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Truck goes crazy when key is out of the ignition, Instrument cluster goes on and off, beeps, ...but I don't think it's the actual instrument cluster.
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<blockquote data-quote="Evox" data-source="post: 1041382" data-attributes="member: 74754"><p>A year or two ago, my instrument cluster went on my '04 XLT. So, I got it rebuilt (I actually bought a rebuilt one off eBay). Now I'm having new but different issues. When my truck is on, everything on the cluster runs fine. No problems.</p><p></p><p>But when I remove the key, about 30 seconds or so after, things come alive. It'll make a beep; then the odometer comes up all XXXXXXXXXs Then fuel gauge goes up for a second or two before going back to off position. I can hear some slight instrument stater motor shuttering sometimes. Sometimes the radio comes on for a minute or so, and sometimes the bed light will come on for a minute or so. Then the headlights might come on. All of it is fairly random. It'll act possessed haunted for a little while, then go quiet again. I noticed the odometer sort of stays on but with dim dashes and dots ||.....||.....||.....|| instead of the Xs. After a time, it does it all over again. Sometimes the message center will display the "Check Gauges" message. Sometimes it won't. </p><p></p><p>When my cluster last went out, none of these were the symptoms. The cluster just quit functioning while running.</p><p></p><p>PCM?</p><p>Relay of some sort?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Evox, post: 1041382, member: 74754"] A year or two ago, my instrument cluster went on my '04 XLT. So, I got it rebuilt (I actually bought a rebuilt one off eBay). Now I'm having new but different issues. When my truck is on, everything on the cluster runs fine. No problems. But when I remove the key, about 30 seconds or so after, things come alive. It'll make a beep; then the odometer comes up all XXXXXXXXXs Then fuel gauge goes up for a second or two before going back to off position. I can hear some slight instrument stater motor shuttering sometimes. Sometimes the radio comes on for a minute or so, and sometimes the bed light will come on for a minute or so. Then the headlights might come on. All of it is fairly random. It'll act possessed haunted for a little while, then go quiet again. I noticed the odometer sort of stays on but with dim dashes and dots ||.....||.....||.....|| instead of the Xs. After a time, it does it all over again. Sometimes the message center will display the "Check Gauges" message. Sometimes it won't. When my cluster last went out, none of these were the symptoms. The cluster just quit functioning while running. PCM? Relay of some sort? [/QUOTE]
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Truck goes crazy when key is out of the ignition, Instrument cluster goes on and off, beeps, ...but I don't think it's the actual instrument cluster.
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