Honda ES shifting problem and speedometer

[NIBOWMAN]

I have a 2000 Honda Forman ES. At times it will stay in a selected gear and not shift up or down. If I shut it off with the key and turn it back on, rock the machine I can get it to shift back to neutral and restart. The shifter then seems to work for a while. Just recently the speedo quite working, just shows 0. I had replaced the battery because it wasn't holding a charge. Since then I have been having problems. Any help would be great. Thank you.

[BoxMN]

I'll let MacGyver tell you best advice, but what helped me on my '03 is to make sure the battery has good charge. I still get a bit of prob when VERY cold but leaving trickle charger on in winter has fixed me 98%.

There is some adjustment that folks here told me about, but I have not done it yet.

[Macgyver55]

Does it flash any codes and have you ever replaced the angle sensor? This was a common issue on the older ES models.

There are test procedures you can find on the net that will walk you through the test better than I can describe it here, or they run about 60 bucks from Honda if you want to take the gamble.

Here is a location pic.

[NIBOWMAN]

Thank you for the quick responses. The battery is brand new. Replaced because I thought it might help, and the old one was 6 years old. Thanks Mac I will look for the sensor and see if I can replace it or if I can get lucky enough to just have a bad connection.

[SouperStar22]

At Macgyver55 I had the same problem but my shifter was clicking when shifting but numbers wont go down so I replace the battery to a $100 gel battery from autozone and sudden my shifter start working my question is should I still look at the angle sensoror is there other problems to it?

[Macgyver55]

The shifting problem can also be caused by a low or bad battery. If I understand you correctly, and it is working properly now, I don't see the need to go any further into checking the angle sensor.

[Scott K]

I have seen the low battery voltage cause no shifting, and defaulting to 2nd gear. Also the speedo wont read mileage

[SouperStar22]

Yes scott you are right thats how my foreman was acting again thanks scott and Mac