How to Change Replace Headlight bulbs in 2010-2012 Ford Fusion / Mercury Milan
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- čas přidán 5. 10. 2019
- Hi, in this quick video I will show how to change replace remove install headlight bulbs in 2010 2011 2012 Ford Fusion aka Mercury milan aka lincoln mkz.
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Thank you. I've waited six months for my husband to do this because it's his car. With your instructions, I completed the task myself in just a couple of minutes. This is an excellent tutorial.
Ha! 😄
Thanks for the video! Repair shop wanted $140 to change a bulb. $20 bulb and this video and I got it done! Thanks!
Yessir I just went threw the same thing...
That’s me right now 😭
Actually on the passenger side take the 2 bolts off for the coolant recovery tank and pick it up and move it out of the way. Gives easier access to the headlight.
You should make a video. This is the only one i have found
Yep, saw that, much easier. But really still a pain in the ass even that way
Thanks for the tip
Came back to say: THIS IS THE WAY! Did this last night and was done in no time, thanks for that tip!
THANK YOU...I did it this way in about 30 minutes I would've done it faster but the clips holding the bulb gave me a hard time
Thanks so much for this. I didn't know how to get to the bulbs on my own, and the shop said changing my bulbs would be exoensive cause they'd have to take the whole bumper off. You just saved me a bunch of money.
Thats what im saying!
On my 2010 the passenger side just turn the wheel in and there is a cover plate in the wheel well, remove one screw and take it off and the light bulb is right there.
Gonna try this
Gonna try this with my 2010. Thank you brother
They all do unless it has an aftermarket replacement liner
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You just saved me a lot of time and frustration.
Thanks for this. So many people that make videos never tell you the wrench size. Saves so much time. Thanks for that
Thank you for this! I got pulled over around 5:15am because my passenger headlight went out. This will help a ton!
you've helped me very much with your fusion maintenance videos, even though theyre a year old. youre a good teacher, thank you for sharing.
Thanks a ton! This video helped me out immensely. Just did my driver's side light in a out 5 minutes. I shoukd probably do the passenger side too, but i don't think i want to mess with it right now
I did driver side one handed! After watching your video of course. Thank you. It was helpful.
There are several videos about this task. Your video instruction involves more to get to the bulb. That being said, your video indicating jacking the car up and removing the tire was the only way I could get both hands to the bulb.
Thanks!
Thank you very much for this tutorial. I couldn't for the life of me figure out that passenger side without pulling a lot of top end stuff.
Watched it from google and had to come to youtube to drop a comment and like the video. Thanks!
Your video was the first I clicked on to look up how to replace a headlight bulb on my 2010 Fusion.
I’m glad I also have small hands and I was able to replace my bulb without taking anything apart. Thank you!
I followed this video and was able to change the passenger side bulb! The guy at the auto parts store told us it would be impossible to do and that we would have to take it to the dealership for them to do it. Well, I got my little arms in there and got the job done myself! Thanks for the video!
See how we can do this on our own thanks to gents like this ! I’m about to do my drivers side and soooo great full I don’t need to waste time with a garage !
Had a light go out in my car, was able to fix it in 2 mins with this. Thank you. Super easy
Thanks for the video! Got my driver's side done in just a few minutes with your clear instructions.
Huge help on how to replace the passenger side. I did remove the tire to get my hands in there. Great tip!
You know, all you had to do is remove the one screw under the hood that holds your washer fluid bottle down, and the washer fluid bottle neck and the AC hoses pull up and out of the way giving you full access to your passenger side headlight. There's no reason to go through the wheel well. It's only one bolt up on top. EDIT: I'm sorry you had to go through all that.
Thank you for showing us the easy way. The other guy had us taking off the entire bumper! We disheartened until we saw your vid. Thanks again!
Appreciate this video a lot🙏🏻 the passenger side headlight was the only one I had trouble with out of the 4 bulbs
The right side killed me!! I had no clue till this video. Thanjs!
My wife has a 2012 Fusion and her driver side was out... turns out that it was just loose. This video helped me get to it and reseat it. Working now. Thanks for this!
I hope mine is just loose too lol :) bout to check
I hope it’s just loose on my girls car, and my hand will fit inside. Seems like the driver side bulbs suck
Thank you. Still helping people around the world with this video.
Thanks for video. Dont forget to mention that your fingers should not touch the new bulb.
Yes the oils in your skin will shorten the life...
