Headlights Turn Off While Driving Problems of Ford F-150

I was driving my truck when all of a sudden all of my dash lights went on and my headlights and taillights shut off while I was driving in the dark! it was very dangerous as I was on the highway and my truck started jumping and shifting weird. The traction was messing up. After taking it to the shop they told me it was the computer. I was in a very dangerous situation because of a common fault in this year model. I will be taking to a lawyer Monday. Please get back to me as soon as possible.

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Approximately two weeks ago (10/2014) I noticed that the headlights on my 1999 Ford F-150 were not working. A few times once I returned to home I noticed that when I shifted the truck into park, the headlights came on. It did not appear to matter if the high beam or low beam lights were activated. I started to inspect the headlight operation and noticed that when I tilted the steering wheel to it's lowest position, typically it's operating position, the headlights turned off. When I tilted the wheel up slightly to the next position, the headlights would come on. Today, 10/19/2014 I removed the trim around the steering column and noticed that there are two wires that have broken and separated from the wiring harnesses that attach to the turn signal assembly and several contacts that are loose in the upper harness. I have taken photos and a video showing the parts that are loose and or broken. Because these broken wires and contacts are loose and affect the operation of the headlights, I am concerned about the risk of a short or sparks that they could create and without fully operational headlights, the vehicle is not drivable. I am the second owner of the truck and purchased it at around 11,000 miles. The steering column has never been taken apart nor has the trim around the steering column been removed. These wires could be seen moving as the steering wheel was tilted up and down prior to the signal assembly being removed as the headlights turned on and off with the light switch left in the on position.

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The contact owns a 2008 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while parked, the headlights failed, the air bag activated independently and the air bags deployed erroneously. Additionally, smoke billowed from under the dashboard area as the floorboard became engulfed in flames. The contact was able to extinguish the fire. A fire or police report was not filed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was found that the wiring harness needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 111,383.

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I have been experiencing electrical problems periodically over the past two with my vehicle(originally thought to be the battery), ranging from highlight and flashers intermittently coming on when the vehicle is locked and turned off. The radio and blower motor having issues and the interior dome light coming on ans staying on. I have also noticed more and more that the windshield is leaking on the drivers side of the vehicle. I have also experienced the wipers and head lights lights shut off once whilst driving on the highway at highway speeds during heavy rain. . The most recent occurrence was on the 12/23/2016 at my place of work (ntb), one of my CO workers noticed my headlights fading in and out the radio coming on and going off. Went over to the truck to make sure it was turned off and not left on by mistake but the engine was off. So I brought the truck into the work shop to have a look over the vehicle and did some diagnostics on it and discovered multiple defect codes that all connect through the gem(general electrical module) on the interior fuse panel. Upon further inspection I also noticed both the gem and fuse panel box have got water ingestion and green/brown stains coming out the bottom. I have done research online about these's issues and its a common problem over models from Ford from 98-03. The fix is to replace the gem and fuse box and to reseal/replace the windshield. Now I believe that is safety issue and should be addressed by Ford them self's regardless of the age of the vehicles affected by this. . Read more...

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