This worked like a charm on my 2003 f150. Been driving me crazy for years having my odometer come and go intermittently. Thanks a million!

Thanks. This suggested work on my 2001 Ford 150. Took me an 1.5 hr and likely saved me 500+ $

This video reminds me of why I kept my old ford running. Very little problems like this over 20 years. 327K miles and still looking and running GREAT!!

Just followed all of these instructions and it completely worked . Lifesaver, thank you so much!

Thanks so much for sharing this information. I have been fixing a few electrical gremlins in my brother-in-law's 2003 F150. Now I can cross the "ghost" odometer reading off of the list as I just fixed it thanks to you :)

A great help. i used a jeweler's loop (because my unaided eye couldn't tell if it was damaged) and several of them looked damaged, so I touched the whole connector up and it works great. Way too hot today to want to dismantle that thing twice. I'm glad it worked on the first go-round. The only extra thing I did based off several other videos/articles was I disconnected the positive battery first so the airbag didn't blow up in my face. I'm sure it's safe enough without that step, but it only took an extra minute. I also removed all the light bulbs because I didn't want to force the clips off to find out I was pulling off the lights, but now I re-watched your video I realize I could have left those in. I wasn't expecting the board to take that much force to slide off but that was probably just 17 years of oxidation build up.

Thank you! That worked perfectly and it was my first time soldering anything!

Thank you so much for this video. My truck made it 20 years and 148246.0 miles before the odometer quit working. I have the ford shop manuals, but they are no help on this problem. Fords solution when the pin test fails, is to replace the cluster. This saved me hundreds of dollars. I, like some other people commented, had to struggle a little to get the gear position indicator out as my cluster has no tach, but with a little work was able to figure out how it comes out. The whole process took me about an hour to complete and it worked great. Could not have done this without your video. Your clarity in this process made this task not only doable but allowed me to enjoy the process of the repair. Thank you again for taking the time to share your knowledge on this fix.

Just got around to tackling my display repair after years of putting it off. I have a 2001 Ford F-150 Supercrew. I found the crack on the pin mentioned. Applied fresh solder. It appears I have finally solved the problem of the disappearing odometer!! Thanks for the video.

I had an odometer that would sometimes work, sometimes not. This was the 3rd KZfaq video I watched on this repair, and all showed the same repair. Last night I re-soldered all the pins on that particular connector, and I think it worked! Time will tell.

Thank you. Very nicely done and it helped a lot. The only thing I needed to get from someplace else is how to disconnect the gear shift display. My odometer was intermittent so I'm hoping this will have fixed the problem for good. I only touched the one solder point that you mention instead of doing them all like another video suggested. I understand doing them all while in there after all the work getting it undone, but I didn't want to touch anything more than I had to, so I went with your one point. Hopefully, I won't have to go in again. The hardest part for me was getting the plugs undone from behind the console. I also scratched my dash trying to get out the light switch panel, but that's partially due to my truck being so old (2002) that I think it just scratched easily - took off the gray overlay/plastic. They don't put much quality into a lot of this plastic stuff. Anyway, thanks, I'm crossing my fingers that this works, but I won't know for a few weeks if it consistently displays.

Worked perfectly. Took 2 hours to remove and replace and five minutes or less to solder. Both outside pins had cracked solder. I would recommend you pay close attention to how the shift indicator comes out for reassembly. I would also recommend a flex screwdriver for the socket. My problem was intermittent. Worked when cold and then would turn off. I live in Denver, and I was always nervous the odometer wouldn't come on for the emissions test. Thank You Very Much!

I have a 2002 F-150 that's had an intermittent issue for years, then it finally quit all together this year. This fix worked as advertised and it only took 1 hour! Thanks for the video!!

Hey, shout out to you thank you 9 year old video but it helped took me 40 minutes mileage lights up. Thank you again. Took it to the dealership and they wanted to replace the cluster $500 intermittent, would light up when it wanted to. it’s really getting, to be a pain it was staying off longer now.

Excellent video including that pesky gear shift cable! The rest was straightforward, but that cable was hard to see without pulling that extra panel. The soldering is the easy part for me since that's what I do for a living. I have a 2002 F150 FX4 late model (after Feb 2002). Thanks!

