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Old Aug 30, 2010 | 09:14 PM
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odometer dissappears on start up?

2001
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132400 miles

when i start the truck the odometer does not show! after a few minutes it shows up.

it is still counting the correct miles. Does anyone know if this is something simple? or normal?

I just got the truck.
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Old Aug 30, 2010 | 10:01 PM
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Mine has been hit or miss for 6 years. I'm pretty sure it's still counting, but sometimes I wonder. When it works, I have 199, 498 (today for about 1 minute.) Seems to be a problem with the LED display and not the actual odometer.

On mine, just prior to actually working, it displays a scrambled sequence for a minute or so, then it works for a while. It always shows the scrambled display first, IF it's going to work.

It's the next thing on the list to diagnose and repair. I actually don't care if it works or not, but it bugs me enough to fix it.

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Old Aug 30, 2010 | 10:05 PM
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it would not bother me either except it is due for a safety inspection in Sept. I know they will be looking at the mileage. I would hate for it to fail because of this problem
 
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Old Aug 30, 2010 | 10:09 PM
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there is a bad solder joint on the board. you can take out the cluster, resolder the joint and repair.. factory defect on many 2000- 2001... iwill post the link.
 
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Old Aug 30, 2010 | 10:12 PM
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https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...lem-fixed.html
 
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Old Aug 30, 2010 | 10:18 PM
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Steve

Thanks for that link. Makes more sense than a loose harness (s), especially on this. It's probably never been apart since it was assembled. Would have taken forever to test every connection.

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Old Aug 30, 2010 | 11:25 PM
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Ya, my dad's 2000 F150 is starting to have this problem. I beat the dash and it comes back on. Sucks though cause his truck only has 88,000 and you wouldn't think crap like that would be going bad. Test drove an '01 and it had the same issue. Ford POS clusters
 
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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 06:22 AM
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thanks for the great link! just glanced thru it and will attempt the "fix" in a few weeks.
 
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you can do this ins 3 hours pretty easy. a lot simpllier than you think.
 
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