2009SilverLimited Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Hi guys, I'm new to the forum. My 2009 has an instrument cluster that fails to light on occasion and have been told I need a new one. My question is will the vehicle read the mileage of a cluster I buy for it or will it need to go to the dealership to be reprogrammed? How will they put the correct mileage in? Sorry if this is a dumb question but Ford wants a crapload for a new cluster and I found one on Ebay for a fraction of the price....Please help if you can. Ernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Hi guys, I'm new to the forum. My 2009 has an instrument cluster that fails to light on occasion and have been told I need a new one. My question is will the vehicle read the mileage of a cluster I buy for it or will it need to go to the dealership to be reprogrammed? How will they put the correct mileage in? Sorry if this is a dumb question but Ford wants a crapload for a new cluster and I found one on Ebay for a fraction of the price....Please help if you can. Ernie The dealer needs to download the mileage from the old one and upload it to the new one. Otherwise you'll get beeps when in reverse or when you exceed a certain speed (at least that's what happened on a Lincoln LS). Should only take 1/2 hour of labor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2009SilverLimited Posted April 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 Anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 Anyone else? You don't like my answer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1duFos Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 Hi guys, I'm new to the forum. My 2009 has an instrument cluster that fails to light on occasion and have been told I need a new one. My question is will the vehicle read the mileage of a cluster I buy for it or will it need to go to the dealership to be reprogrammed? How will they put the correct mileage in? Sorry if this is a dumb question but Ford wants a crapload for a new cluster and I found one on Ebay for a fraction of the price....Please help if you can. Ernie Wouldn't it be covered under warranty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1TECH Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 It will need to be programmed, chances are the vehicle won't even start if you swap in a different cluster due to the cluster having the information for the PATS(security key) in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 It will need to be programmed, chances are the vehicle won't even start if you swap in a different cluster due to the cluster having the information for the PATS(security key) in it. Apparently that's not the answer he was looking for.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1TECH Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 Apparently that's not the answer he was looking for.......... I could change it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1duFos Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 I could change it.... Warranty work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinnDuc Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 Post and run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1TECH Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Post and run This is the worst forum for that I have ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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