FYI Department:
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More info regarding my new B-Plus having no dashboard lighting.
The mechanic showed me the blown parts from the dash and it happened as a result of poor workmanship in the after-market stereo installation. A bare wire, which should have been taped, crossed a metal part and shorted out the dimmer and another dash element.
(My wife thought she smelled "a strange odor," but Mr. Know-it-all 'splained to Lucy that "it was merely the new exhaust.")
It certainly was NOT Ford's responsibility to fix it, and yet, they did--instilling great confidence and loyalty in THIS customer--needless to say!
I'm going to flag Trail-Lite to alert them of this situation and the fact that their staff isn't bothering to use electrical tape on the sensor wire nuts to the vehicle's holding tanks. How expensive is electrical tape?