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Dashboard needles failure
Ford Windstar 2001 160000 miles
My car's dashboard needles move desperately.
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You need to remove the dashboard and check the connectors. You should check the pins' welding, and you will probably need to weld them again. This was how I solved the problem with my car.
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CommentDashboard needles
Ford Windstar 2003 110000 miles
My car's dashboard needles sometimes seem to drive crazy, how can I fix it?
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With a magnifying glass I was able to identify some welding points in the instrument panel that were damaged (5). I've welded them again and the problem was solved.
CommentInstrument panel
Ford Windstar 2003 170000 miles
My vehicle's instrument panel has been failing: you simply open the switch and the needles start moving from side to side, even sometimes colliding into one another. What I do is to hit the dashboard a bit and they either mend or stop. I was thinking that may be it was simply a poor contact or a short circuit, what do you think about it? Thanks.
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With a magnifying glass I was able to identify some welding points in the instrument panel that were damaged (5). I've welded them again and the problem was solved.
It can either be that the ECU or computer of you car is failing or that some sensor's short circuit.
Comment1/2 lit lights on dashboard
Ford Windstar 1998 ford windstar gl 210000 miles
Not liking this...my rpm and speedometer gauges are half lit. I noticed this last night. You really can't see under the 2 mark on the rpm side and on the speedometer side it lit up to 50mph them decided to light up at 80mph...no further on worker of them...wtf can it be...? Hopefully an easy fix...
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