brand new boss 302 question

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My dads boss just crapped out.  The whole instrument cluster just quit and the radio, but the car still starts and runs.  wondering if it would be ok to drive or a flat bed??  blown fuse maybe??

[WEZEL]

I would flatbed it, could be a network issue and could leave you stuck on the road. Ford has a free towing service to the nearest dealer "Roadside assistance" 1-800-241-3673

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rgr that wezel thanks

[Dago]

Checking fuses is cheap and easy.  Usually though there is a good reason when one blows out.   New car = call the dealership.

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yeah he just got home from a 31 day hitch at work went out to go for a ride and no gauges lol.  the car was parked the entire time, must be mad at him for not driving it

[eagl]

There was a glitch in one year of corvette where if you left the car unlocked but otherwise completely closed up and shut down, the battery would drain in a couple of days.  Maybe the battery is low enough that it is in a fail-safe mode.

Or maybe someone is pranking him and put the lights into stealth mode.  My car has a stealth mode where if you hold a button at the same time as turning off the headlights (or something like that), the entire car goes dark.  It isn't permanent in my car but maybe Ford has some goofy lighting mode like that.

[Golfer]

A buddy's car was acting up and died while loading it on his trailer the morning of a race.  We thought it was the low battery at first and swapped with another. No dice. It had all sorts of weird behavior and was throwing a safe mode code but wouldn't even start.

It ended up being a loose PCM fuse.

I've heard of the gauge cluster going bad an it's an easy dealer fix. You could do it at home but there's no need since its user warranty. When stuff like that happens its usually something basic that's gone wrong.

Good luck!

[CAP1]

My dads boss just crapped out.  The whole instrument cluster just quit and the radio, but the car still starts and runs.  wondering if it would be ok to drive or a flat bed??  blown fuse maybe??

 flatbed it. tell him to not even try to figure it out himself. just let the dealer deal with this one.

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yeah he is taking it back to the dealer probably tuesday, wasnt sure if you had this happen with yours CAP1.  Should have went chevy

[Gustav]

GM isn't much better about failure rates on instrument clusters. My Dad jokes on that whenever he isn't working on an Arcadia or a Colorado/Canyon, he is replacing a instrument cluster out of a new GMC vehicle (or replacing modules that can cause a instrument cluster to stop working, like Radio or Airbag modules)

[CAP1]

yeah he is taking it back to the dealer probably tuesday, wasnt sure if you had this happen with yours CAP1.  Should have went chevy

 mine has been flawless. no tranny problems, no clutch stay out problems when i took it to 6k rpm, no nothing, except for sheer perfection.

 funny thing, is that there's a few cars that ALWAYS mess with me when i'm in the dakota, generally on one of the roads when i leave my shop. not a single one of them messes with me in the gt.

[CAP1]

GM isn't much better about failure rates on instrument clusters. My Dad jokes on that whenever he isn't working on an Arcadia or a Colorado/Canyon, he is replacing a instrument cluster out of a new GMC vehicle (or replacing modules that can cause a instrument cluster to stop working, like Radio or Airbag modules)

 funny thing about that....there's a car forum i talk on, where they constantly come down on the fords. i did a search in my info system on the 2011 gt and the 2011 camaro ss. gt has 4 tsb's. camaro ss has 317 tsb's. 

[ROC]

Did the boss upgrade include that new color dash?  If so, the harness may have come loose.  Mine did that when I swapped out the stepper motors last year.  Just didn't lock it down properly, came loose.  Pulled the dash, reset the main cable, made sure it locked properly and no problems since.

[CAP1]

Did the boss upgrade include that new color dash?  If so, the harness may have come loose.  Mine did that when I swapped out the stepper motors last year.  Just didn't lock it down properly, came loose.  Pulled the dash, reset the main cable, made sure it locked properly and no problems since.

 by new color, do you mean the "mycolor" thing that ford does? if so, all mustangs have that.

 cool thing is that if you hit redline, the entire tach turns red. ford dropped the ball there. that would be one cool assd shift light.

[Golfer]

MyColor comes on Premium version.  Base versions don't have it.  I don't know about the 2013's which have a whole lot of options you couldn't pick individually with 2012s.  I'd have stuck Recaro seats in my car if I could've.