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How do you change the tail light on a 2002 ford escape - don't want to tear up the brake light assembly using brute force?
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∙ 13y ago
I am not familiar with your model of Ford, BUT... I have owned Fords for years, including right now an '89 F-150 and a '93 F-150, and have helped family and friends with other brands of vehicles.
Most late model vehicles don't require dis-assembly of the lens from the assembly. Usually, the bulb is inserted into a SOCKET which inserts into the BACKSIDE of the reflector of the light assembly with a one quarter turn clockwise [to the right] of the socket into the assembly.
On some vehicles the tail light assemblies and their wiring are CONCEALED behind some carpeting and/or fiberboard panels. If this is the case, these panels are usually just sized to be a force-fit into the compartment, BUT... before trying to "muscle" it out, CAREFULLY CHECK see IF "they" used some screws to secure the panel or carpet in place. IF SO, then remove the screws before trying to remove the fiberboard or carpet concealment panels.
To change a bulb, you open the trunk, find the right socket for the tail light, grasp the socket [the wires come out of the back of it] and gently rotate the socket about one quarter of a turn counterclockwise [anticlockwise-left].
This will allow the socket to be pulled out of the assembly exposing the light bulb. While holding the socket in one hand, with the other hand gently "rock" the bulb in the socket while pulling outward which should release and remove the old bulb.
Then insert the new bulb in the socket, reinstall the socket into the opening in the back of the assembly reflector, and gently turn 1/4 turn clockwise to lock it in the reflector.
Then if present, reinstall the concealment panel or carpet.
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