No speedometer and feels like it's stuck in first gear

[kairuriak]

I have a 1996 Honda Civic HX, the speedometer doesnt work but everything else in the cluster does, when I accelerate it feels like its not shifting at all just revs up to about 7-8k rpms.
The previous owner claims to have replaced the VSS which I checked and it has all of its teeth and looks to be new.

 

[young_]

Well I'm assuming it's an automatic. It's either shifting or it's not. Watch your rpms. You can tell the difference between 10 mph and 60 mph.


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[kairuriak]

It is an automatic and I wasn't sure on the shifting because of the CVT transmission in it

 

[kairuriak]

there's no check engine light, fuse 15 isn't blown, and there's voltage between the VSS and the connector. What else should I check?

 

[2slo4u]

Could be the shift solenoid

 

[kairuriak]

I've never done anything with a transmission like this, or a Honda for that matter. Are there shift solenoids on the CVT model?

 

[kairuriak]

Anyone have anything? I've tried to research this to no avail. I ordered a new connector to the VSS to see if that's the problem. Is there anything else I should be checking?