Hey guys, I'm wondering if yall have seen a problem like this:
at highway speed (after 60mph) the needle of the rpm gauge swings rapidly between 3 and half and it's proper position (say, 2 and half). there's no change in the engine's noise. sometimes the car will jerk in a way that is similar to when it's shifting gear.
Thanks!

12/13/2005 4:38:47 PM

sounds like a slipping transmission to me.

12/13/2005 4:55:56 PM

its the sound of this leaving your wallet

12/13/2005 8:33:48 PM

on my dad's old ass audi the speedometer needle used to bounce with about a 20 mph range (safe, huh?). It turned out that the little gears for the needle was partially stripped and didn't make contact right. but his car didn't jerk. of course, the jerking could be wholly unrelated to the tach needle. but it sounds like ^ will be true.

12/15/2005 9:09:57 AM

what year? i would think honda gauges are all electronic, so itd be a fuct gauge or sender.

12/15/2005 10:02:49 AM

Ignition coil...

12/15/2005 10:57:37 AM

my moms infiniti's tach does some shit like that random, except no jerk or anything...just the tach going up and down from like 6k to 1k lol

[Edited on December 15, 2005 at 12:54 PM. Reason : whats the diagnosis kids]

12/15/2005 12:54:06 PM

that sucks

12/15/2005 1:14:19 PM

when i put my celica in reverse the tach jumps about 500 rpms

12/15/2005 2:04:46 PM

when i accelerate, my tach jumps to redline, but thats just all thart chevy powerrrrrrrrrr, burnin the tires off the rims

12/16/2005 7:29:23 PM

dude, your transmission is about to fail.

12/16/2005 8:25:47 PM