I just did a friends 2011 fusion sel H11 bulb from walmart $10 took the over flow tank off to get the passenger low bean in shops wanted $140. To install them..just ridiculous..great video also try not to touch the bulb oils from your skin will damage them
I was going to post how I did this myself, similar to how you did it. I just removed the 2 10mm bolts from the coolant reservoir, lifted it up. I pulled on the bottom hose to get some much needed slack. Then was able to get the bulb replaced, still with a lot of struggling with my large hands. Definitely easier then dealing with the wheel well, those clips never go back in right.
Thank you for this video. I was able to easily replace the headlight on the passenger side thanks to you.
Thank you, I saved over $70 and it only took 3mins. mechanic places are a scam
Huge help. Great explanation. Thank you!
Thanks for the video. It was very helpful that I did the job less than an hour which I was surprised.
Very helpful-thank you so much!
Great video man. Appreciate this a lot.
Thanks so much for the video! This must have been a pain to try and film with the limited space that you had. :)
10/10 camerawork 👏
Passenger side - Remove the overflow bottle, 5 min to complete the change. 1 small hose, 1 bolt, 1 nut, both 10mm. Lift the bottle full of fluid up and over, there's the bulb. No spill, easy.
Super easy explanation! Thank you for the video.
had to replace the passenger side on my 2010 fusion hybrid, took out the 3 clips facing the way the car is, took out 1 bolt right under the bumper, and if your arm is small enough you can reach in just like that and swap it out. thanks for the turorial!
Just take the two bolts off the coolant recovery tank and move it, had more than enough room to change the bulb on the a passenger 2012 Ford Fusion hybrid.
Thanks, m8. Saved me 50 bucks.
Awesome! Thank you!
Great video, thank you.
Great video! Thanks for the help!
Good video. Gets right to the point.
Thank you. This helped me a great deal today :)
Thanks for the video. We just replaced ours with LED bulbs.
which brand, and are you happy with the output? i use gtr minis from headlight revolution in my van, as was planning on getting them for the fusion as well
Hey -- this was super helpful -- thank you!!
You’re the best for this!
I had fun changing bulb one-handed. Wasn't sure if I could do it. Was very pleased with the ease. Took me two hours but I took my time. It made me wonder how much a mechanic would want. I'm guessing 50 -70 bucks.
Thanks for the video 🙂
Great video ! Thank you .
Helpful video. I have larger hands and found this approach didn't quite work. I used a hybrid approach of loosening the coolant tank/reservoir and changing the bulb from up top combined with removing the rubber cover from below.
Thank you!
The low beam on the left in my case had an overheated, burned connector at the bulb, the bulb terminal is no good either. Previously, I found a heavy duty, high heat silicone connector at NAPA for the GM's using the 9006 bulb. I gotta check to see if there's a heavy duty connector for this application too.
Thank you so so so much!!!!
You can also just take off the nut and bolt on the water reservoir and top water runoff line and push it to the side then get to it, thats how I done mine. 10mm socket some pliers to losen the tiny clamp and 5 mins of your time
Thank you very informative.
Good video thanks
Just went through the nightmare of changing these out. First time and never expected Ford to stoop this low. Absolute last time I ever buy a Ford.
Thank you this helped a lot
Thank you, good sir. Fast and furious
Main bulb is H11 for those who couldn't remember
Great video!
You rock! Thank you
You da man !
Thanks
Thank you bro
Dude! Thank you!!
Thank you brother
great shortcut example
Thanks. Great help
Great video thanks
There’s a much easier way than this!! Just remove the two bolts of the coolant tank and move it out of the way, they’ll be enough room for you to change the bulb on the passenger side. 30 mins tops, 1 hour for both.
Do you happen to know the size of the bolts holding the tank? Gotta replace mine after work and figured I'd get the right size while I'm shopping for the bulb instead of possibly spending more time searching around the garage for it than actually replacing the bulb lol
@@MisterFrodo yeah you're going to need a 7 and 10 mm on the passenger side to move the coolant tank.
@@MisterFrodo just look up a channel called Handy Val ford fusion headlight bulb replacement, followed his way. No bumpers removed or coming through the wheel well. Should take you no time.
Awesome thanks for the info! I ended up just buying a whole ratchet kit to keep in the trunk cuz that seemed like the smarter move but appreciate it none the less
Thanks FORD..
Thank you.
