spedo acting up

i have a 1996 civic ex....my spedo is all over the place. the car has almost 200,000 so i know it could be a few things..i start the car and the spedo wiil go up tp 20mph and stay there when im at a stop it will shake,then the the spedo will go to 0mph and stay there even when im driving. i dont have any prob with any other gages it idles fine, drives fine...any suggestions would be helpful thanks

bad vss or plug? swap it out.

sorry man im not sure what a vss is is it a sensor or what???and the only plugs that i can think of are to the tranny or to the spedo right???
how about the alt.?

download the helms and troubleshoot the wiring to the vehicle spped sensor.

http://forums.clubsi.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=5045087&an=0&page=0

the vehicle speed sensor is mounted to the tranny go to a auto parts store and ask to see one and that will give you a good idea what to look for

thanks for the help fellas iv got a good idea how to get it fixed thanks again

I just replaced my vss to try and fix my speedo actin up. It didn't fix anything. Mine wasn't as bad as the one above. Mine just didn't work until i got above 60. i have a 96 honda civic dx. anybody got any other ideas where my problem could be?

you replaced the vss, but, did you check the wiring?

I had to take it to the honda dealer to get my wiring checked. It ended up being my whole gauge cluster was fried. great 190 dolar fix.

my spedo works sometimes so im hoping its not fried but most of the time its fucked up.i think it should be just a spedo wire like early model honda's stupid electronics

Save you some money and get one out of a junk yard car and go to honda and ask for a federal sticker so you don't get dinged for your milage on your car being wrong if you ever sell it. Hope this helps.

Its most likely your speedo assemble. My buddy had this same problem. He replaced the vss,it still did not work. Then he replaced the speedo assemble and it fixed it. Try that. If you want a good place tp find used and new honda parts at a great price. Go to www.discoveryautoparts.com. They have every thing for hondas and acuras. Motors, trannys,ex. There warr. everything, and there shipping is every fast.

Save you some money and get one out of a junk yard car and go to honda and ask for a federal sticker so you don't get dinged for your milage on your car being wrong if you ever sell it. Hope this helps.


Is there a charge for this sticker? I just bought a new gauge from Honda, I figured why buy a used one from a junk yard from a car that is certainly going to be high mileage and it could just happen again.
So for a few bucks more I bought just the speedo gauge.

I got no check engine light, so I Replace the speedometer and I get nothing, the needle doesn't move at all WTF!:mad::confused:

I put the old one back in and it stays @ 20mph.:mad: