going out on me. It works when it feels like it. Has anybody else had this prob? And how can I fix it??

~Projek

[aero]

its the VSS, Vehicle Speed Sensor. There are some on ebay for 40 bucks(there were, might not be anymore), or they are around 90 from dealer/autozone. It is located on top of the transmission, and has 2 screws. It is prolly that or it could be a plastic gear in the tranny. But its prolly that, its in a pretty tight space, but take out a few things, and it shouldnt be hard to DIY

[Kabuki]

Originally posted by fizzbob7
if you're having no other symptoms, you migt wanna swap out the cluster first....you can usually get a good one for $25 shipped off of ebay......if that doesn't help, the MAYBE the speed sensor is to blame....i'm not sure that the signal the odometer gets comes frrom there or not......don't hear about this problem a lot, usually the speedometer will mess up...you can test speed sensors with a voltmeter though

Yes, the Odo gets it's signal from the VSS, but it will throw a code at you too.

[projekakkord]

thanx for the quick replies guys. i'm not throwing any codes tho, so I guess I just need a new cluster? everything else works fine, speed, revs, temp, gas, etc.

[aero]

well i had the problem for a year and a half... most of the time i didnt have a spedometer. Everything else worked fine. And out of that whole time, it only threw a code maybe 20-30 times in a whole year. But mine would just drop to zero, and then sometimes kick back in once in a while. And it got worse and worse over like a few months, and then died

[cp[mike]]

Originally posted by fizzbob7
you can test speed sensors with a voltmeter though

is it faster you go = higher the voltage, or is the VSS the thing that produces the 12v pulses?

[accord91lx]

I remember reading on another fourm that somebody had a simmilar issue... turned out that all they had to do was press the "mantaince required" reset button a couple times and the problem was solved... you could try that before swapping parts...

[projekakkord]

Originally posted by desolate
I remember reading on another fourm that somebody had a simmilar issue... turned out that all they had to do was press the "mantaince required" reset button a couple times and the problem was solved... you could try that before swapping parts...

That worked bro!!! Preciate it