View Full Version : Unlock display (Ideas if this Works)
Iggy1105
12-14-2005, 10:10 AM
Heres a wierd ebay auction on uk.com. Obviously if the guys emails you a process somethings up, but I was wondering if it is posssible to see the things this guy mentions on your odometer.
Let me know what you guys think
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Unlock-your-Ford-Cougar-display-2-0-16v-2-5-v6_W0QQitemZ4595999102QQcategoryZ21654QQrdZ1QQcmdZ ViewItem
wadespencer99
12-14-2005, 11:03 AM
Sure is. You have to hold a button down when you start the car. That puts it into diagnostic mode, and you can then cycle the display through all those readings.
Hopefully someone else will chime in with what button it is...cause I can't remember.
mosoblkcougar
12-14-2005, 11:21 AM
Hold down the units and reset buttons (i think) while your starting the car, press select to cycle through the different displays and reset to exit. It's actually in your owners manual. Doesn't anybody read these things? lol
Monkeygrits
12-14-2005, 06:55 PM
that is a lame way to make a buck
Cossack
12-19-2005, 12:32 AM
but a smart one all the same
crazyoldcougar
12-19-2005, 11:59 AM
but a smart one all the same
not really, just a consumer who hasnt done his research..!
ttCougarLongIsland
12-19-2005, 12:34 PM
I wonder if there is a way your don't have to hold down the buttons each time you start the car
Jorgen
12-19-2005, 02:07 PM
I wonder if there is a way your don't have to hold down the buttons each time you start the car
Tape?
crazyoldcougar
12-20-2005, 09:42 AM
i believe that this "process" is meant for short hand diagnostic purposes....i dont imagine it would harm your car to be stuck in this mode..but really, what is the point?
buy some nice gauges and do it properly...
Knight
12-20-2005, 08:15 PM
I don't know if it affects other things as well but if I remember well you no longer know if your in overdrive or not when you put it in that mode...
[ o.k. o.k. you can both see the RPMs go higher and ear it too so it's not like you would never notice that the car is no longer in overdrive...]
Have a nice day!
Nick
wadespencer99
12-20-2005, 08:32 PM
edited....bah.
Monkeygrits
12-20-2005, 09:34 PM
WOW :eek: I actually don't think it says anything about the diagnostic mode in my 00 manual...i learned bout it on here....:gitrdone:
Bigoudi
12-21-2005, 07:39 AM
My 99 manual doesn't have it either :confused:
Also, I learned about it from here years ago... :)
Greg
mosoblkcougar
12-21-2005, 04:32 PM
My 99 owners manual does, I'll get the page number this afternoon.
Could anyone share? Ive heard people talk about it all the time, but I dont actually know how to get into it. :confused:
seven
12-30-2005, 01:29 PM
edited....bah.
damn wade, I liked the post before it was edited :rofl:
crazyoldcougar
01-01-2006, 11:46 PM
Could anyone share? Ive heard people talk about it all the time, but I dont actually know how to get into it. :confused:
hold in the reset and unit buttons while similtaneously starting the car...your gauges will do a full sweep and then you can browse through the very limited info in there...
the DTC codes wont match anything you will find online...and the rest of the information is pretty much blah blah blah...
there is something online somewhere..i will try to find it that outlines what each of the numbers mean...
there is definatley not 30 different ones though...there is only about 10-15 things it shows...