Small problem with new truck .......
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Small problem with new truck .......
First time truck owner here, have the 04 4 door F-150 Laredo 4wd.....Love the truck and most likely won't drive anything else but a truck from now on out.
Having one problem with the truck and it is minor but am wondering if anyone else is having this problem...
If I have my wipers on, and then go to use my turn signals, I always either get the wipers going faster or turn them off.... It is very irritating after a while.
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Seems that the turns signal lever should be longer and the wiper controls a bit harder to turn.
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Anyone else????
Having one problem with the truck and it is minor but am wondering if anyone else is having this problem...
If I have my wipers on, and then go to use my turn signals, I always either get the wipers going faster or turn them off.... It is very irritating after a while.
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Seems that the turns signal lever should be longer and the wiper controls a bit harder to turn.
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Anyone else????
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For a week, my wife kept hitting the OD button. Don't know how, but she doesn't do it anymore, so I don't care.
On the flip side, she keeps opening the hood on her Tracker. The latch is in the same place as our brake release on the 150.
Chris
On the flip side, she keeps opening the hood on her Tracker. The latch is in the same place as our brake release on the 150.
Chris
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Yes I meant Lariat....GEEEEEESH Sorry.... This truck thing is new to me.....
I had problems with the OD too but have learned to master that one, but the wiper control is going to take more time. I never really have a problem with it unless I have the wipers on went it is raining...then I keep bumping them as I make turns.
Oh and damn glad after 7,000 miles my 12.2 mpg went to 14.4 mpg..... passing everything but gas stations.
Thank you for the welcome and the reply's!!!
I had problems with the OD too but have learned to master that one, but the wiper control is going to take more time. I never really have a problem with it unless I have the wipers on went it is raining...then I keep bumping them as I make turns.
Oh and damn glad after 7,000 miles my 12.2 mpg went to 14.4 mpg..... passing everything but gas stations.
Thank you for the welcome and the reply's!!!
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Hopefully FORD has some avenue of customer feed back and will upgrade the turn signal wiper lever.
And I agree, even if this is my first truck I have been in others and nothing has come close to the ride and performance that my 04 F-150 offers.
And I agree, even if this is my first truck I have been in others and nothing has come close to the ride and performance that my 04 F-150 offers.
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Hey Doc, This might help solve your problem with the wiper switch. Using black thread, place it down in the small channel where the switch and the fixed portion of the stalk meet. Wind the thread around and around the stalk so it goes down into this channel and try turning the wiper switch. When you are satified with the increasd amount of effort now required to activate the switch, tie off the thread and trim ends. This easy fix doesn't show at all and will hopefully cure your pet peeve. Good luck!