Neat Odometer Trick

[99slowbra]

My buddy has a 2000 GT and showed me this. I want to see who else has heard or tried it before.

Hold trip reset - key in off position
While still holding button, turn key in on position
Wait about 3 seconds and it should come up and say TEST
Start the car

You can view fuel, battery, oil comes up 0 for both of us for some reason, RPM, speed, and tons of other crap. Thought it was a cool find. After owning this car for over 2 years, it's cool to find new things I never knew about.

 

[lowflyn]

Known about this since 2002...welcome to the club.

 

[01greycobra]

old news lol jk

 

[soccerman002]

News to me, sounds pretty cool.

 

[kxt]

i had forgot how to do this. Thanks!

 

[D's01Snake]

lol im just kidding. Im sure some new folks didnt know about this.

 

[99slowbra]

Damn...thought I was on to something revolutionary. :-D

 

[006]

Here are full instructions:

Mustangworld HEC Instrument Cluster Diagnostics

Been there since 2000

 

[no_slow_svt]

yeah, i havent heard about this in along time.
good info for the new owners and for us old folks that forgot how to do it.

 

[murked99cobra]

holy crap I never knew it did more then just trip and mileage :banana::banana:
Thanks!! :beer:

 

[2001cobrawill]

Nice info i also forgot all about this

 

[GreySVTSnake01]

New to me. Thanks, broski.

 

[Double"O"]

trick works on my cousins 05 f150 too!

 

[IUP99snake]

This is new to me too! Thanks for posting this!

 

[Ciotti]

It won't work on my 96' :lol:

 

[IUP99snake]

This is so cool, I decided to take a break from work and walk out to the parking lot to try it.

I'm curious about the DTC codes section. Will it display multiple codes? My check engine light has been on for a long time now, and I finally found out that it's code #5284 Oil Pressure Switch Failure. That's the only code it displayed, so does that mean it's the only code I'm throwing?

Homer

 

[006]

This is so cool, I decided to take a break from work and walk out to the parking lot to try it.

I'm curious about the DTC codes section. Will it display multiple codes? My check engine light has been on for a long time now, and I finally found out that it's code #5284 Oil Pressure Switch Failure. That's the only code it displayed, so does that mean it's the only code I'm throwing?

Homer

If you got this code, it means that you did the test while the engine was off.. Motor has to be running for that test to give you a proper result. :burnout:

 

[IUP99snake]

Good point! The instructions tell you to initiate the diagnostic mode while the engine is off while the key is in the "ON" position. Once the diagnostics mode is on, you can then start the engine. I did this, and all the gauges began reading data, such as the RPM, fuel, etc. etc. But the oil pressure still read zero, and the code was still there.

So, do I have to initiate the diagnostic mode while the engine is running?

Homer