Mine too I took mine to the dealership. They said they couldn’t help with the repair have to order a new cluster. I will give this a try. I did have to do reciter on the stereo it fixed it.
Thank you so much for this video. My truck made it 20 years and 148246.0 miles before the odometer quit working. I have the ford shop manuals, but they are no help on this problem. Fords solution when the pin test fails, is to replace the cluster. This saved me hundreds of dollars. I, like some other people commented, had to struggle a little to get the gear position indicator out as my cluster has no tach, but with a little work was able to figure out how it comes out. The whole process took me about an hour to complete and it worked great. Could not have done this without your video. Your clarity in this process made this task not only doable but allowed me to enjoy the process of the repair. Thank you again for taking the time to share your knowledge on this fix.
Wow thanks for this awesome comment Albert. Congrats on your Ford odometer display DIY repair. Feel free to reward yourself with one of our DIY branded shirts in the channel shop. (Forgive the shameless plug!) Thanks again.
This video reminds me of why I kept my old ford running. Very little problems like this over 20 years. 327K miles and still looking and running GREAT!!
This worked like a champ on my 2002 f150! Years ago, the odo display started going out intermittently...and the last few years it's almost always off, but it would come on for a day or so after a really heavy rain. And if it was around inspection time I'd have to race to the shop and try and get the inspection done before it went back out lol. Thanks for the great video man, it was super helpful! Cheers!
A great help. i used a jeweler's loop (because my unaided eye couldn't tell if it was damaged) and several of them looked damaged, so I touched the whole connector up and it works great. Way too hot today to want to dismantle that thing twice. I'm glad it worked on the first go-round. The only extra thing I did based off several other videos/articles was I disconnected the positive battery first so the airbag didn't blow up in my face. I'm sure it's safe enough without that step, but it only took an extra minute. I also removed all the light bulbs because I didn't want to force the clips off to find out I was pulling off the lights, but now I re-watched your video I realize I could have left those in. I wasn't expecting the board to take that much force to slide off but that was probably just 17 years of oxidation build up.
Just got around to tackling my display repair after years of putting it off. I have a 2001 Ford F-150 Supercrew. I found the crack on the pin mentioned. Applied fresh solder. It appears I have finally solved the problem of the disappearing odometer!! Thanks for the video.
Thanks so much for sharing this information. I have been fixing a few electrical gremlins in my brother-in-law's 2003 F150. Now I can cross the "ghost" odometer reading off of the list as I just fixed it thanks to you :)
I have a 2002 F-150 that's had an intermittent issue for years, then it finally quit all together this year. This fix worked as advertised and it only took 1 hour! Thanks for the video!!
I had an odometer that would sometimes work, sometimes not. This was the 3rd UA-cam video I watched on this repair, and all showed the same repair. Last night I re-soldered all the pins on that particular connector, and I think it worked! Time will tell.
Worked perfectly. Took 2 hours to remove and replace and five minutes or less to solder. Both outside pins had cracked solder. I would recommend you pay close attention to how the shift indicator comes out for reassembly. I would also recommend a flex screwdriver for the socket. My problem was intermittent. Worked when cold and then would turn off. I live in Denver, and I was always nervous the odometer wouldn't come on for the emissions test. Thank You Very Much!
Thanks for this video. My odo has been going out for a while. I didn't know it was this easy to access, so I took it out. I noticed I had two dry solder joints. The far left pin and the far right pin. Put some fresh solder on those and it works like a charm. While I was in the cluster, I went ahead and cleaned the clear bezel, and 18 years worth of dust trapped inside. Looks brand new and now my odo works. And I've got almost 408,000 miles on my truck!
@@MrKistel Thanks! The water pump finally went out about a year ago and I had to get that replaced. A/C compressor isn’t working - it locked up, so I’ll hopefully be replacing that soon. It was missing pretty bad but I had the coils, spark plugs, and wires replaced and it runs very well now. Haven’t done anything to the supercharger, I’m afraid to mess with it, but it seems to be working well.
Hey, shout out to you thank you 9 year old video but it helped took me 40 minutes mileage lights up. Thank you again. Took it to the dealership and they wanted to replace the cluster $500 intermittent, would light up when it wanted to. it’s really getting, to be a pain it was staying off longer now.
Did mine and it worked but I would recommend examining every solder joint in the set with a strong magnifier. I had the typical obvious solder cracks on the outside pins but upon closer examination with a magnifier I could see at least 2 more inside pins were cracked , so I did them all. Over the years I've fixed quite a few relays, modules ,etc. with this problem and every one was on a apliance or device subject to a lot of jostling or vibration so that is definetly a factor I believe. Another thing I would strongly recommend is the use of liquid elec flux as a prep to soldering. It is really important. Put a few drops on a Qtip and wipe the joint, you can solder immediatley and it will reactivate the old solder like magic. It also will require less heat with flux and there will be less chance of lifting a trace.Make sure you do wipe with alcohol when your done to remove any remaining flux from the area.I have poor eyesight so I was nervous because these pins are a lot smaller than you might imagine from the video and I was worried about bridging joints accidently.Got it done thogh and I'm so gratefull for this video and one other which were indispensible so thanks so much for making it!
Thank you. Very nicely done and it helped a lot. The only thing I needed to get from someplace else is how to disconnect the gear shift display. My odometer was intermittent so I'm hoping this will have fixed the problem for good. I only touched the one solder point that you mention instead of doing them all like another video suggested. I understand doing them all while in there after all the work getting it undone, but I didn't want to touch anything more than I had to, so I went with your one point. Hopefully, I won't have to go in again. The hardest part for me was getting the plugs undone from behind the console. I also scratched my dash trying to get out the light switch panel, but that's partially due to my truck being so old (2002) that I think it just scratched easily - took off the gray overlay/plastic. They don't put much quality into a lot of this plastic stuff. Anyway, thanks, I'm crossing my fingers that this works, but I won't know for a few weeks if it consistently displays.
