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Interior truck lights terrible for hunting

Posted on 3/22/17 at 11:07 am
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
7585 posts
Posted on 3/22/17 at 11:07 am
I bought a used 2013 Ford F150. Come to find out, this must be the only year model where you can't turn off the setting for the interior lights, cargo lights, and daytime running lamps coming on when you open the door. Anybody got any suggestions other than trying to hotwire a switch into my panel board? I saw somewhere on the interwebs that maybe the dealer can reprogram the truck for "police blackout mode" but I called the dealer and they don't know anything about it. This is going to make it difficult to sneak up on turkeys before daylight. I creep through my club listening for gobblers, and it all goes quiet when I stop and all the lights come on when I open my door. Not so stealthy Ford.
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
39538 posts
Posted on 3/22/17 at 11:08 am to
Hopefully it's not an Ecoboost

ETA: but yeah that's annoying
This post was edited on 3/22/17 at 11:15 am
Posted by tigertyler
Bogie's
Member since Sep 2016
851 posts
Posted on 3/22/17 at 11:13 am to
park farther away and walk in. little exercise won't hurt
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
166500 posts
Posted on 3/22/17 at 11:15 am to
take the bulbs out.
Posted by No Colors
Sandbar
Member since Sep 2010
10490 posts
Posted on 3/22/17 at 11:26 am to
quote:

I creep through my club listening for gobblers, and it all goes quiet when I stop and all the lights come on

Newsflash: They hear and see that truck long before they see the freaking dome lights and such when you open the door. Your idea of sneaky when it comes to turkeys, is not very sneaky.

Posted by CypressTrout10
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2016
3019 posts
Posted on 3/22/17 at 11:29 am to
get a golf cart
Posted by CP3
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2009
7416 posts
Posted on 3/22/17 at 11:47 am to
You in Baton Rouge?

I can reprogram the computer. There is a "dark mode" you can activate that keeps all lights off on open door
Posted by mylsuhat
Mandeville, LA
Member since Mar 2008
48952 posts
Posted on 3/22/17 at 11:49 am to
Sounds to me like you're parking too close to the birds
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
33950 posts
Posted on 3/22/17 at 11:54 am to
Pull the fuse(s) before you open the door
Posted by tenfoe
Member since Jun 2011
6854 posts
Posted on 3/22/17 at 12:16 pm to
quote:

This is going to make it difficult to sneak up on turkeys before daylight. I creep through my club listening for gobblers, and it all goes quiet when I stop and all the lights come on when I open my door. Not so stealthy Ford.


It's not the truck that's the problem, it's the driver that wants to drive around listening for turkeys. Of course they go quiet. They can see your POS truck. You are worried about the interior lights. A turkey can see your truck from 10 miles away. What makes you think it's the lights?

Posted by Teague
The Shoals, AL
Member since Aug 2007
21699 posts
Posted on 3/22/17 at 12:20 pm to
Climb out the window.
Posted by Thib-a-doe Tiger
Member since Nov 2012
35459 posts
Posted on 3/22/17 at 12:21 pm to
Shoot the lights out
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
28141 posts
Posted on 3/22/17 at 9:40 pm to
Try slightly applying the emergency brake,like just a click. It may work.
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