I have a 93 Civic Dx, and I am selling it. So I got it inspected, and the minute I started driving it after picking it up from Pep Boys, the speedometer went from normal up to 80, then back down to zero, then up again, then normal, etc. Never happened before, only the day before I was to sell it to a buyer with cash in hand! From what I understand, this is fairly common, but can be caused by a number of different things. My mechanic says I need to replace the vehicle speed sensor. But that's $200 plus, and no guarantee that it will fix the problem. The car is only worth $1000. Is a vehicle speed sensor (on the transmission) difficult to install? What else might be the problem?

Thanks.

 

You can buy a speed sensor for $75 and install it yourself.....Just tell the guy your selling it to about the problem and go from there....VSS is one of the easier DIY fixes

 

Thanks. I'll give it a try. Do you think Hanes would have info on it? Any advice on how to access it and swap it out?

 

Haynes would definitely have it...

In the Prelude its right under the hood mounted on the transmission..

Now that I think of it autozone.com gives you component locations

This is all i could grab http://www.autozone.com/N,4294886384...locsSelect.htm

 

I have the same problem in my car right now.. ive replaces 4 vss just to make sure .. its actully the cluster swapped the cluster vola its fixed.. my other hatch has the same problem and that is virgin.. swapped the working cluster boon fixed.

 

What's a cluster cost?