How To Fix The Infamous Ford Tail Light And Why It Happens. Ford Knows It's An Issue! DIY Fix!
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- čas přidán 24. 04. 2021
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Ford knows about the issues with the tail lights on the F150's leaking and letting water in causing the tail lights to blow. This is an easy fix and we will show you how to fix the issues yourself, quick and easy and we toss in a little bit of humor to add to the already frustrating issues with the F150 tail lights! This truck was under warranty when it happened and it was reported to the dealer (Cartwright Ford Booneville MS) but they kept putting it off because they were going out of business and I had to pay for a new tail light.
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I love the aggravated sarcasm in this video. 🤣🤣🤣
"I'm gonna show you what causes that problem. " *pans out on Ford logo*
Well, he ain't lying...
Didn’t know who would catch that. I had a bunch of little things tossed in people will have to pay attention to catch. Like the “Mopar reference, since it doesn’t last)
@@KoonTrucking I'll talk some shit on Ford, but I'll live and die by, "Better no car than a MOPAR."
Koon, I had a 1991 Ford Mercury Topaz, that would collect water in it an burnout the headlight bulb. On advice of a Ford dealership mechanic, I removed the headlight assembly and drilled a small hole (so the hole was facing the inside of the car body) to act as a drain hole. I found a gore-tex vent screen that you install with tape. This screen would allows water out but keeps dirt from the outside world out. It worked great for the 8 years I owned the car.
😂 this video should have came out on April fools day
Best part when you say “Even my cats pissed out it” lol
Haha there’s a lot of little funny things in here if you pay attention
Of course the cat is POed. The $$$ spent on that taillight could have been spent on Kitty noms, toys, or a heated cat bed.
See my cats even pissed,😆
Just found this video because my 2011 F150 taillight had water in it. You are right about Ford making crap. I have owned Fords for decades, but the latest stuff from them drove us to finally purchase a GM product. Glad I purchased the extended warranty as we really got our money's worth with that.
- AC & heater switch failed in the first 3 weeks (on a ski trip in the winter - so no heat). Took 3 months to get the part as it was back ordered nationally. That was a cold winter.
- AC blew out Freon when the truck shut off (found this in April when we first used the AC). Took 5 different trips to the dealer, and finally flying down a Ford mechanic from their factory to find that a screw had fallen into the compressor line when the truck was built, which caused the compressor to blow out the freon each time it was shut off. Whew! We finally had working AC & heat!
- Transmission seal leaked badly after four years and 40k miles, while we were on a trip through the mountains, causing the transmission to fail as we tried to drive it to a nearby town. Replaced under extended warranty.
- Front driver electric seat replaced at 45k miles, as the mounts wore out/got loose. Safety issue.
- At 50k miles I was going to take a long trip to visit family, so I had the Ford dealer service it and go over it with a fine tooth comb. Did not want to break down on yet another trip. When I picked it up, the RPM guage didn't work when I turned it. Turned it off, grabbed the Ford service manager and he turned it on and everything was fine. Odd, but I went on the trip from TX to NC. ~100 miles short of my destination, the RPM and speedometer gauges quit, could not shift into 1rst or 2nd gear, and was traveling through mountains. Had to use my Garmin to tell my speed. Finally made it to family, called the local Ford dealer and the truck spent the next week in the shop having a transmission sensor replaced. Just squeezed this in under the warranty which ran out 24hrs later!
- Top rear taillight (in the cab roof) leaked allowing water to pool under the passenger quarter panel. 3 trips to the dealer to get this resolved. Now the taillight is leaking. Sigh...
“Blinker Fluid”?!?! You are a nut, Clay! 👍🏻 😝 👍🏻
Haha . You had me for a minute. I was thinking to myself, I thought that was just water coming out of mine. Lol😅
First thing I did when I bought my truck was buy aftermarket front and back led’s. Still haven’t had a problem, well worth the money and look great as well
It's not just Ford. Every car manufacturers I'm working on has this kind of problem neither tail lights or headlights. .
The taillight on my My 2016 F250 filled up with blinker fluid, but not only did it give me the fast blinker, it first triggered all kinds of electrical faults - no cruise control, intermittent loss of power, backup camera failed, “AdvanceTrac” warnings, and eventually stuck in limp mode. Me and my buddy discovered the blinker fluid, drained it and put in a new bulb and socket, and lo and behold, all “failures” disappeared. The guys at the dealer had replaced the Body Control Module (?) trying to fix it and it would have cost me $3600 but it didn’t fix anything. A $45 repair from O’Reilly is all it took :)
I have this same truck, haven't had this issue yet but now I'll be watching for it.
It’s coming !
They warrantied mine. Haven’t had a issue since.
Awesome video Clay!
