No gauges
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No gauges
Hey all. I just had a 04 f350 cc, 4wheel drive 5.4 eng, in the shop. It was one of our fleet trucks. It was wrote up for non working radio, the am-fm factory one, and the inside dome light would not work. I started up the truck and drove it in the shop, and noticed it had no gauges as well. I noted it started slower than normal, but its been setting a week in the cold. Well i figured a blown fuse, checked all the fuses, swapped the relays, no help. Did a battery test which showed a battery going to the bad, just not all the way there yet. Replaced the battery, the inside lights worked, the radio worked all is well. I have see something like this with a dead battery, or one that has a cell fails. This battery was still working, but a diminished rate. Just a little info for you all to roll around in the ol-head. Happy new year to all
Dave P
Dave P
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We have had similar problems posted with the newer trucks and SUV's. It seems the electronics in the newer vehicles are very voltage sensitive, and if the voltage is just a little bit low, the guages will go wacky and stuff in the dash board will randomly work/not work. Your case was a bad battery, and some of the other cases was a intermittent problem with the alternator.
Thanks for posting.
Thanks for posting.
