Instrument Panel Failure Problems of Ford Freestyle

The entire instrument panel went dark while drving at night, headlights included. The gauges all dropped to zero, then went back up, back to zero. This happened a few times within a minute. Then all the lights on the panel lit up including airbag , abs, everything. Very scary to have this happen while driving in the dark. I am very thankful that it was me driving and not my 16 year old daughter -- it really could have caused an accident. This happened again last night while I was driving to pick up my 12 year old from church--- same exact thing. The engine was running fine, though. I researched the problem and saw many, many complaints and it's a known issue for this model year. Why isn't there a recall? this is a serious safety issue - do you want a oncoming vehicle to have there lights flashing on/off and instrument panel failing while they are driving straight toward you or someone in your family?.

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The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated that all of the gauges on the instrument panel were malfunctioning. When the failure would occur, the tail lights would illuminate. The vehicle was taken to a local repair shop where the vehicle was diagnosed as the cluster module being defective and needing to be replaced. The manufacturer was contacted who did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was out of warranty. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 46,000. Updated 05/04/11.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated that while driving over 5 mph, all of the gauges on the instrument panel failed. The vehicle momentarily surged forward. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on numerous occasions where various repairs were performed but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 40,000.

Instrument panel went dead.

The dashboard instrument panel fails regularly and all gauges (speed, gas, temp, etc. ) fall to zero. The dashboard and other interior lights also do not work when this happens. At first, it happened intermittently and would work most of the time, but not all. Now, it happens regularly and I have driven several times without knowing my speed or fuel level. Sometimes the computer resets. At times, the gauges resume working within a minute, other times, they do not work for the entire drive, leaving me with no way of knowing my speed or fuel level and now way of seeing inside the car when it is dark. I did some research and found a TSB on the issue at Ford, but it is expensive to fix and really is a safety issue that should be covered because of the lack of knowing the speed and fuel levels. I brought it in yesterday and it will cost $750. 00 to fix.