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Symptom Chart

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2007 Lincoln MKX and 2007 Ford Edge. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
Symptom Chart

Condition Possible Sources Action
  • No communication with the instrument cluster
  • Fuse(s)
  • Circuitry
  • Instrument cluster
  • All the chimes are inoperative
  • Instrument cluster
  • INSTALL a new instrument cluster. REFER to INSTRUMENT CLUSTER . TEST the system for normal operation.
  • The chime sounds when the driver door is ajar (no key in ignition and headlamps off)
  • Circuitry
  • Key-in-ignition warning switch (part of the ignition switch)
  • Smart junction box (SJB)
  • The key-in-ignition warning chime is inoperative
  • Circuitry
  • Key-in-ignition warning switch (part of the ignition switch)
  • SJB
  • Instrument cluster
  • The headlamps on warning chime is inoperative
  • Door ajar indication
  • SJB
  • Instrument cluster
  • The turn signal on warning chime is inoperative
  • Instrument cluster
  • The safety belt warning chime does not operate correctly
  • Safety belt warning indication
  • Instrument cluster
  • The door ajar warning chime is inoperative
  • Circuitry
  • SJB
  • Instrument cluster
  • OBSERVE the door ajar warning indicator.
    • If the door ajar warning indicator operates correctly, INSTALL a new instrument cluster. REFER to INSTRUMENT CLUSTER . TEST the system for normal operation.
    • If the door ajar warning indicator does not operate correctly, REFER to INSTRUMENT CLUSTER . TEST the system for normal operation.
  • The Belt-Minder® feature does not operate correctly
  • Belt-Minder® deactivated
 
  • Safety belt warning indication
  • Instrument cluster
  • The parking brake warning chime is inoperative
  • Brake warning indication
  • Instrument cluster
  • The air bag secondary warning chime is inoperative/has activated
  • Instrument cluster
  • RETRIEVE the recorded instrument cluster DTCs from the continuous and on-demand self-tests.
    • If the instrument cluster DTC B1868 is present, INSTALL a new instrument cluster. REFER to INSTRUMENT CLUSTER . TEST the system for normal operation.
    • If the instrument cluster DTC B1868 is not present, the system is operating correctly. The air bag secondary warning chime sounds only when a fault in the air bag warning indicator is present and DTC B1868 is recorded.