Ford 500 - 2005 - The entire dash (all gauges) went to zeros

All the guages on the instrument panel went down but the car still drove fine, about 1 minute later they were back up again. It's happend, at various times in various conditions, about 5 times in the last week. All the guages on the instrument panel went down but the car still drove fine, about 1 minute later they were back up again. It's happend, at various times in various conditions, about 5 times in the last week.

i ahve the same problem and they will all black out and headlights go off and reverse lights pop on i ahve the same problem and they will all black out and headlights go off and reverse lights pop on

We have the same problem with our 500. When the dash goes dead the reverse lights come on. It's intermitent and doesn't seem to correspond to anything (a bump in the road, etc.). I have found that if I give the dash a bump with my hand above the instrument panel that everything comes back. I was assuming a short in the instrument cluster somewhere but we've had two dealerships and another shop not be able to find anything. It's driving me CRAZY!! We have the same problem with our 500. When the dash goes dead the reverse lights come on. It's intermitent and doesn't seem to correspond to anything (a bump in the road, etc.). I have found that if I give the dash a bump with my hand above the instrument panel that everything comes back. I was assuming a short in the instrument cluster somewhere but we've had two dealerships and another shop not be able to find anything. It's driving me CRAZY!!

Same thing here.. Was told by dealer my Alternator was the culprit of overcharging, hmmm. Well now nothing else was an issue; no surging lights anywhere, no battery issues, car runs fine. Every once in a while the cluster in whole goes dead. (Alternator replaced at Ford 400.00 Parts and 200.00 labor.) Next time happened took back and 3 weeks later I was told the PCM needed to be replaced! 1200.00 parts and 400.00 labor! Again back to dealer issue still happening and they are still consitrating on the Charge light not going off, again. This time, "oh by the way we found thatyour 2 PCM harnesses need to be replaced and that will be another 2300.00! I am ready to tell the dealer, JUST NO! why am I paying for throwing items, expensive items, to repair a cluster that goes dead? I think the Cluster is bad but they say "No it is fine" Also cannot get any help from Ford, don't have a rental or loaner, had this car since 2008 with 14,000 on it and now it is around 90,000. Same issue and I still don't think the issue is fixed. Is there a good dealer with true Technicians that diagnos the correct issue? Over 5000.00 in repairs and the Service Manager will not spend one minute with us on issue. Same thing here.. Was told by dealer my Alternator was the culprit of overcharging, hmmm. Well now nothing else was an issue; no surging lights anywhere, no battery issues, car runs fine. Every once in a while the cluster in whole goes dead. (Alternator replaced at Ford 400.00 Parts and 200.00 labor.) Next time happened took back and 3 weeks later I was told the PCM needed to be replaced! 1200.00 parts and 400.00 labor! Again back to dealer issue still happening and they are still consitrating on the Charge light not going off, again. This time, "oh by the way we found thatyour 2 PCM harnesses need to be replaced and that will be another 2300.00! I am ready to tell the dealer, JUST NO! why am I paying for throwing items, expensive items, to repair a cluster that goes dead? I think the Cluster is bad but they say "No it is fine" Also cannot get any help from Ford, don't have a rental or loaner, had this car since 2008 with 14,000 on it and now it is around 90,000. Same issue and I still don't think the issue is fixed. Is there a good dealer with true Technicians that diagnos the correct issue? Over 5000.00 in repairs and the Service Manager will not spend one minute with us on issue.

All dash gauge went inop at one time. fuses are OK All dash gauge went inop at one time. fuses are OK