tail light bulb replacment...
#1
tail light bulb replacment...
one of my bulbs on my passenger's side tail light is out now. and when i went back there to look on how to replace it... well ford makes its a lil tough to do considering tht it looks lik i have to take out the whole tail light assembly to replace one freak'n bulb!!! anyone done this b4?
#2
RE: tail light bulb replacment...
Major pain. You have to take off the plastic lining in the trunk to access the cheap screws that hold the light housing in. You then have to pull out the entire light housing to change the bulb. You will know you did a good job if all the little plastic fasteners that hold it all together are in one piece when you are done.. [:@]
ORIGINAL: cvz_finezt
one of my bulbs on my passenger's side tail light is out now. and when i went back there to look on how to replace it... well ford makes its a lil tough to do considering tht it looks lik i have to take out the whole tail light assembly to replace one freak'n bulb!!! anyone done this b4?
one of my bulbs on my passenger's side tail light is out now. and when i went back there to look on how to replace it... well ford makes its a lil tough to do considering tht it looks lik i have to take out the whole tail light assembly to replace one freak'n bulb!!! anyone done this b4?
#4
RE: tail light bulb replacment...
Here is an exploded view.
Use Sylvania LongLifes and replace them all
while you have it out.
http://iihs.net/fsm/?dir=391&viewfil...20Assembly.pdf
Use Sylvania LongLifes and replace them all
while you have it out.
http://iihs.net/fsm/?dir=391&viewfil...20Assembly.pdf
#5
RE: tail light bulb replacment...
ORIGINAL: MrSandman
Major pain. You have to take off the plastic lining in the trunk to access the cheap screws that hold the light housing in. You then have to pull out the entire light housing to change the bulb. You will know you did a good job if all the little plastic fasteners that hold it all together are in one piece when you are done.. [:@]
Major pain. You have to take off the plastic lining in the trunk to access the cheap screws that hold the light housing in. You then have to pull out the entire light housing to change the bulb. You will know you did a good job if all the little plastic fasteners that hold it all together are in one piece when you are done.. [:@]
#6
RE: tail light bulb replacment...
well the swap took me all of 10 minutes. the hardest part for me was getting the tail light assembly out. it took a lil "coaxing" but it was pretty much straight foward.
#7
RE: tail light bulb replacment...
ORIGINAL: wolfpup
lol i feel your pain... mine was all fugly when i finished,anyways does anyone know where u can get some new ones???
ORIGINAL: MrSandman
Major pain. You have to take off the plastic lining in the trunk to access the cheap screws that hold the light housing in. You then have to pull out the entire light housing to change the bulb. You will know you did a good job if all the little plastic fasteners that hold it all together are in one piece when you are done.. [:@]
Major pain. You have to take off the plastic lining in the trunk to access the cheap screws that hold the light housing in. You then have to pull out the entire light housing to change the bulb. You will know you did a good job if all the little plastic fasteners that hold it all together are in one piece when you are done.. [:@]
#8
RE: tail light bulb replacment...
yeah i just did this last week...not only is it a pain to replace, but i went to 4 different parts stores and nobody carries our bulbs...had to go to the dealership. had i known how annoying the replacement would be, i would have bought all the bulbs and replaced them at the same time.
#9
RE: tail light bulb replacment...
I had one burn out on the passenger side. Went to the parts counter and was informed that the bulbs were under warranty. They paid for it. I told the guy at the counter that there was no way I was going to put it all back together for them to take it all apart again to fix it as a warranty repair. He gave me the bulb and I had to return the burned out one back to him. True story. Dick Smith Ford Columbia SC. I went ahead and purchased another and put it in the glove box for future use. He told me that Ford had experienced some problems with the taillight bulbs for our cars.
#10
RE: tail light bulb replacment...
If you break those clips don't goto the dealership to get them, they are hellafalotmore expenseev. Goto pepboys or autozone. Take one of the plastic pins and match up the size. I got the ones that you can unscrew when u need to take them out again (instead of having to pop it out). Much easier and the small pack of I forget how manywere around $3.