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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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Originally Posted by JohnCrisford (Post 18707623)

Turns out the cause of the fuse being blown is wiring in the shifter handle.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post10816430

Stewart

THANKS VaSheriff,

Fuse 45 worked for me as well. I was getting ready to tear into the dash and fuse panel.

Doug

This was my problem as well.

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Originally Posted by VaSheriff (Post 6117025)

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.

I had the same exact problem I was worried the cluster had broken and fortunely it was relay 41. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by VaSheriff (Post 6117025)

thank you so much!!!!! This has been a headache for me, both instrument cluster fuses were good I had sent in my cluster board for repair and nothing was working and then I read what you had wrote and I checked my fuse number 45 and it was blown. I replaced it and everything is working again!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!!!