cruise steering lights

[RED95SHO]

Tried several seaches with no luck. My steering wheel lights for the cruise are not working. No other lights are out. Are there lamps in the switches? How would I go about replacing or repairing?

 

[SASHO91]

i dont think there are any in there.....
or either mine are out as well...

 

[Tommy's SHO]

No lights there.

 

[MilTownSHO]

I have many times wished that they did light up, seems pretty silly that they dont!

 

[SHO92]

The switches from an Explorer do light up, along with others, but the Taurus switches don't light up. I remember many years ago a guy retro'd the switches from an Explorer, but he had to go through a lot of work to do it since there is no illumination wire in the column of the Taurus. You might be able to find a switched 12v and have the lights on whenever the car is on.

I think its more trouble then its worth.

 

[jelloslug]

If you want to add lighted buttons and you need the extra wire in the clockspring you will need to order a different clock spring. I ordered a clock spring for a Limited Explorer w/ wheel mounted radio & A/C controls PN: XL2Z-14A664-AA, it was like $25 or so. It bolted right up to the column and fit perfectly. You will have to modify the wiring some though as the airbag connectors are different.

 

[jruppert]

What year Explorer had the lighted cruise buttons?

 

[1993MTXSHO]

if you drive the way you're supposed to aka hands on 2 or 3 and 9 or 10 just feel for the big left hand bulging button, thats on, the the other right hand bulging button thats set cruse below that is the recessed coast button above that is resume? I dunno havent driven a sho in 2 years. Its definitely more trouble then its worth just memorize where the buttons are they arnt hard to find

 

[93nighthawk]

I must have driven Fords for way to long, I have the pattern memorized. Left thumb upper on, right thumb center to set, up to speed up, down to slow down.

Whenever I get into another make I am totally lost on setting the cruise.

 

[jruppert]

I dont have any issues finding the buttons at night. Its more of the novelty thing.

 

[1993MTXSHO]

I must have driven Fords for way to long, I have the pattern memorized. Left thumb upper on, right thumb center to set, up to speed up, down to slow down.

Whenever I get into another make I am totally lost on setting the cruise.

yey i was right:woohoo:

 

[jelloslug]

What year Explorer had the lighted cruise buttons?

Mostly late model versions. Some of the high end models back to the mid '90s had them also. Be forewarned though: this is not a drop in swap, it takes a considerable amount of modding to get it to work including swapping airbags.