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Old Aug 29, 2018 | 05:58 PM
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What does the lower left button do on the headlight cluster switch (below the fog-light switch)? I thought it was the bed light but I did not see it come on when I pressed it. No message in the display either. I cannot find it in the owners manual either.
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Old Aug 29, 2018 | 06:05 PM
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Third brake light and bed light switch
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Old Aug 29, 2018 | 06:56 PM
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What he said lol... the cargo lights
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Old Aug 29, 2018 | 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by FordGate
What does the lower left button do on the headlight cluster switch (below the fog-light switch)? I thought it was the bed light but I did not see it come on when I pressed it. No message in the display either. I cannot find it in the owners manual either.
I just looked and sure enough it's actually not in the manual! I downloaded a .pdf of the 2018 User Manual directly from Ford's website and they covered every other button on that panel under the "Lighting" section, but not that one! Oversight on Ford's part? Weird! I guess my signature is obsolete at this point. I should change it to, "...or by reading THIS FORUM"!

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Old Aug 29, 2018 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by FordGate
I thought it was the bed light but I did not see it come on when I pressed it.
You might have to have your headlights or parking lights on for it to work.

For some reason, I’m thinking it also won’t come on while moving or above a certain speed.
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Old Aug 29, 2018 | 07:27 PM
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I'm hooking up running board lights right now, and I've hit that switch a number of times, and each time it turns the cargo and bedlights on. Mines a '17, maybe different on an '18?
Truck off, key out, all 4 doors open.
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Old Aug 29, 2018 | 07:29 PM
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It’s mentioned in my 2016 manual...


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Old Aug 29, 2018 | 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott2373
I just looked and sure enough it's actually not in the manual! I downloaded a .pdf of the 2018 User Manual directly from Ford's website and they covered every other button on that panel under the "Lighting" section, but not that one! Oversight on Ford's part? Weird! I guess my signature is obsolete at this point. I should change it to, "...or by reading THIS FORUM"!
Vindication!
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Old Aug 29, 2018 | 07:42 PM
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I wish it displayed somewhere on the dash or something when it’s on/off
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Old Aug 29, 2018 | 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott2373
I just looked and sure enough it's actually not in the manual! I downloaded a .pdf of the 2018 User Manual directly from Ford's website and they covered every other button on that panel under the "Lighting" section, but not that one! Oversight on Ford's part? Weird! I guess my signature is obsolete at this point. I should change it to, "...or by reading THIS FORUM"!
LOL. I looked in the manual a couple days ago for what that button was. Nothing there... and didn't ask here because of the "read the manual" flames. Along the same lines, the search features on the forum are no great shakes, either...
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