2019 Ford F-250 SD: headlights failing or too dim

Filed Jul 25, 2025 · Electrical, Fuel system · 190,000 miles · TX

The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-250. The contact stated that the passenger’s side headlight bulb was blown, and the battery was not operating as needed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the headlight bulb was replaced; however, the bulb failed to illuminate. The vehicle was returned to the dealer two more times and the headlight bulb was replaced; however, the failure persisted. The vehicle was taken to another certified mechanic and the headlight bulbs were replaced. Additionally, the contact stated that the vehicle intermittently failed to start. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The dealer was contacted and advised the contact to replace the battery and filters. The contact replaced the battery and filters; however, the failure persisted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed that there were metal shavings inside the fuel. The filters were replaced; however, the failure persisted. The dealer informed the contact that a defective fuel pump had caused the failure and the fuel pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure and opened a case. The manufacturer referred the contact to the federal safety agency Hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 190,000.

Filed Jun 30, 2025 · Electrical · 75,000 miles · TX

The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, all doors independently locked, and the front headlights independently illuminated. The contact stated that the Brake warning light was illuminated. In addition, the contact disconnected the battery and lowered the windows to open the doors from outside as a temporary fix; however, the key was only able to unlock the front driver’s side door. The vehicle was taken to a local independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed with water intrusion in the BCM (Body Control Module). The local dealer was contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired due to the cost. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 75,000.

Filed Aug 8, 2024 · Electrical, Locks · 3 miles · KY

The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the taillights failed to operate properly, and the radio stopped working. An unknown warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact also stated that the headlights remained illuminated after the vehicle was turned off, and the doors failed to lock. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to call the federal safety agency Hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 3.

Filed May 9, 2023 · Lights · VA

The housing for the headlights have started to delaminate from the inside of the housing and starting to create a problem with the effective lighting and turn signal area. Where the delaminating is occurring, the lens has a milky , etched, , water spot film like appearance clearly on the inside of the housing. Since it first appeared , it has grown in size on both headlamps and appears that it will continue to grow over time. I first noticed this several months ago and reported it to the Ford dealer. After a lot of back and forth , and much to my dismay Ford is refusing to cover this under its top tier extended warranty even though it is a safety issue . It would have been covered under the initial 3/36 bumper to bumper . Ford has officially stated that it’s not a common problem, though it’s pretty easy to find quite a few others with the same issue from browsing Ford Internet forums.

Filed Jul 16, 2021 · NC

when my headlights are on, many times my rear lights do not work. This has never been so when first turned on but they go off later (I have after market side marker lights on my truck so I can see this). If I move the headlight switch one direction or the other, they will come on, Then I can move it back and they will stay on. May not happen again for days, or may happen again in minutes. I spoke with the dealer, and they have no bulletins about this issue and can not address until they stop working all together. Since then I have been watching trucks of this body style and see them go past with headlights on, then I look in my mirror and many do not have any tail lights lit. In this week alone I have counted 17 trucks with no tail lights when head lights are on. In a standard pickup that does not have side marker lights it would be impossible to know this is occurring. I bough this truck new in June of 2019 and had noticed that pulling my trailer, that many times the trailer side marker lights would go out driving down the road. I assumed the trailer had an issue. It wasn't until April 16, 2021 that I noticed this issue. I had an after market body installed after removing the pickup bed, and the following day, I noticed this issue. I assumed a ground issue with the body install, but later that day they came on and stayed on so I assumed the ground during installation had been faulty and resolved itself. This week I came out of a store with truck running because my help was inside truck and noticed the tail lights were not on, but head lights were. Once I moved switch on notch, they came on as described above, that is when I contacted Ford Dealer to no resolve and began watching other trucks and discovered I am not alone in this issue.

Filed Apr 9, 2021 · Electrical · 44,000 miles · CA

While driving my 2019 ford f-250 super-duty on the highway at night I was traveling approximately 70 MPH when suddenly the touch screen radio display brightness intensified so bright that it appeared as if a headlight was inside the car. When that happened, I found myself temporarily night blinded and I struggled to hold position in my lane. I tried to turn the radio off with no success. I momentarily switched the headlight switch off and on which normally dims the radio display but that didn't help either. I grabbed a towel from inside the cab and laid it over the dash and radio so I could block the light and drive. There was no prior malfunction or indication of impending issue. Since the occurrence, I have learned that ford has a widely known problem with the sync 3 system along with numerous failed apim modules. Unfortunately they have not issued a recall. This is a serious hazard and I wanted to let other consumers be aware of the danger.

Filed Mar 12, 2020 · Steering · 35,240 miles · PA

Purchased a ford certifi pre-owned vehiclewith 35,285 miles, the day I picked it up at about 60mph I drove over a pavement transition and the truck started tohave severe steering oscillation to the point I almost lost grip of the steering wheel. Behind me was a school bus of children and nowhere to pull off or slow down on the freeway. I had to get on the brakes to stop the shaking and the school bus behind me had to get on the brakes heavily since the driver started flashing their headlights at me. This is a very unsafe condition for a vehicle on the highway. Ford from what I am researching is aware of the problem but have been unwilling to acknowledge or act on the problem. It's just a matter of time before this causes a major accident either for the ford truck owner like me or someone else in the vacinity of one of these trucks on the highway. It needs to be addressed soon.

Filed Dec 20, 2019 · Steering, Suspension · 17,000 miles · TX

This issue happened on october for the first time, and only on one occasion. It happened again on december 18 and 20th. This time 3 times on the 18th and twice on the 20th. While driving on highway 288 north from manvel tx to houston tx after work. Was driving at around 65 miles per hour and came across an imperfection on the road, the truck started to shake and wobble violently, only way to get it to stop was to slow down to around 40 miles per hr, this happened while towing 4 thousand lb trailer. It happened again on the 18th as we were getting closer to houston. We went over another road imperfection and again it started to shake and wobble violently. It shakes so violently that the front of the truck shakes up and down side to side and you can see the truck shake and transfers the vibration to the headlights. The vibration was also felt on the steering wheel and it feels like I was going to loose control of the truck. Only way I got it to stop was to slow down dramatically to around 40mph and below.