Thursday, March 22, 2012

"How To Check The ECU Codes on 1994 Honda Civic"

1994 Honda Civic Red Front View

How do I check the ECU codes on my 1994 Honda Civic. I have the Hayes manual but is not really helping me. I am not sure what to connect. My VSS sensor burned out and I’m pretty sure that. That’s the reason why the Check Engine Came On. When I was trying to figure out how to read the Codes I tried different combination now my ABS light came on. Since I don’t know how to get the codes I do not know what’s wrong with the Car. P lease help me.

Answer: On the 94 civic there is a two terminal connector behind the right side of the instrument panel by the glove box. You need to jump the terminals of that connector using a jumper wire then with the jumper in place turn the ignition key on and count the long and short flashes of the check engine light. The long flash is about 1/2 second; the short flash about half of that. Each long flash counts for a value of 10 and each short flash is a value of 1 so if you have 4 long flashes and 3 short flashes the code is 43. Then you can get the information on that.
The two terminal connector should be easy to spot; it will be near the underside of the glove box under the close out panel. I think its on the very right side of the car but it may be more towards the center of the glove box.