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Old 10-09-2016, 02:53 AM
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Odometer shows nothing

2005 F150 xlt
As you can see in the title my odometer shoes nothing. I replaced the bulb and shines bright but no numbers or anything shows.

I took the cluster out and the back of the board looks good and shows no cracks. I'm all out of options
 
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Old 10-09-2016, 11:05 AM
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Check and make sure all the pins for the LCD odometer are in correctly and not bent. That part comes out and could have moved slightly when you took out your cluster.
 
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Old 10-10-2016, 10:58 AM
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Check and make sure all the pins for the LCD odometer are in correctly and not bent. That part comes out and could have moved slightly when you took out your cluster.
How do I get to those pins? I've taken the gauge clust out as a whole but I havent gone further because I DONT want to break anything
 
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Old 10-11-2016, 01:30 AM
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2005 F150 xlt
As you can see in the title my odometer shoes nothing. I replaced the bulb and shines bright but no numbers or anything shows.

I took the cluster out and the back of the board looks good and shows no cracks. I'm all out of options

Checked fuses? How is fuse 21?
 
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Old 10-29-2016, 07:37 PM
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This is a common problem with many F150s. It is often solved by remelting the solder on the circuit board where the plastic receptacle that holds the 6 pins from the LCD is plugged in to. In other words: take apart the back of the cluster and find where the 6 long pins from the LCD plug into the circuit board. The receiver socket for these 6 pins needs to have its solder connections on the circuit board reheated or "reflowed" because there is probably a crack in the solder connection... this prevents the info from the circuit board from getting to the LCD. Look on YouTube for a video on this repair. Search on YouTube for something like "F150 odometer repair"
 

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