O. L. T.

iTrader: (17)

Start car, bright light... wait and it FADES out?!?! Then never comes back bright when driving just comes back very dim. Variable brightness as you are driving. REALLY weird.

1siksc

iTrader: (8)

i must ask, is the cel lit with a led?

O. L. T.

iTrader: (17)

no led's anywhere except where they should be. It's an old school "16" white and red waterfalls, but no led's anywhere else.

I think a sensor is kind if going bad and kind of triggering it, but kind of not going bad and making it vary it's brightness as I drive randomly.

1siksc

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Your probably right, i searched google to ee if other cars get it and i seems to be a issue with ford focuses dash clusters.

stockhatch

iTrader: (12)

Does the car always run fine? I think another guy on here had some CEL strangeness and it ended up being failed ECU caps.

GS4_Fiend

iTrader: (22)

I recommend you check what the code is first.

O. L. T.

iTrader: (17)

Can't because it comes and goes. That's what is weird about it. It acts like it isn't sure it wants to even throw the code.

Vortes

Maybe try to swap in another cluster and see if it still does it?

O. L. T.

iTrader: (17)

Cluster indicator lights do not go through the main board, that is for backlight, needles, and the time/odo. Indicator and warning lights simply "pass through" the cluster, they are controlled by the sensor they are connected to.

Vortes

Ah, had no idea lol, thanks for the info