Light Problem
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Light Problem
My F350 has an electric gremlin. When I turn on the light switch, key on or off, the lights come on. But when I turn the switch off, the lights do not go off. I have to pull the fuse and then they go off. When I put it back they stay off. I tried pulling the relays under the hood but it did not affect the lights. Is there a relay that could be stuck somewhere? I tried another switch but it did not do anything. Thanks for any help.
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There is a relay that controls them. I believe that it is under the dash (drivers side) I'm pretty sure that it is a timer relay. You said that you changed a switch, have you sprayed the latches with wd-40? Is your door ajar light on?
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The door ajar light is not on. It is all the lights that stay on, headlights and running lights. There is a 20 amp mini fuse that I pull, under the hood, to shut everything off. Whatever the problem, I did not know about it before because the fuse was burned out. It was only since I replaced the fuse that this started to happen. I have only had the truck a short time and never had a trailer hooked to it before. It started when I was hooking up a trailer and checked the lights. I had signals and stop lights but no running lights. I looked at the mini fuse and saw it was bad. When I replaced it, still no running lights on the trailer, and the lights do not turn off. This is with the trailer plugged in or not and key on or off.
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If I have this right it is your exterior lights that are acting up and not your interior (dome) lights. If it is the interior lights I would look at the headlight switch. I had a 98 F250 7.3 the headlights went out found a blown fuse, the headlight switch practially melted and blew the fuse.
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Yes, the exterior lights are the problem. If I turn everything on and then turn the switch off, all the lights stay on. And I still have no running lights to the trailer if I hook it up. And I tried a new switch but it did not help.
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have you checked the trailer plug at the stock harness behind the back bumper ??? check and clean all plugs under there....are your lights on a timer?? try waiting a couple minutes and see if they go out....
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I don't think they have a timer. They always went out when I turned the switch off before. I guess the trailer running lights are a seperate issue. I will check the plugs for that part. Is there a seperate relay for the truck lights somewhere? I tried all the ones under the hood,
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Here is the wiring diagram for the 01 F350 with out daytime running lights. The only thing that I can see (I'm going to print it out and study it more) would be the switch on the steering cloumn.
Sorry I could'nt up load the pic.
Here is where i got it:
EBSCO Publishing Service Selection Page
Sorry I could'nt up load the pic.
Here is where i got it:
EBSCO Publishing Service Selection Page
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It took a while but I found the relay. It is behind the dash just left of the radio and down a bit. There are 3 relays together. A big blue one and 2 smaller black ones. It was the black one towards the front of the truck. If you pull the radio you can get to them. I would think Ford could have put them in a better place.
Thanks for the help. I appreciate it.
Thanks for the help. I appreciate it.
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