It's a known software bug in the headlight switch assembly. It goes into an error state and the headlights stay on. It happens to me several times a month. There is supposed to be a fix coming later this year, but it will require replacing the switch assembly.
Even on a new build? I literally picked it up 3 days ago, it was built late last month.
Yes. No indicator = Bugged-out switch. Rotate to “off” then back to “auto” to correct. ??
Yes. This is a known problem since people first started getting the cars. It is very perplexing they haven't fixed it yet, and I expect this will be an expensive warranty item for Ford. Because they will need to replace every switch on every car made. Seems to me it would have been cheaper to fix the problem as soon as they found it.
I'm not in the auto industry, but in my work experience, if a subcontractor designs / manufactures a defective item they are often on the hook for all the costs involved in replacing that item with the end consumer. Of course we don't know where the fault resides on this part.
It is very strange. I will go through a few weeks without it happening, and then all of a sudden it will happen three days in a row. Something is causing the "overflow" condition that causes the error. I used to think it was just time passing, but that is obviously not it.
Probably because it’s the hardest kind of problem to fix.
Which other vehicles? (Genuinely curious)
