Confirmation that 13 Ti had interior led's

[suss6052]

Originally Posted by metric

Correct, 12's have the brighter more crisp light.

Mine doesn't, afaik its very yellow, but I thought I had LEDs until I looked at the housings.

[suss6052]

Originally Posted by suss6052

Mine doesn't, afaik its very yellow, but I thought I had LEDs until I looked at the housings.

100% confirmed, I just looked at the rear housing and checked the bulb and it is a bulb. Job 2 2012 Ford Focus SEL hatchback built 4/23/12. Has the four way head restraints but not the LED dome lamps.

[Pretherius]

My '12 SE stick with the cruise package (no other options) does have interior LEDs.

[jcbbas]

I have a '12 SE with Sport Package + Moon Roof + Convenience Package and have the LED Lights. Checked ETIS. Here is what it says for all lights on my car.

With Auto Headlamps
With Chrome Fog Lamp Bezel
With Halogen Headlamp
Less Daytime Running Lamps
With Front Fog Lamps
With Aluminium Headlamp Bezels
Less Interior Light Group
With Footwell Lights
Header Mounted Courtesy/Maplights
Frt L/R Lamps/Rear Single Lamp
Tail lamps - Level 1
With Automatic Headlamp Control

[TboneZX3]

Originally Posted by suss6052

100% confirmed, I just looked at the rear housing and checked the bulb and it is a bulb. Job 2 2012 Ford Focus SEL hatchback built 4/23/12. Has the four way head restraints but not the LED dome lamps.

Interesting... My SE was built 4/26/12, and has LEDs. I have the moonroof.

[focus wht]

Here sthe facts if you have a 2013 Ti with no roof then the map/dome are incandescent . If you have a moonroof they are LED.

[suss6052]

Originally Posted by focus wht

Here sthe facts if you have a 2013 Ti with no roof then the map/dome are incandescent . If you have a moonroof they are LED.

That wasn't strictly speaking true either, jdubhack's '13 Ti has a moon roof and as far as he knows it also has the incandescent bulbs in the housings, not the LEDs so there doesn't seem to be a clear cut case one way or the other.

[feta_mgp]

Job 1 SEL, built June 2011, I have LEDs across the board. Seems like Ford can't make up their minds with equipment on this car. I was one of the unlucky Job 1 owners who missed out on Kysor shutters :( guess it's not so bad seeing as a small group of them were recalled, but I would have liked the extra highway efficiency.

[jdubhack]

ARGH. I digress. The car does have LEDs and the most non-colored white LEDs possible. I only noticed the difference when I opened my vanity mirror. <--- Those are DEFINITELY incandescent and yellow compared to the yellowish LEDs found in the other housing units.

In comparison of the two (vanity and dome) the difference is clear. When comparing my dome to a '12 LED the difference is distinguishable as well.

Bottom line: I do believe that Ford is using LEDs. They're just not as white as the ones they used in the '12 model or what one typically things LEDs should look like.

[TboneZX3]

Originally Posted by jdubhack

Bottom line: I do believe that Ford is using LEDs. They're just not as white as the ones they used in the '12 model or what one typically things LEDs should look like.

I work with white LEDs on a daily basis. Though tint-binning is getting better, getting perfect tint with them is like playing the lottery. It's not very likely that all '12 Focus' have better tint than all '13s.