Ford Focus gauges

TheBody

Hi all.

The gauges on my 2007 1.4L petrol ford focus are acting up on me. The petrol, temp, rev counter and speedo are all reading mad high. For example when at a stop the speedo says I'm doing 60 kph.

Any ideas of what's up and how much it'll cost to get it fixed?

Thanks in advance.

Zcott

It could be the dash cluster itself which I believe is €350+ from Ford. Or could be a wiring issue behind the dash.

My OH has a 1.4 Focus and the speedometer doesn't work. The revs work fine and the odometer is, at best, sporadic.

TheBody

Zcott wrote: »

It could be the dash cluster itself which I believe is €350+ from Ford. Or could be a wiring issue behind the dash.

My OH has a 1.4 Focus and the speedometer doesn't work. The revs work fine and the odometer is, at best, sporadic.

€350!! Oh great!! I wonder if a second hand one can be installed?

George Dalton

I have seen plenty of faulty Focus clusters but never that exact fault.

You don't have to buy a new one, they can be repaired. This is the guy that we use:

www.kcsystems.ie

George Dalton

Zcott wrote: »

My OH has a 1.4 Focus and the speedometer doesn't work. The revs work fine and the odometer is, at best, sporadic.

What year is it?

TheBody

George Dalton wrote: »

I have seen plenty of faulty Focus clusters but never that exact fault.

You don't have to buy a new one, they can be repaired. This is the guy that we use:

www.kcsystems.ie

Thanks for the reply. Is it possible to just get one from a scrapped car and put it in?

George Dalton

Not on the Mk2 Focus no. It is possible with the older model.

TheBody

George Dalton wrote: »

Not on the Mk2 Focus no. It is possible with the older model.

Would you be able to hazard a guess at how much I'd be looking at to get this repaired by an indi garage?

George Dalton

On average any that we get repaired it usually costs the customer around €200 all in including removal, refitting, repair, courier etc. We never know the cost for sure though until Donal in KC Systems gets them taken apart and knows what the problem is.

TheBody

George Dalton wrote: »

On average any that we get repaired it usually costs the customer around €200 all in including removal, refitting, repair, courier etc. We never know the cost for sure though until Donal in KC Systems gets them taken apart and knows what the problem is.

Thanks a million George. Really appreciate all the info and help.

Zcott

George Dalton wrote: »

What year is it?

99 1.4. I don't think it's an NCT fail so I doubt it'll get fixed.

George Dalton

The problem is more than likely the speed sensor in the gearbox. They are around €40 from Ford.

TheBody

Just to update this.

I called into my local garage and the mechanic said he would try just disconnecting the battery to see if it would reset the system. Sure enough all the gauges went back to normal and are working fine now!!

Better still, it didn't cost me a cent!!

Happy days all round!!

laoisfan

TheBody wrote: »

Just to update this.

I called into my local garage and the mechanic said he would try just disconnecting the battery to see if it would reset the system. Sure enough all the gauges went back to normal and are working fine now!!

Better still, it didn't cost me a cent!!

Happy days all round!!

Hi - just curious, how has your car been since then? Same thing seems to be happening my 2003 Ford Focus. A mate of mine suggested it could be a bad earth? Tempted to give the battery disconnect a try, just to see.

TheBody

laoisfan wrote: »

Hi - just curious, how has your car been since then? Same thing seems to be happening my 2003 Ford Focus. A mate of mine suggested it could be a bad earth? Tempted to give the battery disconnect a try, just to see.

Been working perfect since. Definitely give it a try. You have nothing to lose!! Let us know how you get on.

laoisfan

TheBody wrote: »

Been working perfect since. Definitely give it a try. You have nothing to lose!! Let us know how you get on.

Yeah think I will give it a go, just have to make sure I have my radio code beforehand ( I love my radio ).

I rang the Part's Shop in Downey's Portlaoise ( Ford Dealer ) and they said it would cost me €475 all in, new cluster, reprogramming & labour to remove old one, install the new one. Feck. That's a bit oirish!! The chap said it was a known problem to which I replied....if it's known problem then it shouldn't cost €475 to fix. He laughed ( I know him....funny fecker ).

Right.......battery.....will let ye know.

TheBody

laoisfan wrote: »

Yeah think I will give it a go, just have to make sure I have my radio code beforehand ( I love my radio ).

I rang the Part's Shop in Downey's Portlaoise ( Ford Dealer ) and they said it would cost me €475 all in, new cluster, reprogramming & labour to remove old one, install the new one. Feck. That's a bit oirish!! The chap said it was a known problem to which I replied....if it's known problem then it shouldn't cost €475 to fix. He laughed ( I know him....funny fecker ).

Right.......battery.....will let ye know.

Hi there,

Just wondering how you got on? Did disconnecting the battery leads work?

laoisfan

TheBody wrote: »

Hi there,

Just wondering how you got on? Did disconnecting the battery leads work?

Yo - did not do it yet...it's been fine mostly since I last posted...but speak of the devil...there was no life in the cluster this morning. If I indicated, opened doors/boot or put handbrake on the relevent cluster light lit up. But nothing from the rev counter, speedometer or petrol gauge. Had to drive 30 minutes to the train station, thankfully nobody behind me so I could go a wee bit slower than usual.

Thankfully my radio code is written down in the Ford manual so I might give it ago this evening.

pickled101

Hi Laoisfan, wondering if removing the battery fixed this for you as I've the same issue..

I removed the cluster, cleaned it and it worked for a couple of months but the last cleaning did not fix anything. Now thinking of removing the battery.

laoisfan

Hi pickled101 - Yeah tried it. Issue disappeared for the most part since then, only happened 1-2 since then.

pickled101

Will give it a shot, have a bloody nct and expect to fail without a working cluster..

pickled101

Disconnecting the battery did not fix this for me.

So I removed the cluster and sprayed it with wd40, used a soft toothbrush and cloth to clean the green electronic board as it did have several rust type marks on some parts of the board.

Left it to dry overnight and hey presto I have a working speedo again :-)

Logged on to NCT and brought my test forward to the earliest date I could get.

It's been working four days now and the test is tmrw....

pickled101

still working :-)

shietpilot

George Dalton wrote: »

Not on the Mk2 Focus no. It is possible with the older model.

It's indeed possible. I've done it with my own car €50 for a used cluster and some programming with the laptop. The only requirement is to make sure you have 2 working keys beforehand.

George Dalton

shietpilot wrote: »

It's indeed possible. I've done it with my own car €50 for a used cluster and some programming with the laptop. The only requirement is to make sure you have 2 working keys beforehand.

The poster asked if it was possible to "just get a used cluster and put it in" In other words they were asking was it plug and play like the older Focus.

The answer to that question is still no, just as it was in 2013

shietpilot

George Dalton wrote: »

The poster asked if it was possible to "just get a used cluster and put it in" In other words they were asking was it plug and play like the older Focus.

The answer to that question is still no, just as it was in 2013

Ah, I didn't even notice it was a bumped thread :eek: True, just throwing one in from a scrapyard won't work.