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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 09:26 PM
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Cool speedometer not working...

it dont work,??
 
Old Jun 23, 2010 | 10:58 PM
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what car? how many miles/ Km ? does it just not work or works sometimes? this problem happened to me
 

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Old Jun 24, 2010 | 05:03 AM
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Speedometer stays at zero diagnosis:

Odometer keeps rolling normally, no CEL -- speedometer head / cluster is bad.
Odometer stopped, CEL on -- most likely sensor problem.
Odometer stopped, CEL not on -- most likely head problem.

Peculiar to certain model years (since you didn't say which year you have):
pre 1992 have mechanical speedometer cable instead of electronic sensor. Cable is prone to break: disconnect transmission end, pull out cable core and inspect.
1996 to 2000 models prone to fuse 15 problem.
 

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Old Jun 24, 2010 | 05:57 AM
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its a 97 ex honda...i think its got 70,000 miles on it, the speedometer did work at 1 time b4 i pulled the tyranny out to do some other stuff to the car and now it wont even budge..
 
Old Jun 24, 2010 | 06:59 AM
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Did you plug the speed sensor back in? The sensor is located on top of the back part of the transmission, above where the CV axles go in. It has a 3 wire plug.

Also a 97 is real prone to fuse 15 problem, where the wires on the back of the engine short out to the intake manifold bracket and blow fuse #15 under the dash. This cuts power to the speed sensor (among other things) and the speedometer stops working. So check if fuse #15 under the dash is blown.
 
Old Jun 24, 2010 | 07:57 AM
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yeah i double checked the speed sensor wire and its on fine, but i didnt think of the fuse or the possibility that it could be..thanks.
 
Old Jun 25, 2010 | 10:27 AM
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i replaced the fuse #15 and still nothing...
 
Old Jun 25, 2010 | 10:37 AM
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CEL codes?
 
Old Jun 25, 2010 | 10:49 AM
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Was the fuse blown? If it was, you need to fix the wires behind the engine or the new fuse is just going to blow too.
 
Old Jun 26, 2010 | 04:28 PM
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the fuse didn't appear to be blown, and ill take a look at the wires behind the intake ...
 
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