The cluster fault is a common fault that happens on Ford cars, made from around the 2000s onwards. This includes Focus, Mondeo, Galaxy, C-Max, S-Max, Fiesta, Kuga models etc, plus more.



What happens? This is a time that lead free solder was being used in factories over leaded solder. This brittle solder breaks up overtime from the joints expanding and contracted from being heated and cooled over its lifetime. These brittle joints eventually break up and cause a poort connection causing all kinds of issues on the car, including the dashboard lighting up like a christmas tree, gauges freezing or dropping to zero, the dashboard just going off, immobilser activated or even the radio acting up.In this video I am talking about what happens, and how to fix it. This video is based on a 2005 Ford C-Max but the repair process is the exact same procedure across the whole range of models; the exception is the removal from the car being slightly different.

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