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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 10:25 AM
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i have a 92 lx 4dr accord, auto.. the speedometer quit and the tach is going. its not the speed sensor or the ignitor, they both work.

on hondaautoparts.com under 'meter components' nippon denso, what do i get? what is the difference between #9 1 and #9 (1). there is a price error also. r the 90 thru 93 clusters interchangeable? will a 2dr lx one fit in my 4dr. ive looked at the prices and they vary alot $289 thru $655. i dont see where in 92/93 u can get the 2 guages separately.

so what do i order? the rest of the cluster works ie lights, fuel/temp, gear selection... this is my only car and i work, so it cant be torn down and sitting indefinitely and i dont want to go back and forth with majestic on this part $$ on shipping and such. ive ordered from them last yr and they were slow.
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 10:29 AM
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check on eBay... i ordered an instrument cluster for my old Hyundai accent and i got the part within couple of days... changing of the panel was very simple (took me no longer than 20 mins)
However, if you want to stay legal, you will need to go to a mechanic and set your odometer reading on the new cluster. The cluster (as far as i understand) is the only place where mileage is stored.
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Old Jul 22, 2006 | 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by fstop128
i have a 92 lx 4dr accord, auto.. the speedometer quit and the tach is going. its not the speed sensor or the ignitor, they both work.

on hondaautoparts.com under 'meter components' nippon denso, what do i get? what is the difference between #9 1 and #9 (1). there is a price error also. r the 90 thru 93 clusters interchangeable? will a 2dr lx one fit in my 4dr. ive looked at the prices and they vary alot $289 thru $655. i dont see where in 92/93 u can get the 2 guages separately.

so what do i order? the rest of the cluster works ie lights, fuel/temp, gear selection... this is my only car and i work, so it cant be torn down and sitting indefinitely and i dont want to go back and forth with majestic on this part $$ on shipping and such. ive ordered from them last yr and they were slow.
I would recommend having a someone check infact the speedometer is bad before just replaceing them as those speedometers do not go out very often unlike the 5th gen ones and break all the time . if you get a CE when the speedometer stops and a flashing D4 or S it might be the speedsensor as they are a common problem on the 4th gen ,as for the jumping tach it might be from a bad ignitor.
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Old Jul 23, 2006 | 09:42 AM
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both the speed sensor and ignitor r fine. ive replaced both. this problem has been going on for a few yrs. the randomly jumping guages. i took it to a dealer last may. they found nothing wrong, told me it was the speedo/tach heads. then told me $1100 to replace them. i said no thanks.

i dont get any cel or flashing D4 light. the odometer and trip odometer stopped. infact when it would jump the odometers continued to move. dead now. shifts fine. i know the speedsensor is working i passed one of those police speed boxes on the road it showed up. so its the cluster for me. could just be loose plugs or the circuit board could be gettin old. they use to jump when id use the turn signals but even that isnt every time.
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