My sister brings her Escape back to me, only this time with a burned out rear brake light bulb
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@donnasmith19605 жыл бұрын
I'm 67 and have mild arthritis in my hands. Taking the housing off was a challenge. I tried prying it off with a towel covered tool - didn't work. I tried my fingers -- didn't work. tried wearing rubber gloves -- didn't work. Then I took the heel of my bare hands, applied slight pressure and pushed the housing toward the rear. That worked surprisingly well and quickly. If I can do it, you can do it with a little help from the video.
@SpiderMikeF2 жыл бұрын
I faced a challenge getting the housing off too. Shouldn't be that hard. Poor design, Ford. After pushing, pulling, getting grip with a rubber jar-opener, I cracked off the top by the thin part over the slot. I ultimately got it out by standing at the back of the car, grabbing the rubber seal with one hand, and gripping the top and bottom of the back of the housing with the other (where it flares out a bit away from the car) and pulled towards me. Crazy glued the broken plastic. Not looking forward to changing the next bulb.
@bmjake4 жыл бұрын
Son of a B. I gutted the entire right inside of my escape (which has the exact same light out) to see if the connectors were somewhere inside. Just before giving up and taking it to the shop i looked it up and found this. Saved me some money. Just cost me the time it's now gonna take me to put this all back together after i swap the bulb out. 😑 Thanks man!
@FerdinandMagellan084 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the late reply, but glad to help! Unfortunately I can't offer any help on the rest............yet.
@ezequielmendoza59775 жыл бұрын
This was a well-made tutorial in how to replace the light bulb. I saved a lot of money for my sister for this DIY project. Plus, the dealership won't get paid for this service.
@barryr98805 жыл бұрын
One of the best DIY videos I have seen on You Tube. Thanks.
@johnyarbro52032 жыл бұрын
Thanks for providing instruction without a lot of BS chitchat. Well done.
@mm6mm66mm6mm5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Getting the taillight off would have been impossible without your video! Thanks for posting this!
@yammabamma4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this!! Just fixed mine in under 20 mins thanks to your video :)
@annettemcbride62457 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! Done and DONE! It was a little bit tough coaxing the big plastic housing off the side of the car, but it worked.
@shanecoelho90535 жыл бұрын
Thanks for ending on the note on resetting the alert. That really helped take the alert away even after I changed the bulb
@Funkbutterfly6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this! My brake light just went out. This vid made me feel much less intimidated and saved me some cash. Kudos!
@FerdinandMagellan086 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! And glad to help out. It sure is a lot cheaper than taking it to the dealer!
@cordeliavaughn2 жыл бұрын
This helped so much. Mine was a little harder to come off, but it worked! Thank you for your thorough tutorial!
@brianforde61972 жыл бұрын
What a brilliant tutorial. Great commentary. The finer point of how to disconnect the wire loom is especially useful. Congratulations, friend. Well done and thank you.👍👍👍
@misstymiss22494 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, i have a ford escape and i wasn't sure what bulb default meant, sent this video to my hubby so he will know exactly what to do, very helpful indeed
@djbarney54 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir. Good video. Helped me on my wife’s 2016 escape.
@richardreid40983 жыл бұрын
...great tutorial! Easy to follow the instructions! The one thing that I was given when buying the replacement bulbs, was AGS Bulb grease, which i've never seen before! I searched online but was unable to find an explanation on how to apply to these particular bulbs! Maybe add a revision to the video at some point? Cheers!
@KingOMiami5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this video! Only thing that took longer than a couple of seconds was putting the new bulb into the socket. Otherwise, everything else was super quick!
@Bleh6935 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip. The light cover was kind of a chore to get off but I finally got it. It doesn't just slide, I had to wedge a plastic card shim in to get it to budge.
@shoh347 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the step by step tutorial bud. Very useful and saves $$$!
@pinky692073 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! I’ll be trying this on my 2016 Ford Escape.
@jessepearson5579 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Bro...Great tutorial...That's the way to do it...Easy to understand and follow.
@nimravus01 Жыл бұрын
Nice video! Straight and to the point. Of course Ford could just make a little trap door to get to the bulbs, lol. I went ahead and did both left and right brake lights since the bulbs come in a pack of two. Also, it's a 7 year old car now, so I figured the other side would go out soon enough anyway.
@atlmacman2 жыл бұрын
Very, very helpful. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
@eric_at_last4 жыл бұрын
This is awesome... thank you brother for this.
@ateam49282 жыл бұрын
Thank you for such a great DIY video! You couldn’t have done anything better. 👍🏼😊
@FerdinandMagellan082 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, and thanks!
@TheDreamyYew052 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial! Really helped me out!
@kimbls6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your tutorial! I feel confident now to do myself rather than paying a bunch of money for someone else to do instead. Cheers! 😉
@FerdinandMagellan086 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, and thanks! Glad to help out!
