Test fuction on trip reset- make sticky if answered

cedsks · November 14th, 2010, 09:30 PM

I found out that there is a whole lot of info available if you

1) Car off, push and hold down trip reset button
2) Start car with button held down until test / gage reads
3) With car running, repeat hitting trip reset button

There is about 20-30 different readings that will appear.

I can figure out about 6 or so of these readings. Any ford Mechanic or anyone who can tell us what all of these mean should receive some serious reps and be made a sticky. I looked on Alldata and none of this is listed.

I have a feeling that this is a wealth of knowledge to be found on our cars.

Eagle2000GT · November 14th, 2010, 09:40 PM

Here you go.

Instrument Test

Kohrs93 · November 14th, 2010, 10:23 PM

fancy

budders · November 14th, 2010, 10:26 PM

this is well know..

WhiteVenom · November 14th, 2010, 11:35 PM

Yeah alot of people have seen it. Its not really all that useful IMO

Eagle2000GT · November 15th, 2010, 07:15 AM

I would say that most of the time for the average driver it wouldn't be useful. But the previous owner of my car put on a reverse glow overlay on the instrument cluster. He also put the speedometer needle on in the wrong place. The digital speedometer was very helpful in troubleshooting and fixing the problem. Just in case you didn't know, zero on the speedometer isn't zero. It's seven miles per hour. In order to put the needle back on in the correct place the rear tires have to be turning.

Woodman · November 8th, 2011, 07:28 PM

I too found this VERY handy for the same reason as the above poster. I was able to determine that when the Previous Owner of my car put the junky looking white face gauges in, he didn't center the needles properly either. Using the digital speedometer, and the digital tach, I was also able to determine I am running 3.43:1 rear gears, instead of the more common 3.55 or 3.73 gears.

1_nice_03_gt · November 8th, 2011, 07:40 PM

3.43 gears?

laoutlaw01 · November 8th, 2011, 08:11 PM

As a fairly new mustang owner I did not know this. I just ran thru the diagnostics on my car and it popped up dtc 5284 which is a bad oil pressure sending unit. How reliable is this? My gauge appears to be normal when driving and such.

Woodman · November 8th, 2011, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by 1_nice_03_gt

3.43 gears?

Yeah, I was wrong. It's 3.55's.

95mustangGT/SVT · November 8th, 2011, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by laoutlaw01

As a fairly new mustang owner I did not know this. I just ran thru the diagnostics on my car and it popped up dtc 5284 which is a bad oil pressure sending unit. How reliable is this? My gauge appears to be normal when driving and such.

It is probably correct. The oil pressure gauge in out car is a dummy gauge from what I hear and either reads normal or 0 if it has under 7psi. My car runs at 15psi when it's warm and at idle

November 14th, 2010, 09:30 PM	#1
cedsks Premium Member 2004 Mustang GT Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Dayton Ohio area Posts: 669 iTrader: 0 reviews	Test fuction on trip reset- make sticky if answered I found out that there is a whole lot of info available if you 1) Car off, push and hold down trip reset button 2) Start car with button held down until test / gage reads 3) With car running, repeat hitting trip reset button There is about 20-30 different readings that will appear. I can figure out about 6 or so of these readings. Any ford Mechanic or anyone who can tell us what all of these mean should receive some serious reps and be made a sticky. I looked on Alldata and none of this is listed. I have a feeling that this is a wealth of knowledge to be found on our cars. __________________ 2004 2v GT--3.90's, t3650, H&R SS, 78mm TB, K&N CAI, steeda bump stop kit, HP Blues shocks and struts, soon to have a rear seat delete, light weight driveshaft.

November 14th, 2010, 09:40 PM	#2
Eagle2000GT I Post Entirely Way Too Much 2000 Mustang GT 12.73@111.36 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Shelbyville, IN Posts: 5,311 iTrader: 1 reviews	Here you go. Instrument Test __________________ ProCharger P-1SC, 9 psi, STD 396/383; Uncorrected 388/375; SAE 383/370 Mods list in Garage. Last edited by Eagle2000GT; November 14th, 2010 at 09:43 PM.

November 14th, 2010, 10:26 PM	#4
budders Enthusiast 1999 Mustang GT Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Killadelphia, PA Posts: 582 iTrader: 2 reviews	this is well know.. __________________ 99 Mustang GT V8 5 Speed. Too many mods to list..

November 14th, 2010, 11:35 PM	#5
WhiteVenom MM Fanatic 99 Cobra :p 12.36@119.35 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Lapeer Posts: 4,541 iTrader: 0 reviews	Yeah alot of people have seen it. Its not really all that useful IMO __________________ MM COBRA CLUB #80 SRA SWAP WRITE UP!

November 15th, 2010, 07:15 AM	#6
Eagle2000GT I Post Entirely Way Too Much 2000 Mustang GT 12.73@111.36 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Shelbyville, IN Posts: 5,311 iTrader: 1 reviews	I would say that most of the time for the average driver it wouldn't be useful. But the previous owner of my car put on a reverse glow overlay on the instrument cluster. He also put the speedometer needle on in the wrong place. The digital speedometer was very helpful in troubleshooting and fixing the problem. Just in case you didn't know, zero on the speedometer isn't zero. It's seven miles per hour. In order to put the needle back on in the correct place the rear tires have to be turning. __________________ ProCharger P-1SC, 9 psi, STD 396/383; Uncorrected 388/375; SAE 383/370 Mods list in Garage.

November 8th, 2011, 07:28 PM	#7
Woodman Regular 1999 Mustang GT Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Duluth, MN Posts: 309 iTrader: 0 reviews	I too found this VERY handy for the same reason as the above poster. I was able to determine that when the Previous Owner of my car put the junky looking white face gauges in, he didn't center the needles properly either. Using the digital speedometer, and the digital tach, I was also able to determine I am running 3.43:1 rear gears, instead of the more common 3.55 or 3.73 gears.

November 8th, 2011, 07:40 PM	#8
1_nice_03_gt Hardcore Enthusiast 2003 ford mustang gt 13.9 stock Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: bay area Posts: 1,473 iTrader: 1 reviews	3.43 gears? __________________ k&n cai, mangaflows exhaust, summit udp's, 24lb injectors, 78mm bbk plenun, tri-ax s/s, a/c delete,3.73's, aluminum drive shaft, upr upper/lower control arms, solid motor mounts, bbk heades, upr xpipe,bbk cc plates, camber bolts.bama tune

November 8th, 2011, 08:11 PM	#9
laoutlaw01 Regular Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 381 iTrader: 0 reviews	As a fairly new mustang owner I did not know this. I just ran thru the diagnostics on my car and it popped up dtc 5284 which is a bad oil pressure sending unit. How reliable is this? My gauge appears to be normal when driving and such. __________________

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