Light staying on the electric odometer on 03 focus

mzara

Does anyone know what causes the light to stay on the where the mileage is shown after the car is turned off? I've noticed it a few times now? No other light is on only the green light on the odometer. Does this happen to a lot of focuses?

martinr5232

Lock the car and see does it go out after about half an hour.

gctest50

dampness ? are the windows fogged up in the morning ?

left a window open in the rain ?

the back of the clocks can get a bit corroded - drives them bananas


http://www.kcsystems.ie fix them

the earth wires near the battery - ( brown i think ) - they'll be bolted to the car can corrode and cause weirdness

the wires on the alternator

there are wires inside a little rubber tube between the car and the hatchback door - can break and cause chaos
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mzara

gctest50 wrote: »

dampness ? are the windows fogged up in the morning ?

the back of the clocks can get a bit corroded - drives them bananas


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yeah the windows are fogged up sometimes! is it a pricey job to fix or is something simple?

gctest50

It (can) be simple enough if its that - sorted it before for someone

lift the carpet and see how soaked it is - if its bad take the carpet out and dry it

if its not too bad stick a dehumidifier in the car

take out the clocks ( easy enough - just be delicate )

clean up the back of them & put them back in

gctest50

photos of the craic here :

http://www.focusfanatics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=321859

mzara

I had a leak near the windscreen a couple of months back where the passenger side got wet, it's still not 100% dry after using a dehumidifier and kept it in the garage with a heater. I'll get someone to check out the clocks! Thanks for you help

JohnBoy26

There is an electrical box down the passenger side on those focuses. It could be corroded from the leak.

Atlantic Dawn

I've seen some which were recently parked with the speedo lit up and the lights were not on. I was thinking it was time delayed and a feature that would go off shortly afterwards?

Alun

I seem to remember it stayed on on my '04 C-Max too. I got the impression it was designed like that.

jca

The connect is the same, the light stays on for ages if not permanently. Unless you're getting flat battery issues I wouldn't bother about it.