Gauges Stopped Working
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Fuse 45 - 03 Exc
This is an ongoing problem. Turns out the cause of the fuse being blown is wiring in the shifter handle. I haven't replaced it yet, but if the truck is running and I move the shifter forward just a little, the fuse will blow. Sometimes this happens just while driving down the road without any input from me, sometimes it happens when I am shifting into or out of gear. I think that the wire going to the OD button is crimped inside the column and needs to be replaced. For now, those fuses are the cheapest and simplest fix!
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This was my problem as well.
2003 Excursion 4x4 Limited v-10 gasoline engine powered
gauges stopped working
gauges dead
gauges not working
gauges
Coming home tonight, I lost all the instrument cluster gauges. Speedometer, tachometer, fuel, oil, temperature and transmission temperature.
So the logical thing to do was check both instrument cluster fuses, fuse 35 and fuse 41. They were both OK.
Kept looking and found fuse #45 blown, it's the "Ignition switch Run/ Start feed" fuse. It was blown.
Popped in a new one and gauges came back to life.
Maybe this will be of some help to somebody in the future and they can find this subject by searching. I don't know why fuse #45 controls power to the instrument cluster gauges. Strange.
gauges stopped working
gauges dead
gauges not working
gauges
Coming home tonight, I lost all the instrument cluster gauges. Speedometer, tachometer, fuel, oil, temperature and transmission temperature.
So the logical thing to do was check both instrument cluster fuses, fuse 35 and fuse 41. They were both OK.
Kept looking and found fuse #45 blown, it's the "Ignition switch Run/ Start feed" fuse. It was blown.
Popped in a new one and gauges came back to life.
Maybe this will be of some help to somebody in the future and they can find this subject by searching. I don't know why fuse #45 controls power to the instrument cluster gauges. Strange.
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2003 Excursion 4x4 Limited v-10 gasoline engine powered
gauges stopped working
gauges dead
gauges not working
gauges
Coming home tonight, I lost all the instrument cluster gauges. Speedometer, tachometer, fuel, oil, temperature and transmission temperature.
So the logical thing to do was check both instrument cluster fuses, fuse 35 and fuse 41. They were both OK.
Kept looking and found fuse #45 blown, it's the "Ignition switch Run/ Start feed" fuse. It was blown.
Popped in a new one and gauges came back to life.
Maybe this will be of some help to somebody in the future and they can find this subject by searching. I don't know why fuse #45 controls power to the instrument cluster gauges. Strange.
gauges stopped working
gauges dead
gauges not working
gauges
Coming home tonight, I lost all the instrument cluster gauges. Speedometer, tachometer, fuel, oil, temperature and transmission temperature.
So the logical thing to do was check both instrument cluster fuses, fuse 35 and fuse 41. They were both OK.
Kept looking and found fuse #45 blown, it's the "Ignition switch Run/ Start feed" fuse. It was blown.
Popped in a new one and gauges came back to life.
Maybe this will be of some help to somebody in the future and they can find this subject by searching. I don't know why fuse #45 controls power to the instrument cluster gauges. Strange.
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