How To: Adding an OEM Tachometer Cluster on a 2005-up

[Mr.Zx3]

have a question what do you search under?speedo?instruments?

[c9_zx3]

I got mine by searching for "Focus gauge cluster". Then I just went looking for an 05 - 07 cluster.

[voytik09]

oo such a sad day. been stoked for the past week. finally found a cluster on ebay. mileage was way off but who cares? got it here n i was like a kid on christmas. spent 45 min in the blazing nc sun and got it in. got super psyched cause i didnt have any random abs, brake, or tcs lights on. i come to find out that the fuel gauge is stuck. also there is a dark spot on my speedo when i turn on my lights at night...

any solutions?

[Tiger-Heli]

I'm guessing the dark spot is likely just a burned-out bulb.

The fuel gauge might be more of a problem.

You might be able to transfer the guage from your other cluster, but I'm doubtful on that - hopefully someone else on here knows the answer!!!

[FX4BAJA]

Originally Posted by voytik09

oo such a sad day. been stoked for the past week. finally found a cluster on ebay. mileage was way off but who cares? got it here n i was like a kid on christmas. spent 45 min in the blazing nc sun and got it in. got super psyched cause i didnt have any random abs, brake, or tcs lights on. i come to find out that the fuel gauge is stuck. also there is a dark spot on my speedo when i turn on my lights at night...

any solutions?

Fill your tank full of gas and take the needle off the fuel gauge do a needle sweep and place the needle back on the full mark.Dont push it down to far where it will get stuck.

[Tiger-Heli]

Originally Posted by FX4BAJA

Fill your tank full of gas and take the needle off the fuel gauge do a needle sweep and place the needle back on the full mark.Dont push it down to far where it will get stuck.

Needle sweep - or I'm pretty sure unplugging the battery neg cable or the cluster will cause it as well.

Hope This Helps!!!

[V8FordTempo]

good question..

[V8FordTempo]

good question.

Originally Posted by FOCUS_2.3

I wonder if there is a memory "chip" that stores the mileage. If so what do you think the difficulty would be to switch them around?

[westvirginialivin86]

this will not work unless you want the wrong mileage to show.i tried this in my 06 and ya gotta take your old cluster and the replacment to a ford dealer and get them to reprogram it to your car. its not worth the money and time.

[Lscman]

Originally Posted by madison355

I work at a Ford dealer in VA and I bought a new one from them for $220 and filled out a sheet with the dude and they sent it off and I had it back in 3 days. When I installed it, it had my milage on it. I only paid $65 for the reprograming, and there was no DMV involed. Like I said, I'm in VA and don't know if it's the same everywhere.

There's a big difference between programming and reprogramming. You paid $65 for a dealer to program a new speedo cluster for the first time to match an existing speedo that was being replaced during repair. This is totally legal and much different than reprogramming a USED speedo which is seen by the federal government as a fraudulent act (odometer roolback/manipulation). The federal goverenment is trying hard to stop fraud and unfortunately this makes it tough to recycle perfectly good speedos. Most foreign cars don't allow speedo swapping anymore; a tamper dot will illuminate to warn used car buyers if you do it. Dealers have tools to program new speedos, not used ones.