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🚗 A mysterious button appeared in my car.... 🚗

Mz iMac — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 22:42:47 GMT

This morning. I had no clue what it did. I dropped my keys as I was getting out my car was when I discovered this mysterious little button that magically appeared next to the "lights" button this morning.

Got out my ~~War & Peace~~ user manual & found out what it was picture & all. Guess what? Still had no clue what I was reading.

Ford has tutorial videos on how to use each thing on their ~~airplane~~ control panel which I downloaded all after buying my car.

The button I learned is called the "instrument lighting dimmer." The button dims & brightens the ~~airplane~~ control panels. <------This sentence appears NOWHERE in the ~~War & Peace~~ user manual in the lights section!

I've had my car for 2 1/2 years. Tomorrow, I am going to go through the front interior like a fine tooth comb (which I thought I already did when car was spanking new) to see what else has mysteriously appeared in 2 1/2 yrs.

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Still Raining — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 22:56:47 GMT

Yepper I got one of those guys too.

Now if you can let me know how to reset the unlock doors rather just the driver door I will be in you debt. Don't mean the child proof, that one I found.

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fthunt — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 23:10:53 GMT

Just a guess - the owner's manual was written and printed some years back - before they added the panel dimmer function. Not going to the cost of a new book for a couple of added features. Some owner manuals cover several of their models - same with refrigerators . One has an ice cube maker - cheaper ones don't. Just a thought.

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hopi — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 23:10:57 GMT

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Lucky Charm — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 23:18:47 GMT

HaHa Ha

That reminds me (for the thousandth time) that I think I have *Park Assist*. I see it when I'm scrolling through stuff on my dash (oil life, tire pressure, what language I want to use....).

I keep forgetting to check it out. I may need that some day!

Slightly the same, but we lived in a house for quite a few years before I realized I had a drawer right next to my stove. That kitchen was so dark! That dark. And it was a skinny drawer. Like 4 inches across. I was able to keep tin foil in it. That was it!

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Sage04 — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 23:20:21 GMT

@Mz iMac could that be for your hazzard light? Hope nothing else pops up lol.

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Mz iMac — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 23:27:00 GMT

@fthunt The picture of the dimmer button is in the user manual. But, the function of same is not mentioned. Bunch of mumbo jumbo which does not makes sense. Me thinks, the mumbo jumbo is for another model.

You are correct about the Ford user manual. 3 different models are in one book. Reason for the 450 pages of "stuff." All the models are mixed up w/each other. Gives me a migraine everytime I just look at the book. So glad I downloaded all the Ford video tutorials for my model vehicle year. They have been a lifesafer.

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SeaMaiden — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 23:30:05 GMT

@Mz iMac I drive a 20 year old van. About 10 years into owning it...I was driving to work one morning and a buzzing alarm sound went off....I was like what the He**? I had no clue what ii was.... I almost pulled over thinking something bad must be happening....

I realized I had left my blinker on when I changed lanes....I switched off the blinker....and the alarm stopped. I went OHhhhhhh.. so that's what it was....😄

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Mz iMac — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 23:31:45 GMT

@Lucky Charm

@Sage04 They are "dimmer" lights for the control panels. My car has 2. The hazzard button is front & center on the main control panel. I used them for the first time 2 weeks ago.

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shaggygirl — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 23:56:31 GMT

@SeaMaiden wrote:
@Mz iMac I drive a 20 year old van. About 10 years into owning it...I was driving to work one morning and a buzzing alarm sound went off....I was like what the He**? I had no clue what ii was.... I almost pulled over thinking something bad must be happening....

I realized I had left my blinker on when I changed lanes....I switched off the blinker....and the alarm stopped. I went OHhhhhhh.. so that's what it was....😄

@SeaMaiden

OMG. Someone who drives a car older than mine!

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SeaMaiden — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 00:00:07 GMT

@shaggygirl wrote:
@SeaMaiden wrote:
@Mz iMac I drive a 20 year old van. About 10 years into owning it...I was driving to work one morning and a buzzing alarm sound went off....I was like what the He**? I had no clue what ii was.... I almost pulled over thinking something bad must be happening....

I realized I had left my blinker on when I changed lanes....I switched off the blinker....and the alarm stopped. I went OHhhhhhh.. so that's what it was....😄

@SeaMaiden

OMG. Someone who drives a car older than mine!

@shaggygirl 😄

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shaggygirl — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 00:06:47 GMT

@SeaMaiden wrote:
@shaggygirl wrote:
@SeaMaiden wrote:
@Mz iMac I drive a 20 year old van. About 10 years into owning it...I was driving to work one morning and a buzzing alarm sound went off....I was like what the He**? I had no clue what ii was.... I almost pulled over thinking something bad must be happening....

I realized I had left my blinker on when I changed lanes....I switched off the blinker....and the alarm stopped. I went OHhhhhhh.. so that's what it was....😄

@SeaMaiden

OMG. Someone who drives a car older than mine!

@shaggygirl 😄

@SeaMaiden

Mine is a 2005. My kids often say "Mom, why don't you.........". BECAUSE I LOVE MY CAR THAT'S WHY.

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jellyBEAN — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 00:37:05 GMT

@Mz iMac When I first looked at the photo of your "new" car button, I thought it was probably some sort of timer for your lights.

Now that you explain it is your dashboard dimmer, it makes sense. How nice. Now that I think of it, on my new car I think I tried to figure out how to dim and brighten, but now I don't remember. My old car was SO easy. Just turn the little knob but the new car is different.

I like a bright dashboard. Congratulations on your newly found car feature. Maybe it'll now come in handy and you won't know how you lived w/o it these past couple of years.

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MyShadowLove — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 01:21:28 GMT

LOL...I love this thread...It's good to know that I'm not the only one who has had a car long enough to surely know all of its features...yet I still find myself discovering amazing "mysteries" that suddenly appear.

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kivah — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 01:42:14 GMT

I bought my 2012 Honda Civic in 2015 - and never read the manual. I still don't know how to use the radio, put on flashing lights, etc.

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1Snickers — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 02:13:23 GMT

@Lucky Charm My Ford has park assist. The salesman said he would show me how it works & never did.
My son tried to do it in a shopping center and couldn't work it. It has two options, one is parallel parking, the other is backing in a space. HA ! He just backed in. I think he pushed the wrong one.
I don't trust it to not hit another car!

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noodleann — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 02:23:39 GMT

I have you all beat. My car was made in the last century, and I've read the whole manual, twice.

Still have to look up how to reset the clock when Daylight Saving starts or ends.

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jellyBEAN — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 02:28:32 GMT

@1Snickers wrote:
@Lucky Charm My Ford has park assist. The salesman said he would show me how it works & never did.
My son tried to do it in a shopping center and couldn't work it. It has two options, one is parallel parking, the other is backing in a space. HA ! He just backed in. I think he pushed the wrong one.
I don't trust it to not hit another car!

This would have been my first inclination, not trusting it. BUT these new vehicles have radars all over the place to detect what's in front, what's in back, what's passing you on the sides, so I think I would give it a shot. However, I would not on the first try use it to park on a well packed city street where the cars are really crammed up against each other. I'd try it on a lesser known side street. Or on the outskirts of an expansive parking lot. I bet it would be FUN!!! I think once you got yourself familiar with the feature you'd really enjoy it.

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MamaWick — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 02:35:48 GMT

I just hate when that happens.

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happycat — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 02:37:12 GMT

I have had my car for a year and I still can't figure stuff out.