Headlight-Dimmer dash light

[Roadking]

97 4X4 XLT
Should there be a headlight and dimmer telltale on the dash? I'm sure there was a light
behind there when I bought it.
Anyone know?

 

[section525]

You mean a light that tells you when... your lights are on? I don't understand what youre asking.

 

[tenikiwon]

If you are refering to the headlamp/parking lamp switch then yes, the three small circles light up (always) I think they are brighter with the lights off.

The dimmer doesn't light up at all.

If you have auto headlights (there is a slide switch on the rear-view mirror) there is a small little lamp (green) that lights up to tell you the lights are on.

Hope this helps..

 

[Roadking]

Yes, I'm referring to the three? little lights that show you where your headlight-parking
light switch is.
How do you get at the lights to replace them?
Anyone know?

I thought the interior light dimmer control had one too?

 

[Roadking]

Could it just be a fuse?

Maybe it was the $325 MAF sensor they installed?

 

[Texan01]

Here's a question for you, do you want to spend about 30-45 minutes tearing the radio bezel, knee bolster, and gauge bezel out to replace a $5-$10 bulb that in all likelyhood will go out in a month?

I replaced mine once and it lasted about a month, along with several other people here. it is a bulb and they burn out fast because they are on all the time the key is on.

Yes it is a bulb and not a fuse. and has nothing to do with the MAF sensor

The dimmer isn't lit, or at least on the '95s it isn't

 

[Roadking]

On my '94 Taurus the headlight switch is about the same. The three lights stays on with the key
in the ignition. Now, those lights never burnt out.
I did have a '90 Aerostar that would burn out a headlight every 4k on the dot. Ford could
never figure that one out either. Plus that was about 40 minutes to R and R that headlight.
I bought'em by the case!
Go figure!