Do lights turn off when sun is directly at you

[Bobcatou]

I had auto headlines on this afternoon and started driving into some nasty sunlight directly. After pulling my visor down, I noticed that my auto headlights were off. Is that suppose to happen?

I drove into a garage and the lights did come back on. On my way back to my campsite I hit another bright sun in front of me and they went off again. They did come right back on after I left the sun for a little bit but did. I then decided to take a ride to test them again. I couldn't find any direct sunlight, but the lights stayed on the whole short trip. I was surprised this happened. Do they turn the sensor off in case of burn in or something, or should I have a shop take a look?

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[CptBligh]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying, but that's the whole point of auto. Headlights turn off in the sun (DRLs will come on) and turn on during the dark or when windshield wipers are turned on.

 

[Bobcatou]

I thought Daytime running lights were to come on all the time? Mine seemed to. Granted, I kinda just set and forget it and didn't give much though.

 

[CptBligh]

DRLs dim when the headlights come on but don't go totally off. I assume the 24+ trucks are the same.

 

[Walter Townsend]

Head lights turn off in the sun and back on in the dark when set to auto. Daytime running lights come on when vehicle is in gear and and the head lights are off.

For safety, go into Forscan and turn the rear park lights to go on with the Daytime running lights, that way you always have lights on, both front and back. Definitely helps in the situation you were in where you were driving into direct sun so anyone coming behind you could see more than just your silhouette.

 

[Eskram]

For safety, go into Forscan and turn the rear park lights to go on with the Daytime running lights, that way you always have lights on, both front and back.

Great advice, and I'm really not sure why Ford doesn't do this by default.

Maybe some accountant looking at potential rear light failure warranty costs over time vs safety.

Though, now that I think of it.. I've never verified that they're actually on.. heh

 

[Boen]

Head lights turn off in the sun and back on in the dark when set to auto. Daytime running lights come on when vehicle is in gear and and the head lights are off.

For safety, go into Forscan and turn the rear park lights to go on with the Daytime running lights, that way you always have lights on, both front and back. Definitely helps in the situation you were in where you were driving into direct sun so anyone coming behind you could see more than just your silhouette.

Do you know the changes in Forscan do do this?

 

[Walter Townsend]

DRL's seem to shut off if the vehicle is not in gear, only seem to be on when actually driving.

Adding the rear lights was one of the best mod's I did with Forscan.

Do you know the changes in Forscan do do this?

Sorry that was over a year ago that I muddled through "Forskin" with the truck, set up the headlights for glare free lighting with Bambi mode, disabled the chime when you get out of the truck with keys and set the DRL to include rear lights. Set the dash guages to include digital temperature readouts. It was all done using the "easy" method without having to manually change the line values.

 

[Bobcatou]

I inspected my lights again and determined I was having a brain fart and getting regular lights confused with DRLs. That plus the time of day had them triggering when I wasn't expecting too. I'm deserved of a "Dope Slap" next time you see me. Sorry

 

[FaaWrenchBndr]

I inspected my lights again and determined I was having a brain fart and getting regular lights confused with DRLs. That plus the time of day had them triggering when I wasn't expecting too. I'm deserved of a "Dope Slap" next time you see me. Sorry

It’s all good…..we all have our moments I’ve certainly had a few before I get to my “coffee operating level”

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