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Nothing major. My LED bed lights haven’t worked, with the push button in the bed, since I got the truck.
The passenger side worked with the interior switch.
I prefer to do stuff myself, because I can usually do it better.
A little investigation under the left rear of the truck revealed an unplugged connector.
And 4 other harness not clipped into place.
Ford F-150 Lightning Bed lights didn’t work since day 1….. IMG_7036


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Ford F-150 Lightning Bed lights didn’t work since day 1….. IMG_7037


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Ford F-150 Lightning Bed lights didn’t work since day 1….. IMG_7040


Definitely happened on the assembly line.
Stuff happens. Anyway, this truck is awesome, fantastic to drive and otherwise perfectly fine.
 
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You have a spray-in liner. If that was done by the dealer, or a company you hired, there's the issue. If it was done by Ford, then they have the issue. But that's the cause.
 
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You have a spray-in liner. If that was done by the dealer, or a company you hired, there's the issue. If it was done by Ford, then they have the issue. But that's the cause.

That was my first thought, and why I started at the ProPower panel.
But the problem was way down below with several plugs and harnesses not installed properly on the frame/body bracket.
It’s all good now.
 

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That was my first thought, and why I started at the ProPower panel.
But the problem was way down below with several plugs and harnesses not installed properly on the frame/body bracket.
It’s all good now.
They remove the tailgate to spray, and that's when everything gets unplugged.
 

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Nothing major. My LED bed lights haven’t worked, with the push button in the bed, since I got the truck.
The passenger side worked with the interior switch.
I prefer to do stuff myself, because I can usually do it better.
A little investigation under the left rear of the truck revealed an unplugged connector.
And 4 other harness not clipped into place.
IMG_7036.jpeg


After
IMG_7037.jpeg


Success….

IMG_7040.jpg


Definitely happened on the assembly line.
Stuff happens. Anyway, this truck is awesome, fantastic to drive and otherwise perfectly fine.
This is why UAW get the big paychecks.
 

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Nothing major. My LED bed lights haven’t worked, with the push button in the bed, since I got the truck.
How long have you had the truck ?
Model year?
 
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How long have you had the truck ?
Model year?

About 2 ½ weeks. 2024 Flash.

All this time, reading the manual, & trying to figure out what the secret was……
….. they simply weren’t plugged in. lol
 

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Looks like a Friday afternoon build /s
At least you figured it out!
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Nothing major. My LED bed lights haven’t worked, with the push button in the bed, since I got the truck.
The passenger side worked with the interior switch.
I prefer to do stuff myself, because I can usually do it better.
A little investigation under the left rear of the truck revealed an unplugged connector.
And 4 other harness not clipped into place.
IMG_7036.jpeg


After
IMG_7037.jpeg


Success….

IMG_7040.jpg


Definitely happened on the assembly line.
Stuff happens. Anyway, this truck is awesome, fantastic to drive and otherwise perfectly fine.
EDIT:
” Happened on the assembly line.”
“ Should have happened on the assembly line.” 😵💫 Or
“ didn’t happen on the assembly line.”😴
 

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I know everybody here wants to blame the assembly line worker for this, but the truck has a bedliner. Those plugs are undone when the liner is installed.

If it was a factory installed liner, then everything should have been checked when the unit was returned from the offsite vendor before it shipped. That falls on Ford. But if it's aftermarket, that is the responsibility of the company that did the work.

But you can't, without a doubt, blame the line workers.
 

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I know everybody here wants to blame the assembly line worker for this, but the truck has a bedliner. Those plugs are undone when the liner is installed.

If it was a factory installed liner, then everything should have been checked when the unit was returned from the offsite vendor before it shipped. That falls on Ford. But if it's aftermarket, that is the responsibility of the company that did the work.

But you can't, without a doubt, blame the line workers.
Do you know if you can get the Ford logo that is installed with the factory bedliner?
 

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Do you know if you can get the Ford logo that is installed with the factory bedliner?
You mean aftermarket? I think that is a factory liner feature only.

Years ago, our local Line-X installer made their own. I don't know what they made them out of, but they would include them if you asked. I think they were told by their parent company to stop doing it because the last time I went there they didn't have them.
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