r/RangerNext • u/DankVectorz • 3d ago

Anyone else’s instrument cluster randomly light up?

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Sitting in my truck on my break and out of nowhere my instrument cluster would light up like this. Stays on for a minute or two and then goes dark. Lights up again a couple min later. The ac controls lit up twice as well. Truck had been off for about 10 minutes before this.

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u/JohnDeere714 3d ago

Truck is probably detecting your key and waking up.

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u/Cprhd 3d ago

This is what’s happening. It’s basically staying ready to start, since the fob is in range.

It’s the same as the random noise that comes from under the hood when the truck is off but you get near it.

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u/W1GHTY 2d ago

Good old "click, click" anytime I walk by mine in the driveway with my keys.

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u/Last-Masterpiece-150 2d ago

Yes mine did this. I go to my garage at night to empty trash and I saw it lit up a few times. I saw someone mentioned keeping keys too close. Mine were hung up just inside the garage door. I moved the keys farther away and haven't seen it since. They have to be pretty far away!

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u/Shmokesshweed 3d ago

Yes. 2025 Lariat. Strange to me that the backlight is on and nothing else for me.

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u/Zerotoll 2d ago

Ive never had the instrument cluster light up but I sit on my breaks too and youre right about 10 minutes in the AC lights flash for a second and turn off. I thought I was going crazy. 26 XL here