License Plate lights
11-30-2009, 08:43 PM
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License Plate lights
If I were a fuse for the license plate lights, where would I be?!
Just put in a pair of LED to replace the oems (which were not working) and I still got nothing. I am assuming it is the fuse that has blown, but I can't find anything in the manual about them. Besides that the bulb is a 194.
Just put in a pair of LED to replace the oems (which were not working) and I still got nothing. I am assuming it is the fuse that has blown, but I can't find anything in the manual about them. Besides that the bulb is a 194.
12-01-2009, 12:14 PM
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the fuse box is located by the passenger front seat area where you put your feet (your manual will tell you where it is) also the fuses are shown to you in the manual but im not sure if that specific fuse is in their or not
12-01-2009, 12:43 PM
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I'm pretty darn sure that the licence plate lights are part of the parking light circuit, meaning the front and rear parking lights would also not be lit if the fuse were blown.
Check the wiring from the bulb sockets to the rear main harness for breaks. The left/right licence plate bulb sockets share a ground and power lead to the main rear harness. If this checks out (using a test lamp or multimeter makes this easy to check for power at the sockets), then read on...
In some cases, I found that LED bulbs and/or 194 standard bulbs do not make good contact with the bulb sockets. Pull the LED, flip it, then re-install. Sounds dumb, but you want to make sure the tiny copper "wired" bulb connectors make contact with the bulb sockets metal connectors.
Reach behind the bumper, pull the socket out, remove the LED bulb, spin it, put it back in and operate the light switch to the "parking light" position and see if the bulb lights before snapping it back into the bumper. Jiggle and/or pull the bulb slightly as well if it doesn't light up to see if its not making good contact.
I had a front headlight bucket side marker light that gave me grief. The bulb socket was at fault. By jiggling the bulb in it's socket, I could get it to light up. Ended up cutting a socket off of a junkyard truck (gave myself 4 inches of wire to splice into my trucks wire harness) to fix it.
The fact that neither one lights up makes me think you have a broken ground or power lead to these two bulb sockets.
Check the wiring from the bulb sockets to the rear main harness for breaks. The left/right licence plate bulb sockets share a ground and power lead to the main rear harness. If this checks out (using a test lamp or multimeter makes this easy to check for power at the sockets), then read on...
In some cases, I found that LED bulbs and/or 194 standard bulbs do not make good contact with the bulb sockets. Pull the LED, flip it, then re-install. Sounds dumb, but you want to make sure the tiny copper "wired" bulb connectors make contact with the bulb sockets metal connectors.
Reach behind the bumper, pull the socket out, remove the LED bulb, spin it, put it back in and operate the light switch to the "parking light" position and see if the bulb lights before snapping it back into the bumper. Jiggle and/or pull the bulb slightly as well if it doesn't light up to see if its not making good contact.
I had a front headlight bucket side marker light that gave me grief. The bulb socket was at fault. By jiggling the bulb in it's socket, I could get it to light up. Ended up cutting a socket off of a junkyard truck (gave myself 4 inches of wire to splice into my trucks wire harness) to fix it.
The fact that neither one lights up makes me think you have a broken ground or power lead to these two bulb sockets.
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12-01-2009, 12:47 PM
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I'm pretty darn sure that the licence plate lights are part of the parking light circuit, meaning the front and rear parking lights would also not be on.
Check the wiring from the sockets to the rear main harness for breaks.
In some cases, I found that LED bulbs have to be plugged in at one direction, meaning you should try installing the bulb 180 degrees from what it is now. Pull the LED, flip it, then re-install. Sounds dumb, but you want to make sure the tiny copper "wired" bulb connectors make contact with the bulb sockets metal connectors.
Reach behind the bumper, pull the socket out, remove the LED bulb, spin it, put it back in and operate the light switch to the "parking light" position and see if the bulb lights before snapping it back into the bumper. Jiggle
he bulb as well if it doesn't light up.
I had a front headlight bucket side marker light that gave me grief. The bulb socket was at fault. By jiggling the bulb in it's socket, I could get it to light up. Ended up cutting a socket off of a junkyard truck (gave myself 4 inches of wire to splice into my trucks wire harness) to fix it.
