Toronado does not have the touch pad on the dash. When starting up, the motor fires right up and runs fine. Everthing is normal for 3 sec. then the display for the a/c shows a couple dashs and the only gauge that works is the tach,also the info. center is blank. The car is drivable and runs fine. I tried disconnecting the battery,same problem. Tried starting up one last time last night and everthing worked, this morning same problem. 1991 Toro. Trofeo 50,000 miles,one of the nicest cars i've ever owned, any ideas?
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I'm not extremely fimilar with the Toro's but from my experince with newer cars, I say it needs a Body Control Module (BCM). Problem is I don't know if this car has one. If it doesn't then it could be a ground prob. If I remember I look it up in a service manual at work sometime soon.
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Reply too...Toronado does not have the touch pad on the dash. When starting up, the motor fires right up and runs fine. Everthing is normal for 3 sec. then the display for the a/c shows a couple dashs and the only gauge that works is the tach,also the info. center is blank. The car is drivable and runs fine. I tried disconnecting the battery,same problem. Tried starting up one last time last night and everthing worked, this morning same problem. 1991 Toro. Trofeo 50,000 miles,one of the nicest cars i've ever owned, any ideas?
My Trofeo has the touch screen aka a VIC screen. So it is a touch screen. Anyways, most Toronado owners (86-92) will at some point have to have work done on your dash whether its the analog or digital version. There are many reasons for the problem to occur and let me tell you its not easy finding what your issue maybe exactly. If you want your dash to work again I suggest trying a few things before you get rid of the car. I suggest checking EBAY and bid or buy a rebuilt cluster. Or at least talk to the person who rebuilds the clusters to see if they can rebuild yours. Second, and this is where it got me, was the CPS. The CPS is a Central Power Supply. I have a 87 Toronado that had a good dash but a bad CPS. So I shipped off my cluster only to learn that wasnt the problem and I spent 70 dollars to have it looked at and that was it. I also have a 90 and I bought two working clusters and when I installed them neither of them worked. Both lessons learned and spent well.
The cluster uses 12 volts to light up your idiot lights, and it works the tach on the 90-92's analog dashes. It uses the CPS like a transformer to give the dash either 5 volts or 7 volts depending on your model. The BCM may lose contact talking to your Cluster, however that is most likey caused by the BCM not getting the 5 to 7 volts it needs to run other systems in your car. Yes the BCM recieved power off the CPS.
If you spend about 20 dollars and buy your own shop manual on Ebay you can learn so much about the cars and then stop making yourself look like a fool when you are trying to fix these fine auto's.
If you take out your cluster your heater controls may work if it is indeed your dash and not the CPS causing the issue. Run a google search for MR Whizard and he can assist you further to help you fix your dash issue!
TROFEO's ROCK!
