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Instrument Panel & Fuse Box has Epilepsy - 3/13/2008 4:19:54 PM

dtg316

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Don't know any other way to describe this, but Instrument Panel & Fuse Box has Epilepsy!

I got in to my '05 Five Hundred (68000 miles) hit the memory recall #2 button turned the key as usual, but the gauges (lights) started flickering and the Tach and Speed needles pushed down below zero and twitched profusely (engine did NOT start). The fuse panel under the steering wheel started clicking away? I turned the key off and withdrew it, but the fuse panel continued to click away. I popped the hood removed the positive side terminal and naturally it all stopped. 30 minutes later I replaced the terminal and tried to start it and again the panel and fuse box went into some sort of Epileptic seizure?

I had to take steering column apart to get to the release button to get it into neutral and out of the garage (awaiting tow).

I have not had any warning lights or weirdness prior to this.

Any ideas? (besides new manufacturer)

Thanks.

Dave

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RE: Instrument Panel & Fuse Box has Epilepsy - 3/17/2008 5:39:43 AM

dtg316

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Well, most people I spoke to said the battery was bad, so I managed to get it to Autozone to have the battery tested and they claimed battery was good? Which made some sense to me since the meter read 14 volts across the terminals.

At this point I am thinking computer issue all the way! I got it over to the dealer and after about 4 hours they called and said bad battery and computer reset $190!

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RE: Instrument Panel & Fuse Box has Epilepsy - 3/31/2008 5:36:41 PM

asayres

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Nothing but problems with 2005 Ford 500. Instrument panel replaced last year, Transmission replaced this month. In shop today because of computer problem.

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