Check the wiring from the sockets to the rear main harness for breaks.
In some cases, I found that LED bulbs have to be plugged in at one direction, meaning you should try installing the bulb 180 degrees from what it is now. Pull the LED, flip it, then re-install. Sounds dumb, but you want to make sure the tiny copper "wired" bulb connectors make contact with the bulb sockets metal connectors.
Reach behind the bumper, pull the socket out, remove the LED bulb, spin it, put it back in and operate the light switch to the "parking light" position and see if the bulb lights before snapping it back into the bumper. Jiggle
he bulb as well if it doesn't light up.
I had a front headlight bucket side marker light that gave me grief. The bulb socket was at fault. By jiggling the bulb in it's socket, I could get it to light up. Ended up cutting a socket off of a junkyard truck (gave myself 4 inches of wire to splice into my trucks wire harness) to fix it.
12-01-2009, 03:56 PM
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Like I said, I looked in the manual and couldn't find anything, but thanks for the advice.
Thanks Bucko, I'll take a look at it tomorrow.
01-14-2021, 03:25 PM
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For the 2016 F-150, it is slot #12 in the fuse box under the hood. The fuse name is Body Control Module #1. I had to go to my local Ford dealer and have the Service Department print out the schematic to figure it out.
Of course, at first, they told me the info was in the Owner's Manual. So I set it on the counter and asked the Service Advisor to educate me and show me how to find it. Neither he nor anyone in the Parts Dept could find it either. That's when they had to go ask a Tech to print out the schematic.
No doubt that the 2016 Owner's Manual is very poorly written and lacking in very important information.
Of course, at first, they told me the info was in the Owner's Manual. So I set it on the counter and asked the Service Advisor to educate me and show me how to find it. Neither he nor anyone in the Parts Dept could find it either. That's when they had to go ask a Tech to print out the schematic.
No doubt that the 2016 Owner's Manual is very poorly written and lacking in very important information.
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01-15-2021, 05:31 AM
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For the 2016 F-150, it is slot #12 in the fuse box under the hood. The fuse name is Body Control Module #1. I had to go to my local Ford dealer and have the Service Department print out the schematic to figure it out.
Of course, at first, they told me the info was in the Owner's Manual. So I set it on the counter and asked the Service Advisor to educate me and show me how to find it. Neither he nor anyone in the Parts Dept could find it either. That's when they had to go ask a Tech to print out the schematic.
No doubt that the 2016 Owner's Manual is very poorly written and lacking in very important information.
Of course, at first, they told me the info was in the Owner's Manual. So I set it on the counter and asked the Service Advisor to educate me and show me how to find it. Neither he nor anyone in the Parts Dept could find it either. That's when they had to go ask a Tech to print out the schematic.
No doubt that the 2016 Owner's Manual is very poorly written and lacking in very important information.
Please check dates and what part of the form you’re in. This thread is 11 years old and this is the 04-08 section. You’re posting about a 2016.
01-15-2021, 09:21 AM
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Thank you for wasting both of our time posting that. I’m sure that you assume that was helpful. To whom, I don’t know. I fully realize the forum and its age. Lockdowns must have driven some people to extreme boredom in order for someone to be concerned about what anyone trying to be helpful to other people posts in an old forum.
Now when some other frustrated Ford owner runs a online search, the information is easily available to them. And they will see the know-it-all post attempting to criticize the information.
Have a nice day.
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01-15-2021, 04:59 PM
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Thank you for wasting both of our time posting that. I’m sure that you assume that was helpful. To whom, I don’t know. I fully realize the forum and its age. Lockdowns must have driven some people to extreme boredom in order for someone to be concerned about what anyone trying to be helpful to other people posts in an old forum.
Now when some other frustrated Ford owner runs a online search, the information is easily available to them. And they will see the know-it-all post attempting to criticize the information.
Have a nice day.
Now when some other frustrated Ford owner runs a online search, the information is easily available to them. And they will see the know-it-all post attempting to criticize the information.
Have a nice day.
Was just trying to inform.
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