Originally Posted by Tlrmade

My light comes on unexpectedly and usually immediately goes off. Sometime it stays on until I turn my truck off and turn it back on. The first time that it came on was when backing out of a parking spot at full lock to the left and then full lock to the right. I have not experienced my steering wheel locking up while driving yet.....


Thank goodness I have an extended warranty. Just purchased the vehicle at 53k and it has 58k on it. It took the dealership 2 months to get my tags. I had to go to the dealership twice to get a new temp tag and now 3 times for this light coming on. Haha, make that 5x in the past 3-4 months for problems since purchasing a vehicle from them. I do understand I bought a used vehicle.....(First Ford)


1st time: Dealer charged me the $98 diagnostic fee and reset the ABS module. Said there was a TSB for the ABS module. *Also had them rotate my tires*


2nd time: Dealer said there was a "Ghost code". They said it was saying something about traction slipping or something to do with a circumferential problem . He said they usually see it when the vehicle has larger than stock tires (mine are all stock). He said they checked all tire pressures. Rears were at 40 and the fronts at almost 48. I told him the last time anybody touched those was when yall had the vehicle 3 days ago and rotated the tires.....he said "I know". They have since set the tires to stock specs and cleared the codes........ and the light came back on after having it back for 1 day.


3rd time: Taking it in this afternoon....

Originally Posted by TerriLove

I have been struggling with this Service AdvanceTrac warning light also for a few months. It comes on when parking or making sharp turns. Sometimes the turn signals stop working, too. The next day the light will be off.

I have read other threads, and it seems like a lot of 2011 trucks have experienced this. I drive 2011 F150 5.0 Fx4 with only 38k miles.

Has anyone else experienced this with the turn signals not working, too? If so, what was the fix?

Originally Posted by swhetstine

Mine just started this crap last week. Made a right turn and boom. The Service Advancetrac light came on and my turn signals don't stay on. Nothing like having to hold the turn signal up or down just to avoid a ticket or getting in an accident. Calling my local dealer tomorrow, but I am not impressed with them. I don't expect they will be able to fix it. I have been looking for a DIY fix for this stupid thing. I can't find anything other than the $1,500 steering rack replacement. It that's the case, this thing is getting traded.

Originally Posted by 2011SCrew

For what it's worth: I used to get this issue sometimes when I would turn the steering wheel all the way to the right or left. Then it would go away after turning the vehicle off for a while.

Recently my windshield wipers would stay on the lowest setting after being turned off. The Ford dealer was replacing the wiper switch and said the connection was physically broken and the entire mechanism with the switch needed to be replaced. He said it controlled the Advanctrac in the module as well. It was a $61 part + labor. Since then I haven't seen it. Not sure if that helps, but I hope so. Keep us posted.

Originally Posted by acdii

If the turn signals wont "engage" then that could very well be the problem, worn out switch. The mechanism for keeping the signal lit when turning is in the column under the steering wheel and not tied in to the rack itself. Interesting though that the advance trac is connected to it.

Originally Posted by swhetstine

I thought that too, but I believe it is the bad steering angle sensor. The turn signals won't work in that instance either. When I go to the "truck apps" section on my main screen, the pitch and roll angle is working, but the steering angle does not display during a turn. It's going into the dealer Monday. Hopefully they can definitively root cause it and fix it. I'll let you know what they come up with.


I did have to replace the turn signal switch in my daughters Pontiac G5. It went bad and had the same symptoms of the turn signals not working. that was an easy fix on that little car.