Dash powers down while driving, no driving performance issues

[SidCharming]

Within the past month I have a new issue with my 05 Explorer XLT. While driving, I notice all gauges drop to zero, the engine lights *all* light up, the lights on the dash stay on, the Trip odometer zeros out and only a few times the radio cuts out (but stays lit up). The Brownout (as I am calling it) only happens for up to 10-15 seconds. It comes back to life and acts like normal. (when I say the gauges, it includes the speedometer which goes to zero; fuel gage=zero; Alternator=zero; oil pressure = zero; temperature gauge=zero).

Anyone else experience something like this? Not sure where to go for testing or look for source of problem. If it was a fuse, it wouldn't come back to life.

The wonders of my current ride... I call this truck "Guess" because I seem to speak of the truck in the following way... Guess what sound it's making; Guess what just happened; Guess what smell that is; Guess what needs to be fixed now... (you get the idea) =)

** The problem is not constant and I have yet to figure out how to reproduce the issue from triggering. I have been taking notice if something seems to trigger the anomaly... it's happened while driving down the highway, sitting at a stop light or other... nothing seems to be a pattern to cause it.

 

[TechGuru]

Loose ground most likely.

All the gauge info is fed from a databus line from the ECU but if that were loose I really don't think it would affect the radio.

 

[SidCharming]

Anyone have any suggestions how to trap for it? Because the issue doesn't happen all the time or by any defined action, it's going to be a difficult task to find the source. Unless there are connectors or points within the system I can go see if that specifically is the problem (ie if a harness is prone, I'd check it specifically).

Thanks in advance!