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Ascendancy
09-01-2008, 11:56 PM
Once i get up to about 50-55 and left of the gas my check engine light comes on im thinkin its the O2 censor but im not sure any suggestions?

A18A
09-02-2008, 12:00 AM
tell us what code the ecu is throwing http://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26342 i'm guessing tps or vss

Civic Accord Honda
09-02-2008, 12:14 AM
i reckon.

AccordB20A
09-02-2008, 12:19 PM
by the way the ecu will be under your drivers seat covered with a plastic cover :)

Demon1024
09-02-2008, 02:13 PM
x2 vss have fun with that one, just switch the cluster

MessyHonda
09-03-2008, 10:46 PM
thats the cool thing about our cars...we can check the codes...most of them are easy fixes

Dr_Snooz
09-04-2008, 07:58 PM
x2 vss have fun with that one, just switch the cluster

Don't quote me on this, but I remember my sister taking her 3g to the stealer for a cruise control problem years ago. They told her the VSS was bad and charged her ~$400 to fix it. They said that if you leave the cruise control system on, it will burn up the VSS. I always assumed they were being their typical cheating scoundrel selves, but if there is a pulser in the dash that goes bad, I might be willing to forgive them this one.

Anyone else know anything about this?

russiankid
09-05-2008, 03:04 PM
Don't quote me on this, but I remember my sister taking her 3g to the stealer for a cruise control problem years ago. They told her the VSS was bad and charged her ~$400 to fix it. They said that if you leave the cruise control system on, it will burn up the VSS. I always assumed they were being their typical cheating scoundrel selves, but if there is a pulser in the dash that goes bad, I might be willing to forgive them this one.

Anyone else know anything about this?

There is a pulser in the dash. That is how the CC works. It sends a pulse depending on speed, this way you can resume the CC because it remembers what pulse it was.

At least I think.

AccordB20A
09-05-2008, 06:14 PM
VSS and cruise control pulser are both seperate. Ones a reed switch and the other is something you would find inside a ball mouse :)

Dr_Snooz
09-06-2008, 05:47 AM
But does the pulser burn up if you leave the CC switch on?

russiankid
09-06-2008, 09:17 AM
But does the pulser burn up if you leave the CC switch on?

Possibly. I never really looked into how the CC works, guess its time to look at the digram and see if the pulser turns off or not.

Edit: I just looked at the wiring digram, and it stays on all the time.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e58/russian03rustler/CruiseControlwiring.jpg

Demon1024
09-06-2008, 10:35 PM
Does anyone know what the pulser looks like? i had this problem a while back and never figured out which part to change so i changed the whole thing out

AccordB20A
09-06-2008, 10:50 PM
a small glass reed switch on the speedometer part.

Demon1024
09-07-2008, 01:09 PM
with yellow plastic around it right?