Shifter lights?

MT Mike · Jan 15, 2019

At the Automatic shifter are the indicators (P R N D ) suppose illuminate when you turn on your lights? I find it odd that mine do not.

BIG TIME BALLER · Jan 15, 2019

It seems that Ford decided to do away with the illumination sometime in the 2018 production year. There are one or two discussion on it somewhere. I would like to revisit those posts and see if I can get the old parts to illuminate that indicator.

Hawaiian Time · Jan 15, 2019

"Value Engineering". They had to cut something to pay for the metal oil pan. The Beancounters strike again!

SSWIM · Jan 15, 2019

Late 2018s do not have the illuminated console. Mine doesn't. Not a big deal to me.

Sam

SSWIM · Jan 15, 2019

BIG TIME BALLER said:
It seems that Ford decided to do away with the illumination sometime in the 2018 production year. There are one or two discussion on it somewhere. I would like to revisit those posts and see if I can get the old parts to illuminate that indicator.

You will have to change the console, not just add a light underneath. The console lettering on mine is not translucent,

Sam

BIG TIME BALLER · Jan 15, 2019

SSWIM said:
You will have to change the console, not just add a light underneath. The console lettering on mine is not translucent,

Sam

Console sounds extreme... are you saying the R P N D indicator is not a single separate part?

BIG TIME BALLER · Jan 15, 2019

I would just try this part and see if the lettering is translucent. The paint/ink may be opaque, but could still be able to pass a backlight.

pierceography · Jan 15, 2019

MT Mike said:
At the Automatic shifter are the indicators (P R N D ) suppose illuminate when you turn on your lights? I find it odd that mine do not.

Are you talking about the indicators next to the shifter (in the center console)? Or the indicators in the dashboard.

If it's the former, on my 2016 F150 XLT they're just for aesthetics. But the dashboard definitely indicates transmission state.

SSWIM · Jan 16, 2019

There is an indicator in the dash. No problem there. It is the lettering next to the shifter. The letters, on my 18, are not translucent. Therefore all the light in the world will not shine through it.

Sam

Hawaiian Time · Jan 18, 2019

Here's what the shifter lights in the console look like on my 2017 at night with headlights on:

Then with Headlights off:

Sorry, my Raptor is a bit dirty right now.

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