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Old Jun 3, 2018 | 11:19 PM
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Default Odometer display garbled - intermittent

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2008 F150 Lariat supercrew 5.4L

Issue: odometer display window appears to light up but the message is all garbled. I just recently bought the truck and it was a known issue. I have seen the display work, once, so it is an intermittent issue. I've read some posts that say it's one of the solder joints on the circuit board, but those were potentially specific to the odometer display showing/being lit. So, I thought I'd check to see if anyone else has experienced this (pictured).


Side-note: the radio works but the radio display does not (factory). I know that's not on the same circuit, but what are the chances that's related?
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Old Jun 4, 2018 | 05:07 AM
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The radio display isn’t related. There are four points on the inside of the radio that need to be re soldered that’ll fix the dim or blank radio.
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Old Jun 7, 2018 | 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by 2008__XL
The radio display isn’t related. There are four points on the inside of the radio that need to be re soldered that’ll fix the dim or blank radio.

after reading some some other posts, it appears that it’s cracked solder points on both the radio & the odometer.
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