What year is your Civic? Auto or manual? What country are you in?

sushil.sureka@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Over last weekend, my car developed a problem with Speedometer gauge
> and also the check engine light is coming on. We were driving to
> another city and after driving for 350 miles or so, suddenly the
> speedometer started going back and forth (even though the car was
> running at a constant speed) and check engine light came on. Opening
> the hood did not indicate any problem and since we were in the middle
> of really small town on 25th Dec we kept driving for another 200 miles
> before we found a good shop (the speedomter worked fine for speed less
> than 60 miles (approx) at a constant speed but if we braked or speeded
> it started going back and forth). Mechanic told us(based on
> computerized testing) that the fuse blew up (7.5 amp fuse that keeps
> track of alternator sensor and speedometer sensor). After replacing the
> fuse, next day we drove 200 miles and fuse blew up again. We replaced
> one mroe time and same thing happend after 15 miles with almost same
> behavior (constant speed worked ok)
>
> Seems like some kind of short circuit. Any idea how to proceed. All the
> mechanics in and around austin are asking for $70 mininum to have a
> look to figure out where the short is.
> Thanks
>
> SS