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Old Sep 15, 2025 | 06:39 PM
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2011 F150 FXR, I was driving home the other night and my headlights and taillights stopped working, my dash lights up, but center console does not. My driving headlights and high beams work, I have brake lights and turn signals. Fuses good, headlight switch good. Is there a relay hidden somewhere?
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Old Sep 15, 2025 | 11:03 PM
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Do you manually turn on the lights or is there an auto setting on your switch?
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Old Sep 16, 2025 | 06:05 AM
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Do you manually turn on the lights or is there an auto setting on your switch?
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Old Sep 16, 2025 | 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by satan666
headlights stopped working, My driving headlights and high beams work,
These two sentences contradict each other.
What lights are not working?
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Old Sep 16, 2025 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by satan666
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My headlights only come on when I put it in drive, headlight switch will not turn any lights on. I bought a new headlight switch to see if that was it but it was not, I thought maybe it was a relay but I have no idea where it is located.
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Old Sep 16, 2025 | 09:49 PM
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What circuits are energized when we put our trucks in drive?
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Old Sep 16, 2025 | 10:32 PM
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DRL will turn on in Drive.
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Old Sep 18, 2025 | 03:01 PM
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Here is a few prints from a 2013 manual.
It looks like most of the control goes through the steering column control module which tells the BCM which lights to turn on.
Maybe something unplugged or loose.
If you can scan for codes with Forscan that would help.

Edit: prints are out of order, my bad.
Attached Thumbnails Lights-headlamps-85-2.png   Lights-headlamps-85-3.png   Lights-headlamps-85-4.png   Lights-headlamp-85-1a.png  

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Maybe its your user name?
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Originally Posted by 1FordTech1
Maybe its your user name?
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