Digital Odometer & tach problems
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Digital Odometer & tach problems
Just bought my 2000 f150 lariet almost a week ago. There were some problems that the used car dealer is taking care of. In fact its been in their shop getting some things worked on. There is one thing they say they can't fix, its a dealer only deal. Its the digital odometer. Sometimes it doesn't come on for up to 2 minutes after the truck is started. Sometimes it will go off while you are driving and then reappear. Is this just a loose connection in the instrument panel or is this something expensive.
Also the tach is sticking. While driving when you accelerate and the truck shifts gears sometimes the tach wont drop back down to the real rpm that the motor is turning. I first noticed this when stopped at a stoplight and the tach read 2k rpm. I turned the radio down and listened to the motor and it was idling normally, so i tapped the instument panel and the tach came back down to 600 or 700 rpm.
I'm being told this a ford dealer only fix and very expensive. When I bought the truck the used car dealer said they would fix what was wrong with it, sooooo I want them to fix it, but I'm worried about them balking at a large figure to fix the instrument panel....
Any thoughts or help on this one?
mac 'nice truck...just lots of little things at 54k miles' gyvr
Also the tach is sticking. While driving when you accelerate and the truck shifts gears sometimes the tach wont drop back down to the real rpm that the motor is turning. I first noticed this when stopped at a stoplight and the tach read 2k rpm. I turned the radio down and listened to the motor and it was idling normally, so i tapped the instument panel and the tach came back down to 600 or 700 rpm.
I'm being told this a ford dealer only fix and very expensive. When I bought the truck the used car dealer said they would fix what was wrong with it, sooooo I want them to fix it, but I'm worried about them balking at a large figure to fix the instrument panel....
Any thoughts or help on this one?
mac 'nice truck...just lots of little things at 54k miles' gyvr
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Digital Odometer & tach problems
well i dont know if they will try to fix it or buy a new one, i dont know what costs are involved....
but i think they are responsible for fixing it....
mac 'making dealers responsible' gyvr
but i think they are responsible for fixing it....
mac 'making dealers responsible' gyvr
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Digital Odometer & tach problems
they sent the instrument cluster to jackson michigan to be repaired/replaced...
now if i can get them to replace the brakes....lol
mac 'working the bugs out' gyvr
now if i can get them to replace the brakes....lol
mac 'working the bugs out' gyvr
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Digital Odometer & tach problems
well they had a grocery list of stuff to fix on it... not real concerned with the brakes... definatley more concerned about the instrument cluster...
mac 'expensive electrical' gyvr
mac 'expensive electrical' gyvr
