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10-09-2006, 07:47 PM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: melb
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has anyone had any problems with the backlight on their cluster?
i have an ST170 but any help would be great. i have taken it to ford, the car spent a week there and they stil didnt fix it! ok well the problem is this: there is no backlight, so i cant see anything! the needles are lit up but thats it. is this a wiring problem? thanks for any help! |
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10-09-2006, 10:38 PM
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WRC Fanatic
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Is the dash light permanently out or is it just happening intermittently ? My dash display went out about 3 times during the year that I had the car, and it seemed completely random.
Each time it happened to me, I simply parked up, turned the lights off, killed the engine and restarted again – Don't ask me to explain the logic, but it fixed it every time. Well, it isn’t really fixing the problem, but it would appear that it is more beneficial than taking it to Ford! You may also experience problems with the dash lights flickering. I simply dimmed the display to about 75% brightness and the problem was gone for good. Anyway, best of luck getting it sorted.
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11-09-2006, 12:06 AM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: melb
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lol, yeah iv been through all that. at first it was what u went through, and strangely enough i would do what u did! lol
but now the light has gone for good. thanks anyway! hopefully someone here has gone through the same thing as this and knows the solution. |
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11-09-2006, 12:23 AM
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Regular Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 129
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yeh the ST170 have electroluminescent guages that the normal foci dont. Mine do the same thing every so often, where the needles r lit but the rest is dark. I always fixed it by turning the lights off and back on.
It doesnt happen very often for me but if its happening alot ide ask for a new cluster. I dont think is the wiring cause mine r fine 99%of the time but still do it at random.
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11-09-2006, 08:46 AM
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Old enough to know better
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 2,311
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I'd suggest you check on ffoc.co.uk, but the buggers charge to be a member now. If it's a common ST170 problem though, they're likely to know
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11-09-2006, 09:56 PM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: melb
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yeah i use to do the lights on lights off thing...but that doesnt work any more. it has a new cluster in it, stil not working. i just figure the guys at SUNBURY FORD - hopefully someone is reading this that works there or knows someone. cant express how ****ed off i am.
anyway...they told me to my face they had fixed it but all they was f@ck up everything else, AND not fix the light. |
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12-09-2006, 08:48 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Brisbane
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They charge now ?
wow glad im still a member there  Chris
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14-09-2006, 01:21 PM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Same here ....I turn the lights off and then back on and they fix them selfs.
Did anyone had their cd player stop working and refusing to eject the cds out? Then again it fixed it self out after couple of days...(((spooked))) |
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14-09-2006, 03:12 PM
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14-09-2006, 11:55 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Sydney
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my cd player does a weird thing on burnt cds where it will play fine some days but not others....doesnt matter if u turn the car on and off or take the cd out it just wont play sometimes.....
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15-09-2006, 09:17 AM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Sep 2006
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St170 Cluster
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