Cargo in Reverse Light Mod

6.2Creedmoor · February 18, 2021

Is it possible to configure the cargo lights to come on in reverse but not when unlocked from the key FOB? The high output cargo lights are great for backing in a trailer at night but they are blinding when walking up to the truck and loading the kids in the back seat.

I believe the Max Tow - NHT package has the ability for the cargo lamps (when pressed) to come on when in Reverse, Park, or Neutral. But since I have a non-NHT then my cargo lamp only comes on when in Park.

Or is it possible to configure the cargo lights on a non-NHT to operate as the NHT to come on (when pressed) in Reverse, Park, or Neutral?

bwlaqua · February 22, 2021

I use the diode method. Not sure if this is how you already have yours or not.

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Ravenkeeper · February 23, 2021

On 2/18/2021 at 3:46 PM, 6.2Creedmoor said:

Is it possible to configure the cargo lights to come on in reverse but not when unlocked from the key FOB? The high output cargo lights are great for backing in a trailer at night but they are blinding when walking up to the truck and loading the kids in the back seat.

I believe the Max Tow - NHT package has the ability for the cargo lamps (when pressed) to come on when in Reverse, Park, or Neutral. But since I have a non-NHT then my cargo lamp only comes on when in Park.

Or is it possible to configure the cargo lights on a non-NHT to operate as the NHT to come on (when pressed) in Reverse, Park, or Neutral?

18 hours ago, bwlaqua said:

I use the diode method. Not sure if this is how you already have yours or not.

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I also did the reverse/cargo diode mod, as well as the fogs/highs. I had also done the puddle lights with interior lights mod, on my '15. Some issues that I've seen over the last few years, getting the diode lead into the hole, diode installed backwards, diode plugged into the wrong hole.

If you only want the cargoes to come on in reverse (cargoes will still work by themselves), pin the diode (1N4004) the way that @bwlaqua did, stripe end in PINK26 (NOT 27, it's empty on most of them) and the other BROWN26.

Should you also want the reverse lights on with the cargoes, use a 14-gauge (solid) wire between the same two pins/wires.

I used the smallest tip jewelers phillips screwdriver or awl to "make an opening" along side of the pin in one of the corners, after fighting with them for a while.