Ford Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

The instrument cluster indicates the current selector lever position or the engaged gear (Select-Shift-Mode) to the driver. This signal is transmitted from the transmission control unit via the CAN databus.

In selector lever position "P", the instrument cluster also receives a signal from the selector lever lock solenoid confirming whether the selector lever is actually in "P".

The instrument cluster performs a plausibility check with this signal and does not display "P" (for reasons of safety) until both signals from the transmission control unit and the selector lever lock solenoid are present.

Emergency running mode

If the transmission is in emergency running mode, or if there is a communications fault between the transmission control unit and the instrument cluster, or if the park position signal is implausible, then this is indicated with two horizontal lines on the instrument cluster (see illustration).