Digital display 2012

[Bedrck47]

Gary
Welcome to the Forum

FYI This is an older thread The last post before yours was in Aug 2013 I would suggest you start a new thread as you may get better responses

Since you are new you may want to look at when posts were made before you reply or ask for help.

 

[djac47]

I don't know if this means anything, but I've been having the same issue and got the same answers from Ford. When i first bought the Expedition the display was good, however after I had the daylight running ligth feature turned on the information center was much dimmer and impossible to read during the daylight. ANy thoughts on this wrinkle?

 

[star-art]

Older models (2014-) have a Vacuum Fluorescent (VF) dot matrix display in the center of the cluster. While the brightness of this display can be altered by turning on/off the headlights, using the dimmer switch, etc. you should know that all VF displays simply lose brightness over time. Thus, they get dimmer as they get older. The only solution for that is to replace the display.

But, if you don't mind taking your cluster apart, there is often what appears to be a dark green "window tint" like filter installed over these displays. Depending on the design of the cluster, it may be removable. If you can get this filter to come out, the display should be quite a bit brighter. Don't know if any of this helps, sorry!

 

[R WHITENTON]

I just bought a used 2012 and have the same problem. My dealership doesn’t care and they claim they can see it just fine