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Old 03-13-2016, 07:38 PM
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so i parked and locked my truck about 3 hours ago... took my wife's car.. parked hers (here in the city, NYC area) and walked past my truck and noticed that only the WHITE dash lights illuminating the #'s on the dash were lit up


I didn't have my keys but unlocked the door .. got inside locked the doors and they stayed on ..


strange.. never did that before...
only thing I have changed recently was the sync upgrade
that's another issue I notice its randomly switching to blue tooth and playing my play list without me doing it manually


anyone have similar issues?
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No one has had this happen?
Figured would have like a dozen people
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so went to the truck today and battery was dead.. something is leaving the dash lights on/circuit open .. and draining down battery..


anyone have any similar experiences/suggestions?
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I believe there's threads on here about the problem. People reported that the gear selector switch goes bad, causing those lights to stay on. Don't know if it's the same problem or not.
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I found something about that on a diff site
went out there ... fiddled around with some wires to make sure wasent lose... disconnected the battery
and I don't know what I did but seems to finx the issue for now


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Originally Posted by 13f150plat
I found something about that on a diff site
went out there ... fiddled around with some wires to make sure wasent lose... disconnected the battery
and I don't know what I did but seems to finx the issue for now


thanks
Is your fix continuing to work? I'm having the same issue and I've already replaced the shift assembly to no avail. I'm wondering what wires you messed with, or if you have any other thoughts/details as to how you fixed your issue.

Thanks!
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Here you go.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/162075698977?&rmvSB=true
I have this bookmarked from a little while back from this subject on this board but for some reason it will not let me pull the page up even with a google search of the exact post....anyway it is a known cause and fix for the issue that is described in the O.P.
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Default After switch and Assembly replacement, dash lights still problematic

Heel70,
Unfortunately I don't believe that switch will work in my case. I previously replaced that switch (ordered through Digi-key for about $7 plus shipping http://www.digikey.com/product-searc...words=sw721-nd) and when that didn't fix the issue, I had the entire shift assembly replaced with genuine Ford shift assembly, and yet the problem continues to this day.

Thanks for trying!

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Originally Posted by jjjohnson
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That may explain the switch, unfortunately it doesn't explain why the problem exists after an entire replacement of the shift assembly with factory OEM parts.....(which has the switch as part of the assembly)

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