I recently bought a 2006 F-150 from a local Ford dealer. It was on sale for under $10,000 and I thought it'd make a great 2nd. vehicle. So far, it has, except I quickly ran into the flickering odometer issue myself. I only had a 30 day warranty from the dealer, and didn't have time to take it over there before that opportunity closed on me. And over the last month, it's gotten MUCH worse, to where I usually just see the odometer/trip odometer displaying nothing for an entire trip. (The green backlighting stays lit just fine... it's the LCD digits that flicker and disappear.)
With all the people having this problem, WHY isn't Ford considering it a recall item??
But anyway, all the documents I read online about repairing this yourself refer to F-150's of model years of 2003 and earlier. Sounds like the '06 has a totally different design to the instrument panel. Has anyone successfully fixed an '06 yet??
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Originally Posted by WinePosse
Failed at this on my '06 F150.
I was able to remove the entire panel (instrument panel and circuit board together), and removed six screws in the back, but was not able to separate the board from the panel.
So I just analyzed the back of the board. The board did not match the images shown. I looked for fractured flux areas, but saw nothing to repair.
Then, I try too hard to separate them and accidentally broke two of the gauges (oil pressure and temp). Fractured the clear plastic stems. Now I need to repair both the board and the panel. So here are some questions:
1. How do I separate the from gauge assembly from the back board?
2. Can I glue those gauges back on?
3. Wonder if I can get a replacement panel and/or board from a wrecking yard?
4. I'm not seeing where to repair the flux? And do I need to add solder or just re-head the existing bead?
Thanks people. I'd appreciate your candid help. But no wise cracks about breaking the dang instruments.
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