Thank you so much! You are the man! I followed your directions and now my wife thinks I'm a hero! Yeah. Thanks to you. Really appreciate it. It took me exactly 1 hr. After many years of working and not working, now It works constantly! Can't thank you enough. Cheers!
Hey Joe, Enjoyed your instructions on how to fix the odometer on my 2000 F150. I did this and it worked very well. Now my odometer works great. Was going to cost over 300.00 to get someone to fix this. Guess I will pay myself, haha. Thanks again for the step by steps instructions. William, from Tennessee.
William, thanks for watching and the comment. Glad you got your odometer working. If you are looking for what to do with the saved cost you could always consider contributing something towards this channel! Just throwing that out there as such contributions help make created these types of videos. Thanks
Excellent video including that pesky gear shift cable! The rest was straightforward, but that cable was hard to see without pulling that extra panel. The soldering is the easy part for me since that's what I do for a living. I have a 2002 F150 FX4 late model (after Feb 2002). Thanks!
I know this is an older video..however....im an Excavating Contractor...had an Excavator few years ago with a digital display acting up. I took out panel, took apart...just re soldered as many places as I could. It fixed the display panel. I use to do it to my older guitar amps as well.
Great tip to resolder as many connections as you can get to. Many times, it is hard to tell if a specific solder joint has failed so not a bad idea to resolder all the connections.
Thanks bro this video was super thorough and I do appreciate that. Most people skip through screws or bolts and I was able to work along with you the way you did it. Thanks man.
Got both the multi switch lever and the Odometer display done in 1 sitting. Starting to put it back together and the Trip Set/Reset lever fell out. I don't see how it connects to anything. Do you know if it does and how to get it in right? Is taking over 3 hours I wonder because I'm left handed. Thanks for explaining and showing this clearly.
Thanks so much! This is the only video I found like this. I've to a 2003 Ford F150 XLT Lariet and the odometer indicator lights up intermittently. More OFF than ON as time goes by. I had to go a little deeper; to the indicator with ribbon cable. My problem seems to be in the ribbon cable or connector. I moved everything around until I think I got it working, but only tomorrow will tell. Once I removed it from the board, I took a closeup photo with the Ford part number on the indicator with connector so I can research the availability and price of another if the problem persists. Thanks for your video. It gave me the courage to tackle this project on Labor Day morning.
I have repaired two of them, one in a Silverado and another in a Ford F150, just by removing the electrical connectors and spraying both male and female sides with a good helping of CRC Electronic Connector Cleaner. There was no need to do soldering. The Silverado took minutes to do and the Ford took an hour. The Silverado was sometimes displaying the odometer intermittently because the prongs were loose. . I took it out again separated a few of the outer prongs to get a good fit. No problems with either of them has occurred again.
had the same issue same truck mind was beyond cracked. the pin basically lost all connection. would this cause my read out to be all dashes? I had the problem where I had all dashes and my truck would not start. a light tap or sometimes a hard pound on the dash and a key cycle would get the numbers to reregister and then the truck will start and run fine. I was wondering if you had any information on this?
Hi I have a ford transit 2005 model and there is no odometer showing in the dash :/ when we bought the van is had anther external meter (simens VDO) that was connected with the van. It is just like a meter used to pass from border to border and it had the mileage stored in it. Now this meter has stopped working and it is like sealed so I cannot open it. My question still remains why this van does not indicate the original mileage on its dash ? maybe you can help me out please ?
Great video. Thanks a bunch for taking the time to do this. Just one quick question. What watt soldering iron did you use? I will try this fix after I return from a little camping trip.
Hi, I just purchased a 97 Ford Expedition and the speedometer is not working. It reads 128856, however it did read 124500 on an inspection report just Sept. 2016 so it just stopped working recently. What do you think the cause could be?
When you’ve fixed and lit up your what was your mileage on your vehicle? My F150 has been doing this intermittent often on for years mileage is 254,657
Joe, I have made this repair about three times now, but my solder does not seem to hold. The odometer ends up flickering on and off again. Is there a special process for the soldering or a special solder for this application. Many thanks.
Rosin core solder. It can be tricky. you want to try to make both surfaces hot for the solder to properly adhere but not over heat the board as to melt anything.
Ok man I have a question I have a 2006 ford escape hybrid and when I went to get into my vehicle and found before I even opened the door that my that both lights were still on where the digital reading of my odo and where it shows if it's in park ect....dont know why those lights wont turn off if you can help it would be greatly appreciated
Great vid,I took off a few less things but did pretty much what you did and now it works perfectly. I would have people look out for that little grey rubber plunger on the end of the Trip button. I plugged in juice before bolting in and the trip -odometer control didn't work. pulled back off and the rubber plunger fell off..
hi i have a fiat punto 2006, the full speedometer is working and the place where mileage is displayed has back light but the mielage does not apper. i have changed the speedo however it is the same thing. do you know any thing. Many Thanks
I just got a display of " T 206.7" on my digital odometer...... what does that mean? I noticed you also got a "T" readout before you pushed the reset. I have a 2000 F150 that has also been blinking on occasion. Any ideas on the code?
Push in the odometer button once to change the readout to truck mileage. T 206.7 is your Trip mileage. if you want to zero out your Trip mileage, press and hold the odometer button.
Push in the odometer button once to change the readout to truck mileage. T 206.7 is your Trip mileage. if you want to zero out your Trip mileage, press and hold the odometer button.
Do you know where the milage is stored ? is it in the computer somewhere or in the speedometer unit ? I don't want to replace my speedometer with a high milage one. I took it apart today & saw the led had a burn spot on it. I tried to reflow all the connections too. It is on a 06 Freestar. w/o msg display.
