All my dash gauge lights, NAV and digital display went black

[Boatycall]

So... I'm coming back from a 10 day trip to the Oregon coast today, driving along happily...cruise set.. Freebird goin on the ole' Victrola.... And all my indicators go dark. The gauges are all still working, but they're all dark. NAV is black... that center digital display between the tach and speedo is black. Grrr...

So I turn the headlights off... then back on... nothing.

Play with the dimmer, all the way up and the cab light came on, and then I could just barely see some back light. Grrr.... What's going on???

So I continue down the road. Pull into a gas station to fuel up. I grab my trusty Seahawks hat from the dash....BOOM, all the lights come on.

My baseball cap had covered up the day/night sensor.
:S


And when you all quit laughing, you can move onto the next post......

[SoCalDesertRid1]

That is too funny! 😄

I'm used to old trucks and simple operation of vehicles. If I had one of those fancy new trucks with all that gimmicky gadgetry, I'd probly be going through all sorts of moments just like that. I likely would have been in the fuse box looking for the burned out dash light fuse...

[JoeChiOhki]

Me thinks we have a tad too much technology sometimes in our trucks..... 😛

[mkirsch]

I'm still a little dubious, because even if the hat covering the sensor caused the truck to automatically dim the dash lights, you should have been able to bring them up to full brightness with the dimmer control.

Maybe it's a Ford-knows-better-than-the-customer thing, but on my 2015 Chevy you can set the brightness of the dash and display anywhere from nothing to full brightness with the headlights on.

[Grit_dog]

Dang, I was getting ready to dog on the Ford!
Lol

[kohldad]

Thanks for the chuckle. Sure do like those quick road side "repair" jobs.

[HuckleberryHunt]

Ha!

[Z-Peller]

Z-Peller wrote:


Hmmm......something doesn't sound right here....ballcap makes sensor think it has become dark outside so sensor turns dash lights off??.....umm no, sensor would have to think it has become light outside to turn off lights...[emoticon]

It dimmed the dash lights, which is what happens when it thinks it is night.

Ok, gotcha....thanks:S

[wnjj]

d3500ram wrote:
Sometime modern conveniences and technologies 'aint all its cracked up to be...

...glad to hear it is only operator error 'cause I had a whole bunch o Ford wisecracks lined up...LOL

If only the ball cap would turn off that pesky Ford check engine light. 🙂

[wnjj]

Z-Peller wrote:
Hmmm......something doesn't sound right here....ballcap makes sensor think it has become dark outside so sensor turns dash lights off??.....umm no, sensor would have to think it has become light outside to turn off lights...:h

It dimmed the dash lights, which is what happens when it thinks it is night.

[Z-Peller]

Hmmm......something doesn't sound right here....ballcap makes sensor think it has become dark outside so sensor turns dash lights off??.....umm no, sensor would have to think it has become light outside to turn off lights...:h

[jimh406]

That's too funny! 😄

[deltabravo]

DOITHARD wrote:
Rofl

x2

[DOITHARD]

Rofl

[Vinsil]

Bwahahaahah! Thanks I needed that! I guess I'm not the only one who does stuff like that!