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My lights won't turn off! lol Seriously!

BHop

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Hey peoples,

So, I arrived at the gym a few hours back. I pull in to a parking spot, turned off my truck and was about to leave my truck and I realized my lights were still on. But the head light nob was in the off position! I turned the nob back to the "on" position and the lights got brighter and the chime kicked in because the door was open.

Becuase my lights got brighter after I turned on my headlights, these have to be my day times that won't turn off, right?

BUT

They weren't working for years before this happened! Some times not at all, other times, incredibly dim.

And so now they work great but won't turn off?

I also noticed that, when I was leaving the gym after my workout, my high beems were just fine after testing them. But, the high-beem emblem would not illuminate when activated. Is there a correlation here? Or just dumb luck?

What the deuce is going on here!!?

BTW - I removed the negative battery terminal. Reconnected it, and same rules apply. So yea, I unplugged it again, and it's in my garage.
 



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try unplugging you're rear view mirror.
 












Could be the switch or the relay.
 






Spray some WD40 (or similar product) into the door lock. The interior switch is stuck.
 






Spray some WD40 (or similar product) into the door lock. The interior switch is stuck.

Sonic, he is have trouble with the headlights, not the dome lights.
 






okkk... your drl module is "bust"... unplug it and everything will be ok except you won't have drl's... so...
 






okkk... your drl module is "bust"... unplug it and everything will be ok except you won't have drl's... so...

I was leaning toward that actually....it's a shame though... cuz now they work awesome! I might have to get module I guess?

Where is it located, might you know?

Thank you!
 






Probably just the relay that is stuck closed. Just pull it. It's under the hood.
 






you aren't going to find a new one as I don't think ford makes them any more... if so they aren't cheap. its under / in the front left bump area.
 












looks like it... at least that's what mine looked like.
 






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