@michaelbrodeur81596 жыл бұрын
Thank it is the best video on it so far simple slow instruction thank you again. mike
@JayP7.624 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! My moms brake light just went out and was wondering how the assembly came out. Gotta say I like that a light in the dash comes on when it's out cause I know my mom probably never checks to see if her lights are working.
@FerdinandMagellan084 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the late reply, but you are welcome!
@monkmchorning3 жыл бұрын
Concise & to the point. Excellent.
@patrickbrower4 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate his video! Thanks.
@frankgoertzen46315 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Watched video and 15 minutes later all is done.
@jarrodpritchard8135 жыл бұрын
Awesome, worked perfect, great job
@paulrorgan3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a helpful and clear video!
@nitinnikam23094 жыл бұрын
Very Nice Quality Video, I am good to try on my Escape 2013, Thank you very much !
@joegabb97555 жыл бұрын
Love your videos man! I manly watch your Red f150 videos, I have the same truck but 4x2 with a 4.9. I just watched this one to see if you had to handle one of the electrical connectors I make at work.
@nerolssen2 жыл бұрын
thanks a lot buddy you make my day happy
@patrickkelley52613 жыл бұрын
Watched to remind me how to do it. Did one last year, now it's time for the other. It is sneaky-tough to get that outer lens assembly loose the first time. It simply does not want to come free, but it will.
@molady20355 жыл бұрын
Thank you. That was very informative.
@SpaceCowboyX95 жыл бұрын
Mine was stuck also and wouldn't come loose. After wrenching my wrists several painful times to no avail I figured there had to be a better way. I noticed there was a white hook shaped tab on the bottom of the lens housing up in between the quarter panel and the housing. I slipped a strong shoelace in there and snagged it. It gave me enough pull strength to pop it out. I didn't think of using duct tape but I will try that next time. I also coated the inserts with white lithium grease so hopefully it will slide off easier next time.
@amandaarcher34255 жыл бұрын
thanx, fixed my moms back lights!!!
@joeattheburg5 жыл бұрын
I got the message after I replaced my bulb. I double checked it by putting a brick on the brake pedal and the bulb did work. I turned the ignition off and back on. No bulb fault message. Good Ole Ford! Lol
@kakrot36 жыл бұрын
Great job. Mine just went out too. Thanks!!
@FerdinandMagellan086 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Glad to help out!
@user-ji4lh5qo7n11 күн бұрын
Thank you for this video. Newest car ive had & om used to a much easier process to replace a light bulb.
@tyanavadau5 жыл бұрын
The housing was hard to get off but I got it. Thanks for DYI!!!
@penjamin15franklin242 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Your video was very helpful
@nebiyouasefa5 жыл бұрын
Thank you I saved money and time
@johnabbottphotography6 жыл бұрын
Good tutorial. Thank you.
@RodEnos76 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, great video!
@bensexton2543 жыл бұрын
Easy fix. Thanks for posting!
@taystorm5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting
@grgoss14 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I'd check the bulb before putting the bolts back in. Just in case the bulb didn't work, just saves a small step. Super minor point. I'd do the other bulb at the same time. I didn't used to do that, but sure enough the other bulb usually ends up going in 7 weeks and you just wish you did them both and were done with it.
@FerdinandMagellan084 жыл бұрын
You're correct. I should have but never once thought about confirming the bulb being good.
@Gangrenous_Khan6 ай бұрын
Well done video.
@Jason4247776 жыл бұрын
This was helpful. Thanks
@tMatt5M2 ай бұрын
You're the real hero
@mtnbknmichigan4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this helped out a friend from my parish, God Bless 🙏🏻😊👍🏻
@ghkbe3 жыл бұрын
Perfekt. Thank you man!
@profighter12342 жыл бұрын
Good video. I changed both brake lights out in less than 10 minutes. Bulbs came in a packet of two so why not? Thank you!
@ReplayFan5625 жыл бұрын
very helpful, thank you
@williammclaughlin40162 жыл бұрын
Thank you! God bless!
@drew41876 жыл бұрын
Perfect video. The hardest part was getting the caps off lol.
@FerdinandMagellan086 жыл бұрын
Thanks! They definitely were a bear!
@ford4wd8272 жыл бұрын
Followed the steps. Worked perfectly. Thanks for the video! (Although my tail-light assembly didn't come off quite as easily as yours did!)
@youknowitzg00d4 жыл бұрын
You make amazing video
@mikewickham Жыл бұрын
Excellent instructions, but a weird thing happened with my Escape. The console display warning said that there was a brake bulb fault, alerting me to the problem. So I bought a brake light bulb. But when I opened it up, the brake bulb and turn signal bulb were in opposite positions to those shown in the video. So I had the wrong bulb and had to go buy the correct, amber turn signal bulb. It might be good advice to open the thing up before buying the bulb!
