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During day time driving in rain or overcast the dashboard lights will not come on making it impossible to determine speed you are going. Switching from automatic to manual control of headlights has no effect on dash lights. They stay off! I believe this affects all current Ford vehicles.
The contact owns a 2010 Ford F-150. The contact was driving in reverse approximately 2 mph and noticed that the illumination of the rear backup lights was extremely poor and failed to position correctly. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who stated the vehicle operated properly as designed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 4,000. Updated 01/04/12 updated 01/05/12
3rd brake light at the top of the cab was leaking. Water against the electronics for the light could cause the light not to function properly resulting in a crash. Ford replaced the 3rd brake light since the vehicle is under warranty.
Hid lights - they just blind a person either head on or if someone is following you. It is crazy you want to grab a welding helmet to see. Sure they allow the owner with hid lights to see farther but at whose expense" I can't see around anything with that coming at me. Also, this almost applies to those SUVS and trucks that have to have 4 headlights as big as pie pans facing you down. Two halogen headlights are enough for any vehicle. How about some common sense in lighting"
- Brooklyn Park, MN, USA
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The blue headlights are problem for oncoming vehicles and should be outlawed as well as the little lights that are mounted below the headlights that come on when the headlights are on dim, on the SUV's they are the worst, the one's that are on the Ford pickups and some of the Chevy. Pickups are as big as the headlight and are in some cases brighter then the dim headlights and they blind oncoming vehicles and they too should be outlawed.
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- Sheridan, WY, USA