This has just happened to me. I called a local Ford dealer, and much to my suprise, he did help out over the phone. He had explained that a fried battery will case the relays to go haywire. I purchased a new battery, installed it, and walla....my van started. Hope this helps, good luck. this happend to me too, but it turned out to be the wire from negative on the battery to the ground snapped and it would make contact with the frame causing the flickering and clicking noise under the dash, hope that helps too
Could be the sending unit or a problem with the wiring if electrical.
Hey Mona==Get it checked out before you ruin the engine. If the gauge is gound into the red there is a problem somewhere. If you ignore it you can ruin the engine which is megabucks. GoodluckJoe
i had the exact same problem with our 91 voyager, i cleaned the battery terminals and the problem went away immediately
You need gauges to properly charge it.
probally have to get new guages.
Bad electrical connections.
The coldness
Sometimes the ground strap to the body of the car can come loose. This will cause things to flicker. Ground from the battery needs to be connected to the engine block, the frame, and the body to keep things working properly.
Could be the sending unit or a problem with the wiring if electrical.
Mechanical drive for the speedometer only.
Yes, all circuits are protected by a fuse.
Could be the multiplex unit. There was a recall for this item so you should check with the dealer. Also could be a short or loose connection.
It means that one or more of the gauges is out of the safe zone.
They are called gauges. Perhaps I don't understand the question. There is a fuel gauge, which tells you how much fuel you have, or an electrical gauge, or one that gauges speed. I guess depending on the gauge there is a different name. So your speed gauge is your speedometer. Your RPM gauge is the tachometer, and so on.
There is a electrical system controller (esc) that's where the cluster gets its info from for example battery voltage
The check gauges light comes on when one of the guages is out side of the safe zone. It could be battery voltage, oil pressure, engine temp....
"Mechanical Strain gauges" do not have inductance. There are many types of strain gauge: Mechanical, photoelastic, electrical etc.... Are you wanting the inductance of an electrical strain gauge? if so which type?