Instrument Panel Misbehaving

[rwtomkins]

It hardly qualififes as a problem but when I start up the car, all the warning lights on the instrument panel go out except the one warning that there's a malfunctioning bulb in one of the lamp clusters. This stays on until I press the brake pedal, at which point it goes out and stays out.

 

Anyone else had this? A while ago I got a low fuel level alert even thought there was plenty of diesel in the tank. I'm thinking I should ask the dealer to change the instrument cluster under warranty.

[MrT]

It hardly qualififes as a problem but when I start up the car, all the warning lights on the instrument panel go out except the one warning that there's a malfunctioning bulb in one of the lamp clusters. This stays on until I press the brake pedal, at which point it goes out and stays out.

This is perfectly normal behaviour.

[rwtomkins]

Really? So it's me that's misbehaving. I swear I never noticed this before. Can anyone else say if their instrument panel does this?

[MrT]

You should also have the automatic selector light staying on until you press the brake pedal. This will go out when you press the pedal and will come on again several seconds later if you do not move the gear out of park. This looks like a green circle with a foot in it.

[galantlad]

lamp failure warning light stays on untill you press brake pedal so it checks brake light bulbs

[NikpV]

Lamps appear to be normal, but the low fuel gauge problem is still waiting for a fix, at least it was the last time we asked the local ford dealer (they tried two different clusters before Ford said that they were working on the fix)