thanks hondatech. would step by step directions be in the haynes manual or something similar? I don't mind doing my own work at all and would most likely not have much trouble doing the work. The reason i don't want to however is because i just bought it and the dealer said they would fix it so i'm going to let them do it.

I will let everyone know the exact problem once it is fixed. in the meantime...is this a common problem? What concerns me is how long the problem has been going on. It shows 117K, but if the probem has been going on for a long time it could have 200K for all i know. It is having this problem with no check engine light on, which is a little wierd in my mind. i heard the check engine light doesnt come on unless it compeletely stops working. is this true? I mentioned this on another thread, but is there a way to find out the true mileage? carfax matches what is shown on the odometer.

 

The exact same thing happened to my accord about 7 or 8 years ago. The speedo would work sometimes, then crap out and get stuck on 20 mph. We let it go for a couple of years, during which mileage would not register whenever the needle was stuck on 20 mph. Finally ended up replacing the entire cluster, and mileage was set back to 000000.

 

Can I get a little more info in this? Perhaps a diagram if you have one available? If I knew where it was I would tear in there in a heartbeat. I just thought it was going to be something to do with wiring, not anything as simple as a motor replacement.

Nope. Nothing about the speedo in my Haynes. Maybe I'll download the shop manual that is free. I have never done that before since my car is a V6 and I figured most of what is in the manual for a 94 4cyl Accord would not apply.

From the frequency of the posts I have seen, I would say it is a pretty common problem in the 5th generation Accords (94-97 models). But I wouldn't worry too much about the mileage. If yours works even 1/2 of the time, your mileage is probably still within a few thousand of what is actually accurate. And if you think about it, most speedometersread about 2 or 3 mph faster than your actual speed, so your odo will show more mileage than you actually should have (If I checkmy speed on my Garmin GPS, both of my Accords speedo'sread about 3mph faster than I am really going).Mine quit working all together, so I am beginning to get a little nervous about it. Mine worked intermittently for a few months.

 

Got it back from the dealer and the speedometer works as it should.......but i didnt realize at all that it would set my mileage back to ZERO. o well..i got a brand new 94 right? fresh off the lot.

00Accord...where can you download the shop manual for free?

 

In the DIY section, the online manuals thread has links to sites with a 94 shop manual in pdf form.

 

Thanks!

 

Sounds to me like the dealer replaced the entire cluster instead of the faulty part. How much $ did they charge you?

 

they charge me a whopping ZERO...which is unique for a dealer right? the reason is - i bought the car (used of course) and the speedo was acting up. They didnt want to sell me the car at all because it wouldnt have the acutal mileage. i didnt care becasue i could tell the car didnt have many miles because it was damn clean and ran great. I told him i'd still buy it if he knocked down the price...which he did. I was going to replace the VSS on my own and thought it would be fine. WEll when i picked up the car they said they replaced it (didnt charge for this either) becasue they didnt want it to leave the lot not working. I was okay with that, but when i drove away it wasnt working again. I immediatly drove back and said it wasnt working anymore so they ordered the speedo part and i brought it back in a week later so they could put it in.


o yeah and they didnt replace the entire cluster because i had a bulb out...so i bought bulbs and brought them with me and asked if they would replace the one that was burnt out. They said they replaced 2 when i got it back. well later that night i found out they did replace a bulb or two, but not the one that was burnt becasue i still have a dark spot..and now an extra bright spot with the new bulb. o well...i thought about putting int led's anyway.

 

That seems extremely odd to me that they would replace a part, then take all of the extra time to roll the odometer back to zero. Not to mention rolling the odometer back to zero is illegal.

 

The most likely just replaced the speedo with a brand new unit at 0 miles.