This might have worked for my 2005 expedition, however it did not. The instrument cluster is a different model. The back cover doesn't come off without removing the entire face including the thin black cover and needles. The screws are under the face. However, I wanted my husband to attempt it anyhow. He cut a hole in the back to access the green board. We couldn't see any clear damage that we should specifically saw her specifically sautter. So we touched up some points and put it back in to see what would happen. We plugged it back in and some and some things worked and some things didn't work. But some things stayed on even when the car was off which drained the battery. In conclusion, I have a new cluster on the way. And for now it's not plugged in at all so I have no idea how fast I'm going or how much gas I have and other things stopped working also. Cannot roll my windows down.. The automatic door locks do not work.And worst of all! The radio wont-work! Who knew all these things ran through the instrument panel cluster?!?! Lmao ....lesson learned.
@@MrKistel Actually... no The one I ordered said compatible with 2005 or 2006 .... It turns out the one I ordered will not communicate with my truck. From what I found out, people are telling me I need to find the exact make model and year for my truck because they communicate differently.. I am on the lookout for a 2005 eddie bauer cluster.
Hello, my 2010 ford crown Victoria has the same problem and after watching this video I might just fix it by myself, I do have one question though, what kind of soldering wire did you use in that video?
It looks like you soldered the joint on the non-plug side of the board. Other videos showed soldering on the pin or plug-side of the board. Does it make a difference?
Did I miss a previous video? How did you know which solder point was the one you needed to redo? My odom has been blank for a long time, now I have other cluster lights that come on. When they do I lose my tac, speedo and water temp gauge. Please see my video and offer your advice. Pretty sure there's a short, but I don't know what solder point may be causing the problem. Thanks
Thanks for watching and sorry to hear of your frustrations with your vehicle's dash display. I am afraid I am not sure what your issue may be. You can visually inspect the board the best you can and see if you notice an obvious short or a solder break somewhere. Please let us know what you the culprit was when you figure it out.
Hey, great vid. I have a 2002 Nissan Xterra with digital odometer and some of the numbers are blanked out. When I push the screen, they all show but when I let it go, some phase out again. Do you think this is what I need to do? Thanks in advance.
Amigo, en mi caso ya cambié el sensor de velocidad ford f150 2002, pero al encenderla la velocidad se queda en 50 millas fijo, aunque acelere o frene siempre se queda fijo mientras esté energizado.
Hello which one do you think I need to sodder if my odometer isn’t showing and the needles all don’t move. All fuses are good and the lights on cluster work just not the odometer and needles
Jason, hard to say but if you take it apart you might be able to see what the issue is. Perhaps a loose connection will be visible. Please advise what you determine is wrong with your Ford odometer.
One suggestion -- disconnect the ground on your battery to prevent any shorts. I would get a CHILTONs book ( it is a How To handbook ) so you can see what everything is. I have yet to try it yet, nervous about doing the soldering. How difficult is it to take out the clusters and can they get crossed accidentally putting back in ??
It is not too bad if you take your time. It is always a gamble taking things apart but sometimes that is the only option to move forward. Best of luck.
@@MrKistel Thank you. I’m in process of buying a 2006 Ford F-250 and the digital odometer is not working. Eventually I will have to get it fixed and I was trying to estimate how much it will cost. Runs great!
I did this repair, thanks for the step by step, and triggered the anti-theft device on the truck. The Theft light flashes and the truck will not start. Anyone know how to fix this?
Faced my fears and fixed it. I first could not see the crack in the solider so I had to look @ it under a lighted magnifying glass then I soldier it again. Took it outside and tested it and got good results. Ithanku
Extremely helpful. Question though. Should I be grounded with some sort of anti-static discharge tether before handling the circuit board? Wouldn't want my 70's throw-back Afro kicking out 20,000 volts of static. (lol)
Great video. Easy to follow and it slowed my odometer issue! I’m having an issue with my tachometer and I was hoping you know which one of the connector on the circuit board are the ones for the tach...?
I have this same issue with my odometer and the gauge for the oil pressure seems to be giving out. Any suggestions for that? Thought of just switching out the gauge from another cluster.
I tried hitting all the solder joints I could on my 2008 Taurus SEL and pretty much no change to the LED read out except it went from black to the horizontal orange lines off and on. But I have a completely different looking instrument cluster and LED readout. And none of the original solder looked bad. And there are a lot of items under the LED Module that I can't get to. Might just buy a new lower mileage one off ebay and hope it works for the rest of the time I keep this car. I'm surprised there is no way to read the cars milage except from theses message centers. I asked several mechanic's if their engine analysis units could and most say no. It seems to be totally locked into the instrument cluster. That just seems weird to me.
I'm both sad and glad this is common problem. I also have an 03 f150 and i need to track mileage and this makes it impossible. Sometimes i can hit the dash and it works. Winter it seems to last longer than summer
Does 2007 ford free star van same panel? Thanks Look similar tho, I cannot register with DMV because I dont know how many miles it has. I will try. Thanks
@@MrKistel I brought circuit board to place yesterday . Lot of hair line cracks so said was fixed 130.00 . I put back in Dave only half the instrument worked left side didn't work . No gas gage no light to odometer oil not . Just maybe no power to that side of it. So I called him wanted vin number and picture of instrument panel . Waiting to hear back . I am wounding if i broke a wire by pulling it out . Clip is broken that u push down on . I got check the power to plug goes into it .. My blinkers not working or brake light now. Hope that all tied into the board also. Ready get rid of truck after all this crap. 2003 Lariat F150 step side. But what have in newer trucks today even harder to work on so worth it money they are asking nuts. Put up what you have try keep it going . Have rust to deal with. Never ends i guess. Thank you for help.