Thank you
Of course! To change a headlight bulb you have to remove a wheel and most of the fender well shroud. Oh for the old days, when you just took out a couple screws and stuck in a new incandescent bulb from the outside.
Is this the low or high beam? What about the bilb right next to it??
THANK YOU!! A lot better than removing the whole bumper assembly. 👍
What about the round low beam? In my 2012 this bulb is the high beam.
There is a high and low beam bulb correct? I’m replacing my buddies fusion headlights this weekend and he bought high and low led bulbs with canbus like I told him too.
I don’t think they are separate bulbs with the stock 10-12 housings…
“High/low beam” believe it or not, isn’t to do with the aiming of the light…. It’s the positioning of the filaments….
Some housings do have separate bulb sockets for high/low beam…. I believe our fusions only have one socket . In this socket, goes a bulb with two filaments or leds (high filament, low filament… beams) and when you flick on your brights, you’d really just be turning on an extra filament… doubling the brightness, however, the high beam filament/LED ‘is aimed to reflect slightly higher….
Or at least this is how I understand it…. what do I know, I’m not fuckinn Thomas Edison 😂 let’s get some keysboard mechanics over here, I kinda need this answered too
nice
thanks for the help absolute life saver
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But the low beam bulb...I cannot reach it at all. The shop said their procedure is to remove the bumper and take the lens assembly out! Wtf..
Would this work on a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid too?
Thanks for the vid!
I would assume so. This generation is from 2010-2012
It should. Ford used the same body style from 2010-2012.
Hybrid is harder on the driver side. See ahnotes.blogspot.com/2020/02/ford-fusion-2010-hybrid-headlight-bulb.html
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I have big hands!,so am gona do it the fancy way! XD
Man, NOBODY has a video on replacing the high beam bulbs.
To change simple bulbs they(Ford) made it difficult way(pass side). Thanks for sharing.
Don’t buy Ford or Mazda.
@@uzbek1973 lol 😂 i got 2021 ford mustang 🐎
it's easier to remove the cooleant container and lift it up ... easy access to headlight bulb
On a Toyota the video would have been 30 seconds long since you can actually get to every bulb without having to remove anything else from the car. Ford LOVES to make basic maintenance a nightmare.
Removing the fender liner as shown is NOT necessary for this job. There is an access panel on both sides held in by one screw. Remove it and you’re golden.
Or, you can remove the coolant recovery tank on passenger side and get to it from above. But don’t fuss with these plugs he removed, they are a real PITA.
My passenger light just went out, idk if I can do this alone . I’m kinda scared .
I need to see which ones to take off and which order to take them off for the passenger side. And then I need to see how to piece it all back together. I’m not car savvy at all! Anyone in CZcams reading please help me get the passenger side one !
Thank you I noticed my passenger light out today and I've changed my own bulbs since forever and I go to pop the hood looked where the base for the bulb is and I have small hands and tried to wiggle my hand in and couldn't get in there so after making dinner for my kids and got them in the bath I'm like I'm going to see if I can find a video for this issue to see how to get in there. Never thought to go in through the tire well. So tomorrow while I'm on break at work I'm actually going to get in there and change my bulb.
Seems like these manufacturers are doing everything possible to make us spend more. Design Flaws for simple maintenance; 20 dollar light bulbs; A lady told me that her friend bought a car that had a special key to be able to change the bulb and you had to get it done at a shop. It was 300 dollars.😱😡 I think im just gonna start going backwards in years for cars. This is ridiculous and it won't stop until we all demand this shit end. Every purchase is a vote. I vote for no more stupid!
I agree, my boyfriend has a ‘93 truck and thought he could work on my car (like the one in the video of course) the same way but it was so much more complicated I had to look this up… miss when it was easy
Just did a 2010 for a friend. I put in very bright LED low beams for her. I would like to make a suggestion: Take the wheel off the right side and go ahead and take out the wheel well. It is just a few more anchors to remove and once that is done. the job is really easy.
Perfect job for my tiny girl hands ! Lol
Maybe you'll get lucky and all that inner wheel well stuff will be gone and you can reach right in there.
What he doesn't tell me is how to get the screws back in the bottom. Mine will not go back in. I don't get it.
Or just turn the wheel lbs
Ford is the Apple of cars
never "take off the rubber" lol
why does my 2011 ford fusion have h7 bulbs
H7 for high beam light, and H11 for low beam light