I never had a issue with any of the dome light or door ajar. Only issue was ac.
Mark LT should be the same as lariat.

 

I would like to add the message center to my fx4 but like the fx4 gauges better than the lariat ones. Is it not possible to do with the fx4 gauges?

 

They made a "elite" FX4 model and it had the message center. Find one and think you may have to have the as builts done and should work.

 

I have done this and it works great. Some of us like to be DIYers and not just throw away our hard earned money...Thats why we do research here. I have a XLT and im using an lariat cluster.

 

Not sure who your talking about, but most of us that wanted the buttons had to do this wiring ourselves. Not sure you could even get the dealership to do this to your wiring harnesses.

Glad you got it working on your truck!

 

Crew4aj: Do you have any pics or advice on doing this swap?

 

Saw your pic and wanted to ask ya something.Or maybe anyone else that may know? I have a 07 scab xlt also with a message center like yours.However tho without the buttons right below it.Mine shows trip miles,direction,door open,but no miles till empty,or does it?If it does,i cant get it to work.How easy would it be to add the miles till empty option to my message center if i dont have it??Any help would be great.I am really wanting to add the miles till empty option if i dont have it.

 

I'm pretty sure there's an EPROM (or comperable memory that's flashed) that stores a given trucks message center's display. The "green" display panel is the same, so it's just a matter of the various equipped sensors (I.E. compass, outside temp sensor, etc.) that feed the input to the software and in turn, provide the displays.

A call to a local Ford dealership may provide an answer as to if a "flash" of one truck models cluster can be flashed into another truck models cluster.

Simply buying a cluster from another truck that HAD these display features will not make them work in your model truck; that's been tried with no success, it still required a flash.

May be easier to just buy a SCANGUAGE II. I have one. Plugs into your OBD II port, and will provide you with the "Miles to empty" as well as many other displays. It's also a fault code reader/reset all in one!

 

Thanks Bucko.Ya swapping out clusters isn't an option for me.Will go to a dealership to see if they cant re-flash my message center to get it to read miles till empty.Thats pretty much the only one i want(i got everything else,lol).Just would be nice to have that on my message center for the long trips i make when me and the girlfriend go back south.

One more thing.Why is mine equipped with a message center,and my friends XLT is not?His a 2006 XLT 5.4.We were working on his truck this morning in the barn and was curious to see if he had the miles till empty,but when looked,no message center.