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1998 Ford Explorer Headlight issue


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theoojj
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Nov 6, 2020, 8:03 PM

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Hey all I'm having an issue with my 1998 Ford Explorer XLT. My car battery died and after jumping it my low beams worked for a minute then turned off and now will not turn on.

*High Beams only work in flash to pass
*Headlight switch will only turn on dash and taillights
*Issue occurred when I first purchased the car I would notice my headlights were off and I would jiggle the flash to pass lights and the low beams would come on, that was 6 months prior.
*Replaced Headlights and checked both headlight and auto lamp fuse and they were good.

Thank you for the help, I'm a novice mechanic. I can do the job but it just takes me a while haha


(This post was edited by theoojj on Nov 6, 2020, 8:21 PM)


Hammer Time
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Nov 6, 2020, 8:28 PM

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Does it have autolamps?

Does it have daytime running lights?



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theoojj
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Nov 9, 2020, 1:12 PM

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It does the Autolamps turn on the dash and the exterior lights around the headlight.

It does not have daytime running lights.


Tom Greenleaf
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Nov 9, 2020, 1:33 PM

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TMK sport DRLs were NOT all vehicles or every US state? I don't have them in a 2007 and they are not broken but another type vehicle.
That's why Hammer Time asked awaiting the response that didn't come,


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Nov 9, 2020, 2:10 PM

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Autolamps means there is a light sensor on the rear view mirror that turns the high beams off and on.

This is the diagram for autolamps and it's a bit complicated because of that.





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Tom Greenleaf
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Nov 9, 2020, 2:44 PM

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Dang right it's complicated HT! I've owned too many - never mind the ones I've worked on. The Rear view has the "seeing eye" but all info I have says "Day or Night" is another sensor behind grilles? What on Earth are we to think with conflicting info?


Ford and all should have dumped so called "Seeing Eyes" for headlights a problem for EVERY one of 100's of vehicles I've owned never mind worked on.


If just dirty instructions say clean the lens? Fine, then where is it? Ford didn't have a clue apparently and I was and am owner of many. Put a finger over a "seeing eye" (my term) and lights come on, high or low beam - all that crap isn't new it dates back to the 1950s unfortunately I recall some of that AND the cars with those things on fenders!
I can't find them all and do look hard my own or another's complaint. That idea is beyond ANY DEFININTION OF STUPID" there ever was.


Novel ongoing and pet peeve of that sh*t. A fav car 1967 Caddy Fleetwood 65 went brain dead facing a light colored house/building or where I am snow banks in Winter! How special it didn't know? People or others think you're totally out of your mind and I'm sure HT would agree just anyway :-)
Guess - clean anything you find sometimes an amber color thing that sees light or dark? I mean a tiny lens now once huge things,


Tom



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Nov 9, 2020, 2:49 PM

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The Rear view has the "seeing eye" but all info I have says "Day or Night" is another sensor behind grilles? What on Earth are we to think with conflicting info?


There is no conflicting info here. That is the factory wiring diagram for this vehicle and the sensor is on the mirror only. Let's not confuse the OP more than he is already.



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