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I have spent a while lurking on the forum and googling but haven't found a specific answer to an issue I am having so I joined to officially ask it here. I recently got a new (to me) 2010 F150 SCrew 4x4 King Ranch and for the most part have been driving it during the day. However, I went on a long night drive last week and noticed that the back lighting for the tach, speedometer, and oil pressure is uneven or completely dark almost like some of the individual LEDs have failed.
Is there an easy way to fix this without replacing the whole cluster?
Picture added since I got home tonight, this is actually what it looks like, those dark spots on the tach, speedo, and oil press. are not shadows or fonky lighting. The backlight in those darker areas is either dim or dead.
It's been a while since I last posted, but for anyone else having the same problem hopefully this saves the next person some time and hassle... it took a ton of googling but finally found a solution that avoids spending almost $1000 at the dealership to get the cluster rebuilt. There is a shop in South Carolina called Circuit Board Medics.
I waited till I got some time to take the truck out of commission and then filled out their online order form and sent my cluster off to them. As promised the turnaround time was next business day (they actually received mine in the morning and had emailed me shipping confirmation the afternoon of the same day... truly outstanding service), total of 5 days when you include transit time (I shipped FedEx ground, you can spend more and get it there faster).
Cannot give enough stars to these guys, they rebuild and test the entire cluster, not just the parts that are broken at the time so everything is good to go and you dont have to worry about the rest of the cluster breaking down. 10 out of 10 would recommend thes guys to anyone having burned out lighting/malfunctioning guages in their truck.
I would go to that website but what if the cluster and the buttons on the radio and AC etc don't have any light to them. That has to be something else right ? Anyone come across this issue ? I have replaced fuses and didn't fix anything.
09-13-2016, 12:29 PM
2010 KR Instrument Cluster Light Replacement