You think this problem would have been addressed by Ford but it continued on into the next gen f150. My 2006 is doing the same thing. I'm sure it's a cold solder joint.
before you try any thing ...try this trick ....remove the battery terminals for few seconds ,then re connect them ,,,,,this will reset the ECM ,,,it worked for my ford falcon SR3 australia ....all my dashboard instruments were frozen ...took 30 seconds to fix
About to try this in my 2002 F150. My “cruise” light is out as well. The cruise control works but no green light. Anyone know the fix for it? Am hoping to fix it while I have the cluster out. Thanks.
hi,i have a 2005 ford taurus, the light went out on the rectangle where it displays the mileage and the display to check miles left of gas,engine temp, miles on trip,ect....can you help me .....
Hey, great video. QUESTION: If one of these electronic odometers stops reading mileage at 50,000 miles (for easy math) and you repair it after 10,000 miles, will the repaired odometer read 50,000 or 60,000 miles? Thanks in advance.
Forrest this Ford dash repair fixes the odometer display. The mileage data is not effected and the dash display should read the accurate vehicle mileage. Thanks for the comment.
The headlight switch did not just pop out because it was held in by "two clips". It was a lever assembly and prying like you did in your video resulted in busting the face plate off the switch assembly. You HAVE to use a special tool that releases the spring loaded lever system and latch on the left side of the assembly. Prying it will break the unit. Also, no details about how to deal with the shift indicator. This is an important step. If you follow this video, you WILL break things.
I have a question I’m trying to put in the speedometer with the rpm to mine which doesn’t have it but I have a cord stuck on where it says p r n d 2 1 I can’t unlatch it
This worked like a charm on my 2003 f150. Been driving me crazy for years having my odometer come and go intermittently. Thanks a million!
Glad it helped
Mine too I took mine to the dealership. They said they couldn’t help with the repair have to order a new cluster. I will give this a try. I did have to do reciter on the stereo it fixed it.
Wow i have one also same problem. Good job Ford...
Thank you so much for this video. My truck made it 20 years and 148246.0 miles before the odometer quit working. I have the ford shop manuals, but they are no help on this problem. Fords solution when the pin test fails, is to replace the cluster. This saved me hundreds of dollars. I, like some other people commented, had to struggle a little to get the gear position indicator out as my cluster has no tach, but with a little work was able to figure out how it comes out. The whole process took me about an hour to complete and it worked great. Could not have done this without your video. Your clarity in this process made this task not only doable but allowed me to enjoy the process of the repair. Thank you again for taking the time to share your knowledge on this fix.
Wow thanks for this awesome comment Albert. Congrats on your Ford odometer display DIY repair. Feel free to reward yourself with one of our DIY branded shirts in the channel shop. (Forgive the shameless plug!) Thanks again.
Thanks. This suggested work on my 2001 Ford 150. Took me an 1.5 hr and likely saved me 500+ $
+N Melen awesome glad to hear you were able to make the repair with the help of this video
This video reminds me of why I kept my old ford running. Very little problems like this over 20 years. 327K miles and still looking and running GREAT!!
awesome
This worked like a champ on my 2002 f150!
Years ago, the odo display started going out intermittently...and the last few years it's almost always off, but it would come on for a day or so after a really heavy rain. And if it was around inspection time I'd have to race to the shop and try and get the inspection done before it went back out lol.
Thanks for the great video man, it was super helpful! Cheers!
Love to hear a comment like this. Thanks for sharing.
A great help. i used a jeweler's loop (because my unaided eye couldn't tell if it was damaged) and several of them looked damaged, so I touched the whole connector up and it works great. Way too hot today to want to dismantle that thing twice. I'm glad it worked on the first go-round. The only extra thing I did based off several other videos/articles was I disconnected the positive battery first so the airbag didn't blow up in my face. I'm sure it's safe enough without that step, but it only took an extra minute. I also removed all the light bulbs because I didn't want to force the clips off to find out I was pulling off the lights, but now I re-watched your video I realize I could have left those in. I wasn't expecting the board to take that much force to slide off but that was probably just 17 years of oxidation build up.
Just got around to tackling my display repair after years of putting it off. I have a 2001 Ford F-150 Supercrew. I found the crack on the pin mentioned. Applied fresh solder. It appears I have finally solved the problem of the disappearing odometer!! Thanks for the video.
Fantastic stuff Ken
Thanks so much for sharing this information. I have been fixing a few electrical gremlins in my brother-in-law's 2003 F150. Now I can cross the "ghost" odometer reading off of the list as I just fixed it thanks to you :)
Just followed all of these instructions and it completely worked . Lifesaver, thank you so much!
Great to hear!
I have a 2002 F-150 that's had an intermittent issue for years, then it finally quit all together this year. This fix worked as advertised and it only took 1 hour! Thanks for the video!!
so glad it was an easy fix for you Jim
I had an odometer that would sometimes work, sometimes not. This was the 3rd UA-cam video I watched on this repair, and all showed the same repair. Last night I re-soldered all the pins on that particular connector, and I think it worked! Time will tell.
Congrats on your DIY repair of your odometer display.
Worked perfectly. Took 2 hours to remove and replace and five minutes or less to solder. Both outside pins had cracked solder. I would recommend you pay close attention to how the shift indicator comes out for reassembly. I would also recommend a flex screwdriver for the socket. My problem was intermittent. Worked when cold and then would turn off. I live in Denver, and I was always nervous the odometer wouldn't come on for the emissions test. Thank You Very Much!
Glad to hear it worked for you, thanks for sharing your project results.
Shit bro, I had this whole job done in less than 30 minutes.
