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Headlight switch glitch

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2023 Explorer ST
#1
Earlier today parked like normal in the parking garage and shut her down. I started getting the "door ajar" chime so I'm looking around to see if I'd left anything on or forgot to put it in park or whatever the hell else could be going on. The dash was backlit but only displaying the odo, PRNDM, all that. I opened the door and it stayed on, the chime continued. I closed the door and locked the doors, the dash stayed backlit and the headlights were still on. I waited a bit and they never cut off.

I got back in and started it back up to see what was going on. I'm looking at the headlight switch thinking "damn you Ford for making this so hard to see in the dark" and I got a flash light out. I turned the knob (it was on auto) and it didn't occur to me until I saw it light up that the switch hadn't been illuminated like it should be. I put it back on auto and shutting down and locking her up all went as normal. I went out again a little bit ago and while driving through the garage I noticed the fog lights weren't on, which they always are.. It's like the while switch reset itself when it malfunctioned.
 

Cdubya

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I've had the headlight switch malfunction 3 times in the past 2 years. I keep a trim tool in my car so I can pop the switch out and disconnect it. After I reconnect it, it's fine. If it happens more often than it does, I'm going to replace it. Not that expensive.

For me, the switch no longer illuminates, headlights will be on all the time, including after the car is turned off!
 



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