I have been searching all over for this video thanks so much

Thanks for this video. My odo has been going out for a while. I didn't know it was this easy to access, so I took it out. I noticed I had two dry solder joints. The far left pin and the far right pin. Put some fresh solder on those and it works like a charm. While I was in the cluster, I went ahead and cleaned the clear bezel, and 18 years worth of dust trapped inside. Looks brand new and now my odo works. And I've got almost 408,000 miles on my truck!

Did mine and it worked but I would recommend examining every solder joint in the set with a strong magnifier. I had the typical obvious solder cracks on the outside pins but upon closer examination with a magnifier I could see at least 2 more inside pins were cracked , so I did them all. Over the years I've fixed quite a few relays, modules ,etc. with this problem and every one was on a apliance or device subject to a lot of jostling or vibration so that is definetly a factor I believe. Another thing I would strongly recommend is the use of liquid elec flux as a prep to soldering. It is really important. Put a few drops on a Qtip and wipe the joint, you can solder immediatley and it will reactivate the old solder like magic. It also will require less heat with flux and there will be less chance of lifting a trace.Make sure you do wipe with alcohol when your done to remove any remaining flux from the area.I have poor eyesight so I was nervous because these pins are a lot smaller than you might imagine from the video and I was worried about bridging joints accidently.Got it done thogh and I'm so gratefull for this video and one other which were indispensible so thanks so much for making it!

just did this to my 2002 F-150. Worked like a charm. Thank you for the content.

Thanks for this. Gonna try this tonight on my 2000 f150

I just used your great video to fix this problem on my 2001 Ford pickup. Took about 2 hours. Thanks so much!

Thanks. I was able to fix my odometer, that had bugged me for almost 6 months. Jim

Balls on. Couldnt see the unsoldered wire but did the one you showed. Works great

I know this is an older video..however....im an Excavating Contractor...had an Excavator few years ago with a digital display acting up. I took out panel, took apart...just re soldered as many places as I could. It fixed the display panel. I use to do it to my older guitar amps as well.

Hey Joe, Enjoyed your instructions on how to fix the odometer on my 2000 F150. I did this and it worked very well. Now my odometer works great. Was going to cost over 300.00 to get someone to fix this. Guess I will pay myself, haha. Thanks again for the step by steps instructions. William, from Tennessee.

Did this, now mine works like a champ. Great info and vid.

Thanks for the video. I have a 99 F150 with an odometer display issue for a while.

Clear cut video. Very helpful

Thanks so much! This is the only video I found like this. I've to a 2003 Ford F150 XLT Lariet and the odometer indicator lights up intermittently. More OFF than ON as time goes by. I had to go a little deeper; to the indicator with ribbon cable. My problem seems to be in the ribbon cable or connector. I moved everything around until I think I got it working, but only tomorrow will tell. Once I removed it from the board, I took a closeup photo with the Ford part number on the indicator with connector so I can research the availability and price of another if the problem persists. Thanks for your video. It gave me the courage to tackle this project on Labor Day morning.

Thanks bro this video was super thorough and I do appreciate that. Most people skip through screws or bolts and I was able to work along with you the way you did it. Thanks man.

Thank you for this...just did mine finally after years of stressing about it.

Thank you for the video, I used it to help me fix a friend's odometer for him. Same pin was bad! Luckily soldering comes fairly easy to me!

Awesome. Will attempt this myself. Hoping it also fixes the 'dead' needles for gauges n speedo.

Great vid,I took off a few less things but did pretty much what you did and now it works perfectly. I would have people look out for that little grey rubber plunger on the end of the Trip button. I plugged in juice before bolting in and the trip -odometer control didn't work. pulled back off and the rubber plunger fell off..

Great video! I just did this to a pickup today. Thanks for the video!

Thanks for the advice

thanks for ez to follow video. was able to repair mine. kudos

Good fix, worked for me.

Great video

This was really helpful! Thank god my aviation mainteance school taught me to solder.

Great video, very well done and effective.Thank you, Kistel!