Thanks for this video. My odo has been going out for a while. I didn't know it was this easy to access, so I took it out. I noticed I had two dry solder joints. The far left pin and the far right pin. Put some fresh solder on those and it works like a charm. While I was in the cluster, I went ahead and cleaned the clear bezel, and 18 years worth of dust trapped inside. Looks brand new and now my odo works. And I've got almost 408,000 miles on my truck!
Glad it helped Congrats on surpassing 400K miles on your truck. That is amazing. Any major repairs to get you that far?
@@MrKistel Thanks! The water pump finally went out about a year ago and I had to get that replaced. A/C compressor isn’t working - it locked up, so I’ll hopefully be replacing that soon. It was missing pretty bad but I had the coils, spark plugs, and wires replaced and it runs very well now. Haven’t done anything to the supercharger, I’m afraid to mess with it, but it seems to be working well.
Hey, shout out to you thank you 9 year old video but it helped took me 40 minutes mileage lights up. Thank you again. Took it to the dealership and they wanted to replace the cluster $500 intermittent, would light up when it wanted to. it’s really getting, to be a pain it was staying off longer now.
Great to hear!
Did mine and it worked but I would recommend examining every solder joint in the set with a strong magnifier. I had the typical obvious solder cracks on the outside pins but upon closer examination with a magnifier I could see at least 2 more inside pins were cracked , so I did them all. Over the years I've fixed quite a few relays, modules ,etc. with this problem and every one was on a apliance or device subject to a lot of jostling or vibration so that is definetly a factor I believe. Another thing I would strongly recommend is the use of liquid elec flux as a prep to soldering. It is really important. Put a few drops on a Qtip and wipe the joint, you can solder immediatley and it will reactivate the old solder like magic. It also will require less heat with flux and there will be less chance of lifting a trace.Make sure you do wipe with alcohol when your done to remove any remaining flux from the area.I have poor eyesight so I was nervous because these pins are a lot smaller than you might imagine from the video and I was worried about bridging joints accidently.Got it done thogh and I'm so gratefull for this video and one other which were indispensible so thanks so much for making it!
great tips and thanks
I just used your great video to fix this problem on my 2001 Ford pickup. Took about 2 hours. Thanks so much!
Awesome, always great to hear that a video is helpful to a viewer. Thanks for the comment.
just did this to my 2002 F-150. Worked like a charm. Thank you for the content.
Great to hear!
Thank you. Very nicely done and it helped a lot. The only thing I needed to get from someplace else is how to disconnect the gear shift display. My odometer was intermittent so I'm hoping this will have fixed the problem for good. I only touched the one solder point that you mention instead of doing them all like another video suggested. I understand doing them all while in there after all the work getting it undone, but I didn't want to touch anything more than I had to, so I went with your one point. Hopefully, I won't have to go in again. The hardest part for me was getting the plugs undone from behind the console. I also scratched my dash trying to get out the light switch panel, but that's partially due to my truck being so old (2002) that I think it just scratched easily - took off the gray overlay/plastic. They don't put much quality into a lot of this plastic stuff. Anyway, thanks, I'm crossing my fingers that this works, but I won't know for a few weeks if it consistently displays.
A replacement lens can be had for $20 and scratches can be touched up with paint specifically for car interiors. Just sayin
Thank you so much! You are the man! I followed your directions and now my wife thinks I'm a hero! Yeah. Thanks to you. Really appreciate it. It took me exactly 1 hr. After many years of working and not working, now It works constantly! Can't thank you enough. Cheers!
So awesome to hear that you are now a hero! Glad it was helpful
Thank you! That worked perfectly and it was my first time soldering anything!
Glad it helped and congrats on the successful DIY repair.
I have been searching all over for this video thanks so much
glad it was helpful
Hey Joe, Enjoyed your instructions on how to fix the odometer on my 2000 F150. I did this and it worked very well. Now my odometer works great. Was going to cost over 300.00 to get someone to fix this. Guess I will pay myself, haha. Thanks again for the step by steps instructions. William, from Tennessee.
William, thanks for watching and the comment. Glad you got your odometer working. If you are looking for what to do with the saved cost you could always consider contributing something towards this channel! Just throwing that out there as such contributions help make created these types of videos. Thanks
Excellent video including that pesky gear shift cable! The rest was straightforward, but that cable was hard to see without pulling that extra panel. The soldering is the easy part for me since that's what I do for a living. I have a 2002 F150 FX4 late model (after Feb 2002). Thanks!
Thank you for sharing that this video was helpful for repairing your Ford dash display.
I know this is an older video..however....im an Excavating Contractor...had an Excavator few years ago with a digital display acting up. I took out panel, took apart...just re soldered as many places as I could. It fixed the display panel. I use to do it to my older guitar amps as well.
Great tip to resolder as many connections as you can get to. Many times, it is hard to tell if a specific solder joint has failed so not a bad idea to resolder all the connections.
Did this, now mine works like a champ. Great info and vid.
Awesome stuff to hear
Thanks bro this video was super thorough and I do appreciate that. Most people skip through screws or bolts and I was able to work along with you the way you did it. Thanks man.
Very cool comment, thanks!
Got both the multi switch lever and the Odometer display done in 1 sitting. Starting to put it back together and the Trip Set/Reset lever fell out. I don't see how it connects to anything. Do you know if it does and how to get it in right? Is taking over 3 hours I wonder because I'm left handed. Thanks for explaining and showing this clearly.
Thanks for watching, it has been awhile since i took the dash apart so I can't recall. Hope you get it figured out.
