03 F150 Speedometer Not Working
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03 F150 Speedometer Not Working
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My speedometer has not been working for months now and it really hasn't bothered me as I go by RPMs, but I am going to make a long trip in a few weeks and I wanted to try to get this fixed.
The speedometer flips over to 100 mph and rest on the opposite side as it should. When I accelerate it does not move until I get over about 35 mph where it will then flip to 86 mph. It will slowly move to 82 mph as I accelerate up until 75, where it will then no longer change. Every once in a while it will start working when I start the truck up, or when I am driving down the road. It has before, within a 30 minute time frame, started working and stopped working 6 times. Currently my ABS light is on, but it has been on long before this started occurring. Every other gauge on my dash works.
I drive a 5 speed manual V6 2003 Ford F150.
If you have any questions about the truck I would be more than willing to answer them and I will be checking this thread frequently.
Thank you in advance for any input or help,
Adam Lee
My speedometer has not been working for months now and it really hasn't bothered me as I go by RPMs, but I am going to make a long trip in a few weeks and I wanted to try to get this fixed.
The speedometer flips over to 100 mph and rest on the opposite side as it should. When I accelerate it does not move until I get over about 35 mph where it will then flip to 86 mph. It will slowly move to 82 mph as I accelerate up until 75, where it will then no longer change. Every once in a while it will start working when I start the truck up, or when I am driving down the road. It has before, within a 30 minute time frame, started working and stopped working 6 times. Currently my ABS light is on, but it has been on long before this started occurring. Every other gauge on my dash works.
I drive a 5 speed manual V6 2003 Ford F150.
If you have any questions about the truck I would be more than willing to answer them and I will be checking this thread frequently.
Thank you in advance for any input or help,
Adam Lee
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If the odometer is working I'd think the speedo head is defective. You can remove the cluster and check for cold solder joints which have been a problem area with the cluster. Even though this article is for odometer lights not working there could be cold joints elsewhere. I personally had 4 cold solder joints to repair when my odometer's backlight stopped working.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...lem-fixed.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...lem-fixed.html
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I have the same problem,kinda. My speedo does not work at all.But I found there's an app in the google store for your phone,just search store for speedometer....or get a navigation, garmin or whatever.It works pretty good,downside,the phone app keeps your top speed on display.
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If the odometer is working I'd think the speedo head is defective. You can remove the cluster and check for cold solder joints which have been a problem area with the cluster. Even though this article is for odometer lights not working there could be cold joints elsewhere. I personally had 4 cold solder joints to repair when my odometer's backlight stopped working.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...lem-fixed.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...lem-fixed.html
Thanks for the reply. I might take it apart later this week and see if that's the problem. I'm always afraid of messing something up..
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[quote=elemonator;13214353] there's an app in the google store for your phone,just search store for speedometer....quote]
I guess that's one way to go where it's legal to use a cell phone when driving.
I guess that's one way to go where it's legal to use a cell phone when driving.
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