While driving on highway smelled a burning wire odor. Went to start up vehicle in the morning, and no headlights. Circuit breaker was never thrown. Contacted dealer, and he repaired and replaced headlight switch.
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When the doors are shut and vehicle is not running interior dome light will not shut off. Dealer has been contacted.
1st, transmission, when at the speeds of 40 and 45, hesitates and wants to upshift and downshift, the behaivor is not normal at all, and I am making an appt. To get it fixed. 2nd, the high beam/ low beam switch must be faulty, at times the lights will totally shut off. 3rd when refeuling, usually on a quarter tank and less when taking off the gas cap there is alot of pressure built up in the tank. 4th the interior lights will sometimes come on when either door is opened, I have to shut the door and reopen it.
Vehicle been experiencing problem with brake lights and turn signals failing to operate intermittently. Problem has occurred four times with a month and almost caused a vehicle collision . Dealer was not contacted at this time.
Windshield wipers come on unexpectedly while switch is in off position. This is a safety problem because in the case of my father's ranger, the washer fluid would spray unexpectedly as well, thereby smearing the windshield and causing loss of visibility. Both our trucks were diagnosed with faulty multifunction switches. A recall for this part should be issued as there is a high number of the same complaints listed on this site for various ford vehicles containing the same part.
I have experienced the 3 defects listed.....first, the powertrain, when four-wheel drive is engaged at a stop and an engagement time of at least 30sec. To 1min. Is given, when I release my brake to proceed the powertrain makes a loud thump, this happens about 75% of the time....second the washer sprayers on the hood do not spray the windsheild. One sprays way off and the other sprays nothing. And third the high beam low beam switch is defected. When engaged in high beam and driving a short accures and the lights will flicker from high to low and completely off with no head lights at all......if you have any questions about any of these defects please contact shane e. Mass at my home number ((712)-322-5233) .... Thank you.
Interior light and door ajar light will not go off even with door closed. Owner has to take bulb out of dome light. Dealer has not seen vehicle.
Interior lights went out while driving and caused visibility difficulties.
Power rear view mirror failed. Mjs
The other day I was at a fast food drive up and my truck wouldn't shift out of park. I contacted my dealer and they told me how to get it to shift.they said oh your brake lights probably have been coming and going with this problem.also. The shift lock mechanism is integrated in the brake switch, and ford has had some trouble with wire fatigue at the brake light switch. So as I was having trouble with the shiftlock I was unknowingly driving at times with no brake lights. This comment was made directly from my ford dealer. I asked if there were any tsb's or recalls for the cond., he said it was a commen problem for years but ford wouldn't do anything unless enough people ratted them to some authority that would make them correct this wide spread problem. He told me that on earlier modles without shiftlock wouldn't even know that they had even lost there brake lights. I looked at the connection on my trucks brake switch and sure enough the wire had been made so short from the factory that every time you would hit the brake it was pulling on it and one of the two wires on my truck had broken. I can't believe that I had a problem with my brake lights when for two days I thought I had a problem with my shift linkage. If I would have been hit then who would have been at fault? In my opinion ford, I mean when my local dealer in warsaw in can tell me over the phone then how many people have been killed in the u.s. From not having brake lights and were totally unaware ford endangered my life and I will never buy another ford product as long as I live! I sure hope they save a buck if my dealer knows that there is a problem, then so does ford. It's a safty issue so where is the recall? Thank you. Tony johnson.
Vehicle experiencing problem with erratic operation of right side turn signal and stop light; whenever steering column tilt wheel is in an upright postion, the turn signal and stop light would work properly. If steering wheel is move below normal postion , the right side turn signal & stop light will not operate. Dealer was not notified at this time. Reporting and seeking the federal safety agency help in this matter.
Multi-functional turn signal would not work proplery: turn signal would disengage before consumer completed the turn. Dealer notified.
Police pulled vehicle over because it had no back tail lights visible at night. Also, had no brake lights. Took to dealer & was informed will have it checked out. Might be an electrical problem.
Check engine light is always on.
Left turn signal does not engage properly, only if held while turning.
Fuel leak in engine compartment.
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