2010 Ford F-150: multiple warning lights

Filed Jan 7, 2020 · Electrical · 145,000 miles · FL

While driving, suddenly all warning lights began flashing randomly, radio and 4 way flashers went on. After turning off the truck and removing the key, the problems continued and the engine would not restart. Towed it to a dealer. They diagnosed it as a bad "smart junction box", and replaced "d module".

Filed Jul 16, 2017 · Brakes, Electrical · 50,000 miles · MO

Ford f150 4x4 xlt, dash board keeps going out. Shows skidding, and tire sensor faulty, dingging, A/C goes hot, inside lights don't work. Has happened many times, spoke with ford took it in, they stated they could not duplicate the problem, which we have found out is a lie. They stated we needed a new battery, which we had tested as well as the alternator and nothing wrong there either. We took it to advanced auto to see what they could tell us. A young man said that ford had put out a inside notice that his buddy showed him of a faulty wiring harness in the dash. He asked if he could show us a short term fix...he smacked the dash and all the lights came back on. If we hit a bump it will do it again, or on really hot days, because of the heat. We are waiting on ford to recall this as it is a serious hazard and maybe start fires. As sometimes you smell electrical, this happens daily when ever we drive the truck, you can have a wreck trying to smack it hard enough to get it to come back on. This happens when you are sitting in the truck , driving, or when you go to start it up...you will have no gauges, lights A/C or heat in the winter. Yet the outside lights will work, yet when you push the brakes you hear a loud clicking. This has been happening for approx. 2.5 yrs +...ford needs to recall and fix this. Everyday we deal with this problems multiple times a day. We brought this truck new and it first did this around 23,000 miles. Now at just over 50,000 miles. There are times that smacking the dash does notwork and we have to wait for it to come on, those time you have to run with traffic or if others are passing you need to speed up. Very dangerous

Filed Jul 22, 2014 · Acceleration, Electrical · 52,000 miles · TX

When I try to start my car all of the warning lights and theft lights flash and the vehicle won't turn. If I leave it for some time and come back and try it, sometimes it will work. When it does work it's only briefly, the A/C goes out but still blows air, the instruments including speedometer go to zero even when I'm on the highway. This is a huge issue due to safety and reliability. I've taken it to a ford dealership, they held it for two weeks and gave it back to me saying it was working fine. On my way back from the dealership, the same thing happened again. This has been a huge hassle and I've had to miss work because of it.

Filed Dec 12, 2011 · Engine · 24,900 miles · AL

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford f-f150 xl. The contact stated that when coming to a stop, the vehicle would stall and all the warning lights would illuminate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they advised the contact that the main computer and the wiring blocks needed repair. The vehicle was repaired. The failure recurred approximately 5,000 miles after repairs and the vehicle was towed to the dealer. The contact was awaiting diagnosis. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 24,900.

Filed Jun 7, 2010 · Electrical · 2,000 miles · IL

2010 ford f150 xlt pickup with automatic illumination/activation instrument cluster illumination lights on 3 occasions to date have failed to illuminate under low /no light outside conditions. The instrument cluster was not readable! No illumination lights. The vehicle also has a manual headlamp selection (3 positions) and even if the headlamp selector switch is turned to manual "on", the instrument cluster did not illuminate!.....this is a safety hazard! The next day everything worked fine except that the instrument cluster did not illuminate until it completely dark outside. Safety hazard!....I cant read the instrument cluster under low light condition! I believe that the sensor that reads outside light conditions needs to be re-calibrated to a lower sensitivity, and that the vehicle should be reprogrammed so that when the driver manually selects for all lights to be activated that the instrument cluster should then go on!