Dash gauge cluster problem.

[matty0581]

Hi,
I own a 2005 Explorer XLT lately the dash cluster starts going haywire when driving down the road, the tach and speedometer will start bouncing all over the place, and the other dash lights will flash on and off also. I noticed the other day even after I parked the truck and turned it off, the speedometer and tach needles will still be hopping around with the vehicle off and key out of the ignition. If anybody has any ideas I would appreciate it, thanks

 

[BrooklynBay]

Welcome to this forum! I've moved your thread into the stock 2002-2005 section. Does your transmission shift erratically when this problem occurs?

 

[matty0581]

No it doesn't do anything other than the gauges bouncing around and lights coming on for a second. Then when it's turned off the speedo and tach will still lightly jump around

 

[dndsam]

I had a similar symptom, only the air bag light came on and stayed on until I turned the key off and waited a few minutes to reset. Bad instrument cluster. Below are the links to the threads I started. It ended up being the same issue.

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=259705&highlight=dash+guage

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=262492&highlight=airbag+light