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Old 05-08-2014, 11:08 AM   #3 (permalink)
KROHN27
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EG6 - '95 Honda Civic VX
90 day: 50.1 mpg (US)

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90 day: 24.39 mpg (US)

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90 day: 22.67 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by basjoos View Post
The intermittent speedo/odometer problem is often caused by a cracked solder joint in the back of the instrument cluster. Pulling out the cluster and reheating all of the solder joints with a soldering iron usually fixes the problem (it has fixed this problem twice for me so far in the 21 years I have owned my 92 civic).
I've read about that actually. I want to try that but I'm also afraid of damaging it considering everything else works perfectly on the cluster. The speedo works 100% of the time, but the trip/odometer seems to get "hung up". Sometimes letting the trip reset snap back will do the trick, but the most it's lasted for me is about 100 miles, then back to not working. I'm wondering if the solder trick would fix it for me, or if the stepper motor is worn out.
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