Digital gauge setup question.
10-19-2018, 06:21 AM
#1
2018 F150 Platinum FX4
Thread Starter
Digital gauge setup question.
I have searched the manual but fail to find my answer.
How do I get the top four gauges, oil pressure, coolant temp, fuel and drive train temp, to show the digital number above the gauge.
I have seen several members images with digital equivalent shown just above the corresponding gauge?
Right now the only thing that shows in digital in the miles remaining above the fuel gauge, want this on all the top gauges.
Help me if you can.
Thanks
How do I get the top four gauges, oil pressure, coolant temp, fuel and drive train temp, to show the digital number above the gauge.
I have seen several members images with digital equivalent shown just above the corresponding gauge?
Right now the only thing that shows in digital in the miles remaining above the fuel gauge, want this on all the top gauges.
Help me if you can.
Thanks
10-19-2018, 06:49 AM
#2
Senior Member
10-21-2018, 09:23 AM
#3
2018 F150 Platinum FX4
Thread Starter
Not a lot of changes wanted here. I think I will make a short list and get Ford to adjust when in for it’s first oil change. I did the OBD thing when I owed the Audi and never used it again so I am not sure if the Forescan thing is something I want to invest in.
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tugboat1959 (10-21-2018)
10-21-2018, 10:13 AM
#4
Old Fart
Actually ForScan is free, you just need the adapter to let your laptop talk to the truck.
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tugboat1959 (10-21-2018)
10-22-2018, 09:56 AM
#5
2018 F150 Platinum FX4
Thread Starter
Understood. But again, I only have a few items to change and will get Ford to so it at service.
10-23-2018, 10:47 AM
#6
Senior Member
Good luck with that....unless you have an uncharacteristically competent and helpful dealer. I had to jump thru flaming hoops to try to get one simple menu change in my IPC module, and ended up having to go "around" the service desk and weasel my way into the service bay to talk with one of the mechanics. Let us know how it turns out.
10-23-2018, 01:15 PM
#7
2018 F150 Platinum FX4
Thread Starter
Good luck with that....unless you have an uncharacteristically competent and helpful dealer. I had to jump thru flaming hoops to try to get one simple menu change in my IPC module, and ended up having to go "around" the service desk and weasel my way into the service bay to talk with one of the mechanics. Let us know how it turns out.
It is short:
No seat belt warning for front seats.
Flasher from 3 to 8 blinks.
Numeric gauge read outs above analog gauges.
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10-23-2018, 08:16 PM
#8
I talked to my dealer and they told me to make a list and if they had the capability, they would make what ever changes I wanted. The company I own has bought over 12 Fords from them in the last two years.
It is short:
No seat belt warning for front seats.
Flasher from 3 to 8 blinks.
Numeric gauge read outs above analog gauges.
It is short:
No seat belt warning for front seats.
Flasher from 3 to 8 blinks.
Numeric gauge read outs above analog gauges.
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rotorbudd (10-24-2018)
10-24-2018, 10:14 AM
#9
Senior Member
I can tell you the only thing they can do out of the box is disable the seatbelt chimes. They would need to do the same thing you would do with Forscan for the other 2 (it is actually harder to do with their IDS software), given that they know the correct bits to change. Unless the dealer tech hangs out on this forum and keeps up with the Forscan sticky, they won’t know what to change manually.
And once again, many thanks to Livinitup for schooling me on the ins-n-outs of FORScan.
10-24-2018, 02:53 PM
#10
2018 F150 Platinum FX4
Thread Starter
Just got off my phone with my dealer and he does indeed use FORScan. He insisted he had done it many times and it would be done at my oil change and recall in a few months.