I have repaired two of them, one in a Silverado and another in a Ford F150, just by removing the electrical connectors and spraying both male and female sides with a good helping of CRC Electronic Connector Cleaner. There was no need to do soldering. The Silverado took minutes to do and the Ford took an hour. The Silverado was sometimes displaying the odometer intermittently because the prongs were loose. . I took it out again separated a few of the outer prongs to get a good fit. No problems with either of them has occurred again.

Amigo, en mi caso ya cambié el sensor de velocidad ford f150 2002, pero al encenderla la velocidad se queda en 50 millas fijo, aunque acelere o frene siempre se queda fijo mientras esté energizado.

Worked like a charm, only thing you didn’t mention was removing shift selection gauge at bottom of cluster otherwise great video. Cheers!

Thanks so much! Life saver on my ‘03!

took me about 10 minutes after getting the cluster out. super easy to do. next up is replacing the shift indicator and cable.

Thank you very much first video that came up on my feed.

Thank you so much! You are the man! I followed your directions and now my wife thinks I'm a hero! Yeah. Thanks to you. Really appreciate it. It took me exactly 1 hr. After many years of working and not working, now It works constantly! Can't thank you enough. Cheers!

Omg I love you!!!!!!! Thank you so much I’m crying because I’m so happy

Your the man.

Did mine today. Thanks works perfect

Great video. Thanks a bunch for taking the time to do this. Just one quick question. What watt soldering iron did you use? I will try this fix after I return from a little camping trip.

I'm both sad and glad this is common problem. I also have an 03 f150 and i need to track mileage and this makes it impossible. Sometimes i can hit the dash and it works. Winter it seems to last longer than summer

Got both the multi switch lever and the Odometer display done in 1 sitting. Starting to put it back together and the Trip Set/Reset lever fell out. I don't see how it connects to anything. Do you know if it does and how to get it in right? Is taking over 3 hours I wonder because I'm left handed. Thanks for explaining and showing this clearly.

Joe it worked perfect thanks a bunch!

I did it fallow you instructions, and works perfect....thanks you a lot

It's fixed! Thank you!

Sir your video is awesome. My odometer is now working!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you very much. Ver helpful indeed. I apprciate the time you took to share this wizardry. :-)

Very nice 💥 Thanks bud"

Thanks. It worked. Great video!

Thank you for this great video.It took me about an hour but I fixed it.

This might have worked for my 2005 expedition, however it did not. The instrument cluster is a different model. The back cover doesn't come off without removing the entire face including the thin black cover and needles. The screws are under the face. However, I wanted my husband to attempt it anyhow. He cut a hole in the back to access the green board. We couldn't see any clear damage that we should specifically saw her specifically sautter. So we touched up some points and put it back in to see what would happen. We plugged it back in and some and some things worked and some things didn't work. But some things stayed on even when the car was off which drained the battery. In conclusion, I have a new cluster on the way. And for now it's not plugged in at all so I have no idea how fast I'm going or how much gas I have and other things stopped working also. Cannot roll my windows down.. The automatic door locks do not work.And worst of all! The radio wont-work! Who knew all these things ran through the instrument panel cluster?!?! Lmao ....lesson learned.

Going to do my 99 f150 tomorrow

Well done for this video but I was wondering maybe there is a fuses need to be replace it before I start up in the dash

You think this problem would have been addressed by Ford but it continued on into the next gen f150. My 2006 is doing the same thing. I'm sure it's a cold solder joint.

had the same issue same truck mind was beyond cracked. the pin basically lost all connection. would this cause my read out to be all dashes? I had the problem where I had all dashes and my truck would not start. a light tap or sometimes a hard pound on the dash and a key cycle would get the numbers to reregister and then the truck will start and run fine. I was wondering if you had any information on this?

Hi I have a ford transit 2005 model and there is no odometer showing in the dash :/ when we bought the van is had anther external meter (simens VDO) that was connected with the van. It is just like a meter used to pass from border to border and it had the mileage stored in it. Now this meter has stopped working and it is like sealed so I cannot open it. My question still remains why this van does not indicate the original mileage on its dash ? maybe you can help me out please ?

