2000 Ford F-150 Exterior lighting Problems

“This is a personal recommendation, I have 30 years experience at dealerships in the automotive industry and have seen a lot of changes, I see too many people these days driving with no headlights on at night, its because the instrument panel lights come on automatically when the engine is started. They see their instrument panel lights on so they think their headlights are on. A software update across the board of manufacturers should be made to not turn on instrument cluster lights unless parking lights or headlights are on, just like it used to be years ago”

“Ford f150 series, late 90's into the 2000's. My vehicle is a 2000 f150 4 door, extended cab, 4.6 triton v8. When the tilt wheel feature is operated, the turn signals and emergency flashers cease to operate, or operate incorrectly. On other f150's I am aware of, with the same problem, the problem eventually results in total lack of function of turn signals and emergency flasher, regardless of position of tilt wheel. …”

“I was traveling in neutral, downhill, at about 40mph through a shallow turn as I was exiting a highway. When I put the truck in 4th gear to accelerate, I had no power. The tachometer was at zero and I tried to turn on the hazard lights and begin braking, both failed to work. I had no lights or any other electrical power (it was daylight) I downshifted and turned to ease off the road, I had no power steering, then the steering wheel locked. I halted the truck with the e brake once I was slow enough and on the edge of the road. I tried to restart it several times but nothing would happen. …”

“When steering wheel is not all the way up the turn signals, hazard lights, and the brake lights do not work. I have taken it to the dealership and they state that there is a clip in the steering column that is broke. This all happened 2 months after I bought the truck and they will not fix it due to there being no warranty. At the same time the keyless entry stopped working as well as the automatic door locks. They stated that this was because the motor in both doors had went out. Seems odd to me that they would both go at the same time.”

“On 2/22/2005 we took our 2000 Ford F-150 to community Ford in mooresville indiana for recall work to disable the cruise control .when we got our truck back, after the trip home, I realized that I had no turn signal, no brake lights, no emergency flashers, and my head lights worked at times. I called the dealership, they had no clue what was wrong but said to bring it back. After work that evening we returned to the dealership. We waited an hour while they checked everything, couldn't find a problem. Suddenly they decided to move the tilt steering wheel and lights went off and on. …”