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- Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:56 pm #106904 I took my car to a shop to see why my VTEC isn't popping and they told me the it could be my speedo wire sense speedo doesn't work... could this be true?

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- Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:38 pm #106941 mine isnt kicking in either but its giving me CEL code 17 (VSS). I read somewhere that if the VSS is not working properly, vtec wont kick in. Im not 100% sure but it cold be the VSS. somebody correct me if im wrong

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- Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:43 pm #106980 yes, it could be the reason.

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- Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:09 am #107025 damn going to have to take out my dash >_<

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- Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:46 am #107036

damn going to have to take out my dash >_<

whoa, hold on. I dont see why you need to take out your dash.

The Speed Sensor(VSS) is located toward the rear of your transmission. If its a VSS issue causing vtec to not hit it would be here. not under your dash.

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- Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:16 am #107044 why wouldnt vtec work if the vss is malfunctioning?

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- Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:21 am #107046

why wouldnt vtec work if the vss is malfunctioning?

in order for VTEC to engauge quite a few conditions have to be met. One of them is a VSS signal. If the ecu doesn't know how fast its going it wont crack vtec. Just like it wont crack vtec if it doesn't know oil pressure.

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- Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:33 am #107058

damn going to have to take out my dash >_<

whoa, hold on. I dont see why you need to take out your dash.

The Speed Sensor(VSS) is located toward the rear of your transmission. If its a VSS issue causing vtec to not hit it would be here. not under your dash.

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