Suspected Instrument Cluster Failure. My wife drives a 2007 Ford Focus Automatic 1.6, which she has owned for a number of years and is now playing up. 1. Displays "Engine System Failure". 2. Displays "Automatic Transmission failure". 3. Failed to turn over, this has happened just once, worked after 5 mins. 4. If the ECU loses communication to the cluster, it will fail and cause serious problems like this. The ECU, cluster, transponder and other systems all talk to each other constantly over the CANBUS. Yes, the cluster is essentially only an output device but - as far as I'm aware - it still requires coding to the car and therefore is still A. Make backup of module configuration: press “Save All” button, type filename, confirm writing. Configuration will be saved to a file with .ABT extension. B. Restore module configuration from previously created backup: press “Load All” button, select previously created file with *.ABT extension, confirm loading. Mondeo Mk4 Instrument Cluster Upgrade. At the moment I'm currently looking at purchasing a 2008 Mondeo 2.0 TDCI. She's a Ghia spec which means she's relatively well spec'd, only problem I have was I was hoping for a Titanium spec mainly because of the Ford Converse+ cluster display. The MK3 and MK3.5 Level 3 (full color) instrument clusters are technically 100% identical. The only differences are the hardware and software version numbers. Because of the different hardware version number it is not possible to update the MK3 instrument cluster to MK3.5 software using the Ford IDS or FDRS diagnostic systems. A friend of me activated the digital speedometer, but it appears in the right screen not in the correct spot with this code: In the IPC AsBuilt, u need to change this: speedometer: 720-07-01 xxxX xxxx xxxx. 0 (Disabled) 1 (Enabled) Just change the big X, the little x's stay the same. Done with Forscan. I know, it's against the rules! Name: Marc. Ford Model: Fiesta. Ford Year: 2017. UK/Ireland Location: Surrey. Posted June 28, 2021. Hi all. One day would love to upgrade the instrument cluster on my MK4 focus to the new digital one which are now in the latest Focus MY and Pumas. Have been keeping an eye out for them on eBay (still pretty pricey at the moment and rare!) Ford Mondeo mk3 Cluster Tint Removal (project st220)In a previous video i showed how to strip down the cluster and did not catch how to remove the tint from Remove 5 front mini-hex screws and printed dial card to expose the front of the PCB. Clean liberally with PCB cleaner, paying attention to the area around, and gap underneath, the push-switch that resets the trip meter if that's been causing problems. This side is more enclosed than the rear and considerably less dirty. Ford Mondeo Mk3 (2000 - 2007) Instrument Cluster waiting for -- gear input. 233 Views 6 Replies 3 Participants Last post by nitz, Jun 27, 2017. N. nitz cl1o.