Thanks so much! This is the only video I found like this. I've to a 2003 Ford F150 XLT Lariet and the odometer indicator lights up intermittently. More OFF than ON as time goes by. I had to go a little deeper; to the indicator with ribbon cable. My problem seems to be in the ribbon cable or connector. I moved everything around until I think I got it working, but only tomorrow will tell. Once I removed it from the board, I took a closeup photo with the Ford part number on the indicator with connector so I can research the availability and price of another if the problem persists. Thanks for your video. It gave me the courage to tackle this project on Labor Day morning.
So awesome to hear this was helpful for you Best of luck!
Awesome. Will attempt this myself. Hoping it also fixes the 'dead' needles for gauges n speedo.
best of luck, let us know how it goes
Thanks for the video.
I have a 99 F150 with an
odometer display issue
for a while.
Thanks, let us know if you are able to repair the display issue
I have repaired two of them, one in a Silverado and another in a Ford F150, just by removing the electrical connectors and spraying both male and female sides with a good helping of CRC Electronic Connector Cleaner. There was no need to do soldering. The Silverado took minutes to do and the Ford took an hour. The Silverado was sometimes displaying the odometer intermittently because the prongs were loose. . I took it out again separated a few of the outer prongs to get a good fit. No problems with either of them has occurred again.
interesting tips and glad the issues have been repaired
Thanks. I was able to fix my odometer, that had bugged me for almost 6 months. Jim
+James Shouse Awesome, glad you found it helpful.
Mine doesn't always turn on so it is probably just a cold solder joint. Thanks for the video.
Going through the exact same situation
@@lostintime8651 Mine is doing the same thing
Thanks for this. Gonna try this tonight on my 2000 f150
Awesome let us know if it fixes your Ford odometer display that is not working.
had the same issue same truck mind was beyond cracked. the pin basically lost all connection. would this cause my read out to be all dashes? I had the problem where I had all dashes and my truck would not start. a light tap or sometimes a hard pound on the dash and a key cycle would get the numbers to reregister and then the truck will start and run fine. I was wondering if you had any information on this?
Hi I have a ford transit 2005 model and there is no odometer showing in the dash :/ when we bought the van is had anther external meter (simens VDO) that was connected with the van. It is just like a meter used to pass from border to border and it had the mileage stored in it. Now this meter has stopped working and it is like sealed so I cannot open it. My question still remains why this van does not indicate the original mileage on its dash ? maybe you can help me out please ?
Clear cut video. Very helpful
Great to hear and thanks for watching
Hi Joe, Any videos on how to fix driver door lock button, sometimes I can hear it rolling or something and sometimes the key fob won't unlock it?
sorry i do not have that type of video
Balls on. Couldnt see the unsoldered wire but did the one you showed. Works great
Awesome to hear you fixed it.
Great video. Thanks a bunch for taking the time to do this. Just one quick question. What watt soldering iron did you use? I will try this fix after I return from a little camping trip.
Hi, I just purchased a 97 Ford Expedition and the speedometer is not working. It reads 128856, however it did read 124500 on an inspection report just Sept. 2016 so it just stopped working recently. What do you think the cause could be?
Well done for this video but I was wondering maybe there is a fuses need to be replace it before I start up in the dash
Thank you for this...just did mine finally after years of stressing about it.
Glad it was helpful for ya and congrats on the fix.
When you’ve fixed and lit up your what was your mileage on your vehicle?
My F150 has been doing this intermittent often on for years mileage is 254,657
Joe, I have made this repair about three times now, but my solder does not seem to hold. The odometer ends up flickering on and off again. Is there a special process for the soldering or a special solder for this application. Many thanks.
Rosin core solder. It can be tricky. you want to try to make both surfaces hot for the solder to properly adhere but not over heat the board as to melt anything.
Ok man I have a question I have a 2006 ford escape hybrid and when I went to get into my vehicle and found before I even opened the door that my that both lights were still on where the digital reading of my odo and where it shows if it's in park ect....dont know why those lights wont turn off if you can help it would be greatly appreciated
Great vid,I took off a few less things but did pretty much what you did and now it works perfectly. I would have people look out for that little grey rubber plunger on the end of the Trip button. I plugged in juice before bolting in and the trip -odometer control didn't work. pulled back off and the rubber plunger fell off..
Did anything else not work like fuel gauge tach i did this lost plunger now no gauges work or odometer
Worked like a charm, only thing you didn’t mention was removing shift selection gauge at bottom of cluster otherwise great video. Cheers!
Thanks, I didn't think about mentioning that. This was a manual transmission truck, so I didn't think about the extra steps with an automatic.
Thank you for the video, I used it to help me fix a friend's odometer for him. Same pin was bad! Luckily soldering comes fairly easy to me!
Sir your video is awesome. My odometer is now working!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
awesome, nice work Jacob
hi i have a fiat punto 2006, the full speedometer is working and the place where mileage is displayed has back light but the mielage does not apper. i have changed the speedo however it is the same thing. do you know any thing.
Many Thanks
Once you repaired it, did it still have the mileage stored and keep up with the one's while broken?
The mileage data was not affected. It was just an issue with the display.
@@MrKistel thanks just got a Expedition and need to fix mine. ✌️
I just got a display of " T 206.7" on my digital odometer...... what does that mean? I noticed you also got a "T" readout before you pushed the reset. I have a 2000 F150 that has also been blinking on occasion. Any ideas on the code?
Not sure on the dash code you mention regarding the F-150. Please share if you figure it out and thanks.
Push in the odometer button once to change the readout to truck mileage. T 206.7 is your Trip mileage. if you want to zero out your Trip mileage, press and hold the odometer button.
Push in the odometer button once to change the readout to truck mileage. T 206.7 is your Trip mileage. if you want to zero out your Trip mileage, press and hold the odometer button.
