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2012 F150 Lariat - Instrument Cluster gone Black

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Old 03-11-2024, 01:01 PM
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Hi all, it's true that the more they sit the more that goes wrong (working from home has kept me from putting the miles on to the truck).

My latest problem, my instrument cluster has gone black. No chimes, no indicators, no needles. The truck starts fine, electronics work for radio, blinkers work (I can see them in the mirror but the indicators on the dash and chimes don't work). I'm not sure what I should be looking for here. I've reseated the fuse for the instrument cluster and it worked once, but hasn't on an subsequent attempts. I've replaced with a spare fuse, nothing at all. Any ideas what I can try? I plugged my SCT tuner in to see if there were codes and got what I think is unrelated O0463.

Would love any advice on what to look for next, what to test, anybody who's had a similar issue. Thanks so much!
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Check the wires. Maybe some friendly 4-legged critter had a snack.
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Originally Posted by Spiky
Check the wires. Maybe some friendly 4-legged critter had a snack.
I was hoping to find something but no luck. It's got power, related fuses look good from what I can tell, ground is good, battery is good. When I unplug and replug the cluster it lights up briefly and the needles flutter for a couple seconds and then it's dead. Cleaned connections same thing. I'm really at a loss of what else to try, got a mechanic who's going to look at it next week but he's said he's seen this in the previous gen but never 12th gen, atleast until now. Really hoping it's not a new $1000 cluster
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Hm so actually I used a different code reader today and notices something different also. After driving around all but my fuel gauge seem to be working, no lights and no middle screen. Codes are posted below. Any thoughts?





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