Well this hasnt been too fun. Brought my new 09 lariat home and the next morning, my radio display, radio buttons, and all my gauges have gone out. My speedometer doesnt even work :/ I've tried replacing the radio/instrument panel fuse but as soon as I put in a new fuse, it blows. I have an appointment with a dealer on wednesday morning. Has this happened to any of you?

 

No, but my 09 Lariat also screwed up within the first day of me owning it. Transmission connector problem.

 

Wow, that's some experience. There's nothing I can suggest other than to bring it back to the dealer for repair.

 

any electrical accessories installed from factory or dealer before delivery?

 

Its pretty much your normal lariat options. Its got everything besides navigation. First the radio display and the display in the gauge cluster went out while I was driving down the highway. Som I pull over and shut the truck off. When I restarted it, both the displays and gauges were not working. I checked the fuses in the power distribution box and all of them seem okay. The fuse in the cab fuse box wont stop blowing. I'm guessing it is shorted somewhere. Lets just hope this doesnt turn into too big a PITA.

 

probably grounded something on the power harness, like its routed incorrectly and rubbed on a dash mount screw

 

so no remote starter or anything?

if not there is a short some where but its odd it made it a day, usually something like this would show itself as soon as u drove the truck.

all you can do is take it in and find out whats wrong.