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Old Dec 21, 2020 | 03:35 PM
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Push button switch with P on lower dash

Have an 03 f350 4x4. On the lower dash by your right knee is a push button switch with “P” in Center , push once lite on P comes on, push again and lite is off.
can’t find it anywhere in Ford service manual—what is it for?
 
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Old Dec 21, 2020 | 04:08 PM
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Power pedal?
snap a picture
 
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Old Dec 21, 2020 | 04:15 PM
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Do you have rear parking sensors? IIRC I had a similar button on my 07 F150, the button disabled them, useful when you have a trailer hooked up.
 
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Old Dec 21, 2020 | 10:19 PM
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Don’t believe I have those sensors. Thought maybe it was the lite on back of cab, to lite up box, but either bulb burnt or it’s not that.
I will score the ford service manual again, and see where I missed it.
 
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Old Dec 21, 2020 | 10:53 PM
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Post a picture. It's worth a thousand words that you may read in the manual!
 
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Old Dec 21, 2020 | 11:42 PM
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I will figure out how to post picture!
 
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Does it look something like this photo?
 
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Old Dec 23, 2020 | 08:48 AM
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Yes, exactly!! Thank you. Odd how one can put 400m km on a vehicle and not know what switch is for!! 😂😂
now I will check service manual to see what it’s supposed to do, because I have never felt any difference in steering, brakes, or anything else parking, driving or any other condition, with switch on or off, but will watch closer now.
thank you- alxsnmp for your help!!
have a very good Christmas to all, from us here in the far North ( Canada) 😇😇😂😂
 
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Old Dec 23, 2020 | 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Model a ford
Yes, exactly!! Thank you. Odd how one can put 400m km on a vehicle and not know what switch is for!! 😂😂
now I will check service manual to see what it’s supposed to do, because I have never felt any difference in steering, brakes, or anything else parking, driving or any other condition, with switch on or off, but will watch closer now.
thank you- alxsnmp for your help!!
have a very good Christmas to all, from us here in the far North ( Canada) 😇😇😂😂
It won’t feel different, but when they are “ON” when you get close to an object while backing, there should be a beep beep beep. When “OFF” there should be no beep beep beep.
 
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Old Dec 23, 2020 | 09:31 AM
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Thanks- I don’t have any beeping so maybe have had a bad sensor all this time.
 
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