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VSS wire (speed sense) output - CL9

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The VSS signal is a wire that outputs a square wave with a frequency proportional to the speed the vehicle is moving at. It basically allows another device to monitor the speed at which the vehicle is moving. This monitoring may occasionally be required for certain aftermarket Navigational units, or other devices.

The VSS wire is only present in the vehicles with OEM Navi systems. It's a Blue/White wire located at the white connector E, pin #26 at the ECM(Electronic Control Module). Those vehicles that do not have the OEM Navi, do not have the wire present, but the pin output is present in the ECM. So in order to get the signal, a wire has to be inserted into the white plug (pin #E26) as shown on the below picture. Looking at the ECM from the passenger side foot well, the harness needed to plug into is on the far right of the ECM.
 

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^^ When I did mine, I just used the wire that came with my Pioneer deck. I would guess it's just a standard 18 or 20 guage wire. Just inserted it into the empty slot, taped it up and it has worked great ever since.

That Pic looks familiar Pete. :thumbsup: I think I made some posts before in one of those threads discussing the VSS wire wayyyy back in the day...haha.
 
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Peregrine said:
he, he, yes, when making this thread, I came across a lot of your posts. As a matter of fact, at least a part of one statement is copied out of one your posts.
But as you notice from the first paragraph (in italic) I'm not taking all the credits.
That's cool Pete. I didn't think you were taking credit for it all, but props for mentioning what you did in the italics.

Thanks for posting this up though, I've been getting quite a few PMs lately asking about where to find the VSS wire. :thumbsup:
 
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I was just thinking about this this morning while looking at the Information screen on my '05 w/ Navi. The VSS wire is most likely to calculate the MPG, as it has an average speed indicator as well. My guess is that the '06 and newer TSX's also have this wire regardless of whether or not they have Navi for the Driver Information Display.