Originally Posted By: BigCahuna
I have almost as weird a problem with my '02 ford Explorer. It seems when ever the outside temps get over 40f, the mileage reading on the dash goes blank. The speedo works fine,just the mileage goes blank. When it gets cold again the reading comes back. It's a pain when your driving somewhere and it says to turn in so many miles, or when your trying to figure how many miles you have on your oil. After all these years and millions of cars made, you'd think they would have this stuff figured out.,,
Yours is probably a simple problem of cracked solder. If you feel confident soldering on a PCB you could probably fix it easily enough. If not, try pressing in on the face of the cluster or thumping the dash when it goes out.
I have almost as weird a problem with my '02 ford Explorer. It seems when ever the outside temps get over 40f, the mileage reading on the dash goes blank. The speedo works fine,just the mileage goes blank. When it gets cold again the reading comes back. It's a pain when your driving somewhere and it says to turn in so many miles, or when your trying to figure how many miles you have on your oil. After all these years and millions of cars made, you'd think they would have this stuff figured out.,,
Yours is probably a simple problem of cracked solder. If you feel confident soldering on a PCB you could probably fix it easily enough. If not, try pressing in on the face of the cluster or thumping the dash when it goes out.