@rosee72365 жыл бұрын
It is way harder than it looks in this video. The cover does NOT come off this easily. But thank you for showing us how it's done.
@rmzzz76 Жыл бұрын
TY for this. Did you have to disconnect the battery before doing this? Looks like they've made it so you don't have to disconnect the battery.
@rossjeffery2 жыл бұрын
Perfect, thank you!
@edwardhu32665 жыл бұрын
Thank You so much!
@jameswendell33405 жыл бұрын
How do you replace the brake/trailer lamps on the actual liftgate to a 2014 Ford Escape?
@evgaman43915 жыл бұрын
YES!!!!! This is what I have been looking for, my inner lamps on my 15 already have condensation in them.
@Bob091319505 жыл бұрын
thank great video
@mikemitchell82204 жыл бұрын
Next time please give us the bulb number so we can buy it before we take the taillight assembly apart.
@steveharleyfan3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this - now to go and do mine. I'm surprised yours needed replacement in only 28,000 miles...
@racinky82 жыл бұрын
I've had to do it 3 times now.
@franniebruce96406 ай бұрын
THANK YOU!!
@N3wbMa5t3r2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@artistrybyalex88073 жыл бұрын
Haha I used to live in Cecilia! Cheers from Richmond now :)
@FerdinandMagellan083 жыл бұрын
Very awesome! Cheers to you too! I haven't been out that way in Richmond in a long time.
@mantovauniepeters19273 жыл бұрын
Thanks that helped
@larrybieronski5994 Жыл бұрын
Awesome thanks
@davidw31715 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@jpcab943 жыл бұрын
what about the high mount light
@edwardwebb56362 жыл бұрын
Both my brake light plugs on each side are melted but still work. Is this common?
@scotmiller8379 Жыл бұрын
This usually is a sign that someone installed the wrong wattage bulbs.
@wrinkmd4 жыл бұрын
So the only tool I will need for this is a socket wrench ?
@FerdinandMagellan084 жыл бұрын
Yes. I liked how they kept it simple.
@mcatlow84 жыл бұрын
How about the reverse light
@DouglasBrown20144 жыл бұрын
btw, those screws may be 8mm but I used 5/16" socket and it fit fine. So don't go out and buy metric sockets just because you need an 8mm. In fact, I had some metric sockets, but not one smaller than 9mm. So luckily 5/16" worked fine. And if it's a dry day, you can use heat-up your hands with your breath (moist heat) and that moisture on your hands will give you a better grip when pushing on the outer lense to get it loose.
@dennismurphy95325 жыл бұрын
Sorry but my housing doesn'T budge!
@saoakman2 жыл бұрын
Having the dangdest time getting that housing to slide back and pop off the way you show. Afraid to force it harder lest I break it.
@michaelashe52655 жыл бұрын
Mine doesn't want to come off. So frustrating. I'm going to try a duct tape trick I just saw in another video.
@tyanavadau5 жыл бұрын
Did it work and how did you do it?
@michaelashe52655 жыл бұрын
No, the duct tape trick didn't work. I got really frustrated and started slapping/pushing the thing really, REALLY hard and it finally came off. I though I was going to break it I was pushing/hitting it so hard. I had to go back later and replace another light and it came off easier the second time but still required quite a bit of force.
@tyanavadau5 жыл бұрын
@@michaelashe5265 I was worried about breaking it too. I didn't have duct but thought about the rubber gloves I use for cleaning. The disposable ones eventually ripped but the thick heavy duty ones were great with gripping. It still took awhile but I got it off.
@comesthru2 жыл бұрын
My 2014 Escape does not give up its taillight cover this easily. At all.
@del78024 жыл бұрын
doesn't work on 2019!+ as Reverse bulb is in tailgate hatch. Running and brake in side, although some are in tailgate too.
@rhaenysgames81152 жыл бұрын
To all the people how can’t get the tail light off, use a card (old giftcard or membership) and slide it in the edge all around the light. Saw this on a previous comment and wanted to reiterate
@md4uh5 жыл бұрын
USE THAT 90 DEGREE PICK TOOL IN THE BOLT HOLE PLASTIC RECESS TO PULL LENS STRAIGHT OUT. I TRIED WHACKING THE LENS BACK WITH MY HAND WITH NO LUCK.
@dalern33 жыл бұрын
Be nice to get bulb number.
@damienpurificato8945 Жыл бұрын
Uhhh yeah don’t use this video. It doesn’t come off easily and forcing it doesn’t help. There’s a clip under the black molding around trunk you’re supposed to detach it from. I bet most people who watched this video cracked the housing on their lights
@sk32md2 жыл бұрын
8MM SOCKET he said
@shegoiglesias8150Ай бұрын
Video started gooodd but wasn't very helpful. Skipped over steps