Do you know where the milage is stored ? is it in the computer somewhere or in the speedometer unit ? I don't want to replace my speedometer with a high milage one. I took it apart today & saw the led had a burn spot on it. I tried to reflow all the connections too. It is on a 06 Freestar. w/o msg display.
it's in the main computer
Did you have e to release the PRND21 part? Another video I watched showed him releasing some clips on it. About ready to do mine.
Best of luck with your dash repair. I showed everything I did to make the repair in the video. Let me know how it turns out. Thanks
This might have worked for my 2005 expedition, however it did not.
The instrument cluster is a different model. The back cover doesn't come off without removing the entire face including the thin black cover and needles. The screws are under the face.
However, I wanted my husband to attempt it anyhow. He cut a hole in the back to access the green board. We couldn't see any clear damage that we should specifically saw her specifically sautter. So we touched up some points and put it back in to see what would happen.
We plugged it back in and some and some things worked and some things didn't work. But some things stayed on even when the car was off which drained the battery.
In conclusion, I have a new cluster on the way. And for now it's not plugged in at all so I have no idea how fast I'm going or how much gas I have and other things stopped working also. Cannot roll my windows down.. The automatic door locks do not work.And worst of all! The radio wont-work!
Who knew all these things ran through the instrument panel cluster?!?! Lmao ....lesson learned.
O wow thanks for sharing. Did the new cluster remedy the issues?
@@MrKistel Actually... no
The one I ordered said compatible with 2005 or 2006 ....
It turns out the one I ordered will not communicate with my truck.
From what I found out, people are telling me I need to find the exact make model and year for my truck because they communicate differently..
I am on the lookout for a 2005 eddie bauer cluster.
@@kbaldridge01 best of luck and thanks for sharing
This was really helpful! Thank god my aviation mainteance school taught me to solder.
So great to hear this Ford F-150 Mileage display repair video was helpful
Hello, my 2010 ford crown Victoria has the same problem and after watching this video I might just fix it by myself, I do have one question though, what kind of soldering wire did you use in that video?
rosin core
You ever get the Vics odometer working
Do you have a video for removing the 2003 Expedition instruments cluster?
Thanks a lot for your work
I do not but assume it is a similar procedure. Best of luck.
It looks like you soldered the joint on the non-plug side of the board. Other videos showed soldering on the pin or plug-side of the board. Does it make a difference?
OOPS! Disregard the above. I watched it again. Hope I didn't confuse anyone.
Thanks, did you have an issue with your odometer in your truck? if so i hope this video helped you repair it.
Did I miss a previous video? How did you know which solder point was the one you needed to redo? My odom has been blank for a long time, now I have other cluster lights that come on. When they do I lose my tac, speedo and water temp gauge. Please see my video and offer your advice. Pretty sure there's a short, but I don't know what solder point may be causing the problem. Thanks
Thanks for watching and sorry to hear of your frustrations with your vehicle's dash display. I am afraid I am not sure what your issue may be. You can visually inspect the board the best you can and see if you notice an obvious short or a solder break somewhere. Please let us know what you the culprit was when you figure it out.
I did this but lost plunger for odometer now no gauges work or odometer is this why please help i have 02 ford lightning
Hey, great vid. I have a 2002 Nissan Xterra with digital odometer and some of the numbers are blanked out. When I push the screen, they all show but when I let it go, some phase out again. Do you think this is what I need to do? Thanks in advance.
Ty Robinson not sure Ty but it sounds like it could be a connection problem. Best of luck to you.
MrKistel, thanks for the info. I'll check it out. Thanks again.
Amigo, en mi caso ya cambié el sensor de velocidad ford f150 2002, pero al encenderla la velocidad se queda en 50 millas fijo, aunque acelere o frene siempre se queda fijo mientras esté energizado.
Great video! I just did this to a pickup today. Thanks for the video!
+Andy Limmer Thanks Andy, glad you found it helpful. Worked like a charm on the truck I repaired in the video.
MrKistel do you know what the second pin is for?
Hello which one do you think I need to sodder if my odometer isn’t showing and the needles all don’t move. All fuses are good and the lights on cluster work just not the odometer and needles
Jason, hard to say but if you take it apart you might be able to see what the issue is. Perhaps a loose connection will be visible. Please advise what you determine is wrong with your Ford odometer.
Have ford edge 2007 need to power up the cluster on bench any know what wire need power and gnd and ignition key on wires are
What happened to the shift indicator cable???
Tony, this was a manual transmission truck. I hope the video was still helpful for you though. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.
Great video, very well done and effective.Thank you, Kistel!
Awesome comment, thanks. Great to hear when these videos are appreciated.
One suggestion -- disconnect the ground on your battery to prevent any shorts. I would get a CHILTONs book ( it is a How To handbook ) so you can see what everything is. I have yet to try it yet, nervous about doing the soldering. How difficult is it to take out the clusters and can they get crossed accidentally putting back in ??
It is not too bad if you take your time. It is always a gamble taking things apart but sometimes that is the only option to move forward. Best of luck.
Can you tell me how long did it take you to disassemble , fix and then reassemble?
it has been a long time since I did this project so I can not recall exactly. I would guess it took a couple hours or so.
@@MrKistel Thank you. I’m in process of buying a 2006 Ford F-250 and the digital odometer is not working. Eventually I will have to get it fixed and I was trying to estimate how much it will cost. Runs great!
@@tinanieves4980 congrats on the new truck!
took me about 10 minutes after getting the cluster out. super easy to do. next up is replacing the shift indicator and cable.
best of luck
I did this repair, thanks for the step by step, and triggered the anti-theft device on the truck. The Theft light flashes and the truck will not start. Anyone know how to fix this?
Thank you very much first video that came up on my feed.
Very cool, let me know how your Ford dash display repair comes out. Thanks.
