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I have an update to this topic …
1) As ToyotaKarl points out, if the Vehicle Speed Sensor is OK, you can plug-in an OBD-II scanner with live data and it is able to display vehicle speed even though the instrument cluster’s MPH (or KM/h) has stopped displaying properly (wrong display, dancing or no display).
2) If there is a trouble code on the OBD-II scanner P0500, P0501, P0502 or P0503 it’s like that the VSS is not OK.
In my case, the VSS was fine and I needed to replace the instrument cluster.
I previously mentioned that my 97 Honda Civic is a DX with a manual transmission. Its instrument panel does not have an RPM gauge. I ordered a 96-00 Honda Civic MT EX instrument cluster (used) with the RPM gauge with 10K more miles. The new-used cluster has the same two (blue) connectors on top and the same yellow connector on the bottom, but it has an additional square green connector. A little research told me the green connector is for connecting the cruise control. The car’s wiring harness only has the two blue connectors and the yellow connector. There’s no cruise control on the DX model. I hooked-up the three connectors and it works like a champ.
I made a label indicating the date the odometer was replaced and the mileage reading at the time on the old odometer and the new odometer, and affixed the label on the driver’s door frame. When I sell my car, I will have to disclose that the mileage on the odometer is not the actual mileage of the car.
See FEDERAL ODOMETER REGULATIONS. 49 CFR 580. 814-824
http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?rgn=div5&node=49:7.1.1.1.9I have an update to this topic …
1) As ToyotaKarl points out, if the Vehicle Speed Sensor is OK, you can plug-in an OBD-II scanner with live data and it is able to display vehicle speed even though the instrument cluster’s MPH (or KM/h) has stopped displaying properly (wrong display, dancing or no display).
2) If there is a trouble code on the OBD-II scanner P0500, P0501, P0502 or P0503 it’s like that the VSS is not OK.
In my case, the VSS was fine and I needed to replace the instrument cluster.
I previously mentioned that my 97 Honda Civic is a DX with a manual transmission. Its instrument panel does not have an RPM gauge. I ordered a 96-00 Honda Civic MT EX instrument cluster (used) with the RPM gauge with 10K more miles. The new-used cluster has the same two (blue) connectors on top and the same yellow connector on the bottom, but it has an additional square green connector. A little research told me the green connector is for connecting the cruise control. The car’s wiring harness only has the two blue connectors and the yellow connector. There’s no cruise control on the DX model. I hooked-up the three connectors and it works like a champ.
I made a label indicating the date the odometer was replaced and the mileage reading at the time on the old odometer and the new odometer, and affixed the label on the driver’s door frame. When I sell my car, I will have to disclose that the mileage on the odometer is not the actual mileage of the car.
See FEDERAL ODOMETER REGULATIONS. 49 CFR 580. 814-824
http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?rgn=div5&node=49:7.1.1.1.9