Question About Interior Lighting

[Timekeeper]

Hey Guys...I noticed on the 2020 that I'm buying that the P-R-D-M letters next to the shift lever do not illuminate on my center console. Maybe they were turned way down, and I needed to be in super darkness to see them. But under normal light, I could not see any lighting under the letters.

Is this normal? I want to make sure before I drive it off the lot.

Regards,
John

 

[lka]

They don’t light up.

 

[Timekeeper]

Hey IKA, thanks for the message. I saw a two videos on YouTube where the
P-R-N-D-M is illuminated in some current generation Raptors. Was this something that changed in 2019 or 2020? I'm just curious. I have the 802A package. Everything else seemed find.

Just checking to make sure this is normal.

 

[lka]

Yea. They stopped in 18 I believe. My 18 didn’t either does my 2020. If you do a search some guys are installing the light strip after. Looks like ford left the connector in there.

 

[lka]

There’s no marker in there anyways [emoji2378] it’s in the dash

 

[Timekeeper]

Yea. They stopped in 18 I believe. My 18 didn’t either does my 2020. If you do a search some guys are installing the light strip after. Looks like ford left the connector in there.

Thanks, yes I found that 18 page thread. I see that it tends to be a common issue.

 

[gopher870]

I noticed this after I purchased my Raptor and it is very annoying. Seems like such a silly thing to be annoyed by but I got used to it from the old truck. There are LED lights in the cup holders RIGHT NEXT to the shifter, seems such like such a goofy decision not to have them (?).

 

[Miggy]

My 2020 802a also doesn’t light up.

 

[David Godbee]

 

[TXRaptor]

There are many threads on this...

They stopped doing it sometime in the 2017/2018 time frame, so it is not something you will see in any new truck regardless of the package. You can add lights, but not sure why you would as the dash shows you the gear you are in unless you turn it off with the paddle shifters.