Gauge fluctuation when starting

Asked by ordychief Nov 15, 2010 at 04:08 PM about the 2005 Ford F-150 XLT SuperCab

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

When I start the engine all the guages peg to the left and vibrate and then finally go
to the right.  At the same time all electrical power is lost as if I disconnected the
battery.  No other problems it is just when starting it.

3 Answers

papa answered 13 years ago

could be the cluster is going bad,but if everything works right after start up,I would not worrie about it,on some vwhicles this is normal.

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ordychief answered 13 years ago

Thank you for the response. The radio and time always need to be reset which shows it has no electric power at the time. I read that it could be the battery and its amp output is going bad. Any other ideas?

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