Thanks bro with this info I was able to fix my 1999 Ford f150 speedo.Your the man!!!

Thank you Sir!!! I would have never found it. I looked through my camera lens and there was a crack in the solder joint😊

thanks my 1999 f150 been acting up with the odometer keep turning off and on didn't not know it was that easy to fix

Nice.

before you try any thing ...try this trick ....remove the battery terminals for few seconds ,then re connect them ,,,,,this will reset the ECM ,,,it worked for my ford falcon SR3 australia ....all my dashboard instruments were frozen ...took 30 seconds to fix

I did this but lost plunger for odometer now no gauges work or odometer is this why please help i have 02 ford lightning

I did this repair, thanks for the step by step, and triggered the anti-theft device on the truck. The Theft light flashes and the truck will not start. Anyone know how to fix this?

Joe thanks a lot this really helped I was able to accomplish the problem.

Hi Joe, Any videos on how to fix driver door lock button, sometimes I can hear it rolling or something and sometimes the key fob won't unlock it?

This can fix my fuel indicator too?

hi i have a fiat punto 2006, the full speedometer is working and the place where mileage is displayed has back light but the mielage does not apper. i have changed the speedo however it is the same thing. do you know any thing. Many Thanks

thanks man... great video

Hi, I just purchased a 97 Ford Expedition and the speedometer is not working. It reads 128856, however it did read 124500 on an inspection report just Sept. 2016 so it just stopped working recently. What do you think the cause could be?

Planning to try this on a Piaggio scooter. Thank you.

Ok man I have a question I have a 2006 ford escape hybrid and when I went to get into my vehicle and found before I even opened the door that my that both lights were still on where the digital reading of my odo and where it shows if it's in park ect....dont know why those lights wont turn off if you can help it would be greatly appreciated

Wow! That's crazy at how simple that was. I wonder how much would a mechanic charge to fix that?

Thanks a lot for your help.

thanx Joe, it was easy with your video

Thanks for the tutorial. Fixed it!

Have ford edge 2007 need to power up the cluster on bench any know what wire need power and gnd and ignition key on wires are

I tried hitting all the solder joints I could on my 2008 Taurus SEL and pretty much no change to the LED read out except it went from black to the horizontal orange lines off and on. But I have a completely different looking instrument cluster and LED readout. And none of the original solder looked bad. And there are a lot of items under the LED Module that I can't get to. Might just buy a new lower mileage one off ebay and hope it works for the rest of the time I keep this car. I'm surprised there is no way to read the cars milage except from theses message centers. I asked several mechanic's if their engine analysis units could and most say no. It seems to be totally locked into the instrument cluster. That just seems weird to me.

The correct way to remove the headlight switch is this. Pull the headlight knob off. To do so turn them on and pull out like turning on fog lamps even if it does not have them. There is a little hole opposite of the way knob is pointing. Use a little screwdriver or something to push in and it will release it. Then turn it 180% (backwards I guess) and put it back on. Turn know to the off position. Then turn it back to on. This will release the clips and allow you to pull it out. I put this because I broke one. And sorry if someone already shared. I didnt read all comments

Pugs on your seem a lot easer to take out . Trying pull them out like crazy tried with plyers still no luck.

It worked for me! thank you for your video.

thanks so much, now i can see all display

Awesome Thanks

What the pin put required to power up cluster

One suggestion -- disconnect the ground on your battery to prevent any shorts. I would get a CHILTONs book ( it is a How To handbook ) so you can see what everything is. I have yet to try it yet, nervous about doing the soldering. How difficult is it to take out the clusters and can they get crossed accidentally putting back in ??

It worked thank you!!!

Thank you! This was a great help!

Do you know where the milage is stored ? is it in the computer somewhere or in the speedometer unit ? I don't want to replace my speedometer with a high milage one. I took it apart today & saw the led had a burn spot on it. I tried to reflow all the connections too. It is on a 06 Freestar. w/o msg display.

Joe, I have made this repair about three times now, but my solder does not seem to hold. The odometer ends up flickering on and off again. Is there a special process for the soldering or a special solder for this application. Many thanks.