Ford Kuga on auto lights switch .

Car: Ford Kuga
Variant: 2.5 Automatic
Model Year: 2009
Categories: Electrics, ECU, Warnings & Lights
The headlights come on but rear lights do not.The rear lights and headlights work ok in manual switch.
Posted: Nov 15, 2021 (3 years ago)
Have you had the car for a while , when did you notice they were not working ?
Posted Nov 15, 2021 (3 years ago)
Had the car two years and only noticed when people flashed me a couple of days after new battery fitted. Don`t drive in the dark much so problem could have been on a while.
Posted Nov 15, 2021 (3 years ago)
The reason I ask , is the manual for that year of Kuga mentions the headlamps only not the tail lights

AUTOLAMPS
E73840
Note: If you have switched autolamps
on, you can only switch the main beam
on when autolamps has switched the
headlamps on.
The headlamps will come on and go off
automatically depending on the ambient
light
Posted Nov 15, 2021 (3 years ago)
Yes the front lights come on automatically when getting dark but the rear lights do not come on.The rear and front lights come on together when turned on manually.
Posted Nov 15, 2021 (3 years ago)
Could try and remove / refit battery terminal once again which often reboots various systems Strange how tail lights don't come on also
Posted Nov 15, 2021 (3 years ago)
ok thank you for the info.
Posted Nov 15, 2021 (3 years ago)
Hope you dont think I'm being cheeky , but on some older Fords the auto lights were often an option but switch / wiring was still installed even if not fitted . Is it possible you dont have them and are seeing the day time running lights which come on automatically on the front every time the car is started but the tail lights dont . You see quite a few people driving this way at night as the panel lights up and they think the lights are switched on . I just remembered this as I recently had someone in front of me in a traffic jam with no rear lights on and I flashed them and this was why Again apologies if not the case .
Posted Nov 15, 2021 (3 years ago)
Don`t think this is the case mate , Thanks anyway for the input.
Posted Nov 15, 2021 (3 years ago)
Just a thought . I always left faults like this to my auto electricians to solve but strange one , cant be sensor if front lights working . If anything comes to mind overnight I'll post it . Possibly light control module ? Scanning with ForScan or similar might show cause .
Posted Nov 15, 2021 (3 years ago)

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