[Dale]

Hi Eric, long time viewer, first time poster here.
I just thought that I would share my experience with a similar issue on my ’95 Honda Civic EX automatic. My speedometer was always either bouncing around, working fine, or not working at all at random for a long time. I had cleaned the sensor plug hoping it was that and I wouldn’t have to shell out money for a new sensor. After the issue persisting, I discovered that if I pushed or tapped the trip reset button while moving, the behavior would always change (mostly it would start working fine again for a few miles) but that obviously wasn’t a permanent fix so I tore into the dash. To my suprise, I did not find any loose wires or cracked solders. However, behind the speedometer there are pins (8 I believe) that connect the speedometer to the circuit board. I believe that the pins had just become too worn to maintain proper connection. I tried dielectric grease, bending them slightly both of which worked but only for a few months at a time. I finally ended up going to pull-a-part and purchasing a new (to me) speedometer for $15 and haven’t had any trouble since. I thought that this information may become useful to someone wants to eliminate one more possibility before they shell out close to $100 on a sensor that they may or may not need.
Thanks and Stay Dirty my friends

[Dale]

Hi Eric, long time viewer, first time poster here.
I just thought that I would share my experience with a similar issue on my ’95 Honda Civic EX automatic. My speedometer was always either bouncing around, working fine, or not working at all at random for a long time. I had cleaned the sensor plug hoping it was that and I wouldn’t have to shell out money for a new sensor. After the issue persisting, I discovered that if I pushed or tapped the trip reset button while moving, the behavior would always change (mostly it would start working fine again for a few miles) but that obviously wasn’t a permanent fix so I tore into the dash. To my suprise, I did not find any loose wires or cracked solders. However, behind the speedometer there are pins (8 I believe) that connect the speedometer to the circuit board. I believe that the pins had just become too worn to maintain proper connection. I tried dielectric grease, bending them slightly both of which worked but only for a few months at a time. I finally ended up going to pull-a-part and purchasing a new (to me) speedometer for $15 and haven’t had any trouble since. I thought that this information may become useful to someone wants to eliminate one more possibility before they shell out close to $100 on a sensor that they may or may not need.
Thanks and Stay Dirty my friends

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