Faced my fears and fixed it. I first could not see the crack in the solider so I had to look @ it under a lighted magnifying glass then I soldier it again. Took it outside and tested it and got good results. Ithanku
Extremely helpful. Question though. Should I be grounded with some sort of anti-static discharge tether before handling the circuit board? Wouldn't want my 70's throw-back Afro kicking out 20,000 volts of static. (lol)
hahah.. might not be a bad idea
disconnect the ground on the battery
Always ground yourself before touching circuit boards
Great video. Easy to follow and it slowed my odometer issue!
I’m having an issue with my tachometer and I was hoping you know which one of the connector on the circuit board are the ones for the tach...?
Is your truck a manual?
Trent this truck was a manual F150
Thank you Sir!!! I would have never found it. I looked through my camera lens and there was a crack in the solder joint😊
Excellent!
I have this same issue with my odometer and the gauge for the oil pressure seems to be giving out. Any suggestions for that? Thought of just switching out the gauge from another cluster.
I tried hitting all the solder joints I could on my 2008 Taurus SEL and pretty much no change to the LED read out except it went from black to the horizontal orange lines off and on. But I have a completely different looking instrument cluster and LED readout. And none of the original solder looked bad. And there are a lot of items under the LED Module that I can't get to. Might just buy a new lower mileage one off ebay and hope it works for the rest of the time I keep this car. I'm surprised there is no way to read the cars milage except from theses message centers. I asked several mechanic's if their engine analysis units could and most say no. It seems to be totally locked into the instrument cluster. That just seems weird to me.
I know this was awhile ago, but, did you ever get your odometer fixed? I have an '08 Taurus Limited and my LED display is completely out.
I'm both sad and glad this is common problem. I also have an 03 f150 and i need to track mileage and this makes it impossible. Sometimes i can hit the dash and it works. Winter it seems to last longer than summer
Yes that is frustrating. Hopefully you can get it repaired. Thanks for the comment.
Does 2007 ford free star van same panel? Thanks
Look similar tho, I cannot register with DMV because I dont know how many miles it has. I will try. Thanks
Not sure about the 07 van, best of luck
thanks for ez to follow video. was able to repair mine. kudos
Pugs on your seem a lot easer to take out . Trying pull them out like crazy tried with plyers still no luck.
Darn sorry you are having a frustrating time. Let me know if you figure it out and are able to make the odometer repair.
@@MrKistel I brought circuit board to place yesterday . Lot of hair line cracks so said was fixed 130.00 . I put back in Dave only half the instrument worked left side didn't work . No gas gage no light to odometer oil not . Just maybe no power to that side of it. So I called him wanted vin number and picture of instrument panel . Waiting to hear back . I am wounding if i broke a wire by pulling it out . Clip is broken that u push down on . I got check the power to plug goes into it .. My blinkers not working or brake light now. Hope that all tied into the board also. Ready get rid of truck after all this crap. 2003 Lariat F150 step side. But what have in newer trucks today even harder to work on so worth it money they are asking nuts. Put up what you have try keep it going . Have rust to deal with. Never ends i guess. Thank you for help.
@@MrKistel Is there away I could check or replace the tab in the back might not be getting power. You know how to change it?
This can fix my fuel indicator too?
You think this problem would have been addressed by Ford but it continued on into the next gen f150. My 2006 is doing the same thing. I'm sure it's a cold solder joint.
before you try any thing ...try this trick ....remove the battery terminals for few seconds ,then re connect them ,,,,,this will reset the ECM ,,,it worked for my ford falcon SR3 australia ....all my dashboard instruments were frozen ...took 30 seconds to fix
About to try this in my 2002 F150. My “cruise” light is out as well. The cruise control works but no green light. Anyone know the fix for it? Am hoping to fix it while I have the cluster out. Thanks.
Thanks for the comment, best of luck with your repair.
hi,i have a 2005 ford taurus, the light went out on the rectangle where it displays the mileage and the display to check miles left of gas,engine temp, miles on trip,ect....can you help me .....
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it and Thanks
What will happen if i replace the whole cluster from another car same model will the odometer reading be of the old car?? Or will it not work??
Good fix, worked for me.
Glad it helped
Anyone know if the odometer still counts miles if the display doesn't work? Trying to find out if it's just the display or the whole odometer unit.
Yes it does.
What the pin put required to power up cluster
Hey, great video. QUESTION: If one of these electronic odometers stops reading mileage at 50,000 miles (for easy math) and you repair it after 10,000 miles, will the repaired odometer read 50,000 or 60,000 miles? Thanks in advance.
Forrest this Ford dash repair fixes the odometer display. The mileage data is not effected and the dash display should read the accurate vehicle mileage. Thanks for the comment.
Thank you for this information. It is a great video.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the comment.
Did mine today. Thanks works perfect
awesome thanks for sharing
The headlight switch did not just pop out because it was held in by "two clips". It was a lever assembly and prying like you did in your video resulted in busting the face plate off the switch assembly. You HAVE to use a special tool that releases the spring loaded lever system and latch on the left side of the assembly. Prying it will break the unit. Also, no details about how to deal with the shift indicator. This is an important step. If you follow this video, you WILL break things.
I have a question I’m trying to put in the speedometer with the rpm to mine which doesn’t have it but I have a cord stuck on where it says p r n d 2 1 I can’t unlatch it
Not to clear on your ford speedometer situation but let me know if you figure it out. Thanks
MrKistel mine isn’t tac or somthing like that
Thanks so much! Life saver on my ‘03!
Great to hear it helped you fix Ford digital display.
I did it fallow you instructions, and works perfect....thanks you a lot
Fantastic, glad to hear you were able to fix your Ford Odometer
Thanks for the advice
Robert, thanks for sharing the odometer display fix video was insightful for you.
It didn't have shifter position cable?
This truck had a manual transmission.
@@MrKistel lucky