Ford dont want to get rid of the "blinker fluid" generator. It is not a flaw it is a feature 🤣🤣
Dude you are freakn funny
If you was frustrated while you were making this it sure didn’t seem like it
I picked the wrong video but I kept watching because you had me cracking up 4real👍
Sorry you have to go through that...I know it can be frustrating but don't cheap out...make sure you flush the lines and install fresh Blinker Fluid. Otherwise you'll regret it down the road...😉
I replace my blinker fluid on a timely basis, and never had a problem. Most guys wait too long.
Spoken like a true Mopar owner.
Awesome video " My cat is even pissed about this".. I almost peed my pants when you said that !
😂
Sounded like the cat was yelling at you about wasting the blinker fluid! Lol.
I’ve been searching everywhere for a torque wrench that can read down to 1/10 of 1/4 of an inch pound. Must be some special ford specific wrench.
Haha this was pretty funny Clay.
This is an upgrade for emergencies if you are stuck in the desert. And need water!!...It produces enough for 1 person per day!!!... Except for not explaining it, ford saves lives, It saved this one guys friends, neighbor's uncle William's kid's girlfriends, brother's dad!!!...
Appreciate the humor in this very unhumorous situation. Lol...hope this works for my pos taillights too. Saw the damn blinker fluid as saw as I bought the damn thing
Joe never had a issue with his tail lights because it never left the dealer for months 🤣🤣🤣
True
My 2018 Ford I Head to replace a headlight already high beam juice in it That no joke
@@KoonTrucking I guess that tail light was just able to meet it’s buddies the Snapon Polisher and Vise Grips
you probably dont give a shit but if you're stoned like me atm you can watch all of the new series on Instaflixxer. Been binge watching with my brother lately :)
@Rory Kamryn yup, I've been watching on Instaflixxer for years myself :)
I thoroughly enjoyed this lol
Love the video.
This whole video was a riot. 😂😂 It also feels like a brand new classic. Hoping to see more like this in the future.
Haha you had me going for a minute Clay. Blinker fluid...WTH? Never heard of such a thing. Anyway my Snap on ratchet wouldn't work on my Taurus. Great video, made my day!
I'm surprised that in your anger you left out the most important step. Make certain this is the last $150 tail light lens you ever buy from FORD by squirting a generously thick layer of clear silicon all along the seams of where the lens mates to the housing of the tail light assembly before you screw it back to the body. They seem to mostly leak around the seam.
The cat killed me 😂😂😂
I keep a snap on tool box for when ever mine breaks down
You are doing better Mr. Joe. I have a jeep that the dealer would not fix the brake under warrenty, called jeep and another local dealer fixed the problem.
😂bro your sarcasm is hilarious
I’m truly glad you see it like I do, some others definitely doesn’t
Thanks for a great video and you are right they should stand by there product because as much as those trucks costs they should have given you a free replacement great video 👍👍👍
😂💀 the only reason I keep my vehicles up to spec with lights and safety check, registration etc. is so I don’t get pulled over while I’m drinkin 😂
😂
Best video I have seen yet 🤣🤣
Hey buddy i use to make chevy parts they went and close the factory moved it all overseas., nothing is american made anymore,. But the price is still high on american trucks 💵💵💵💵💵💰💲💲💲
Best repair video ever 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
“My cats even pissed about this”. Fuckin legend.
Haha 😂
My Chebby front turn signal had that problem. It got the silicone special. 😂
Yeah I heard that,my early 94 Chevy Silverado has spyder halo hid replacement headlights and amazon smoke turn signals and it still ended up with water and moisture inside the headlight housings..
That hasn't happened to 2017 f150 yet I glad to see a how to video the Ford is still better than a Chevy and Dodge
What’s crazier is I have a 2010 that has the same exact blinker fluid leak. So this has been a f’in issue for years.
Yep
Hello again Clay
I'm sorry you and Joe had to go through the problems of the dealerships blues. It's been quite a while ago. But while on active duty, one of my guys had an issue with his transmission. He had a Toyota pickup. Sorry I don't remember the model year and all that... But he had to contact the U.S. Corporate Headquarters for Toyota. That's when all the excuses and no we cannot's ended. And truck was fixed. Sometimes the only thing these people understand is, I'll take my business elsewhere, and say so long...Again thank you for another Great Video.
Clay, you the best 🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧
If you have a bliss sensor and this happens you are in for even more fun with your blinker fluid causing your whole truck to go haywire. If you have bliss it can cause your heating and cooling system to shut down, bliss to turn off, front windows to not work, power running boards to not work, and airbag lights to come on and navigation to shut down. Good news is you can still roll your back windows down and use slider window, radio still works and blinkers still work. Talk about a freak out moment while driving. Whole truck just becomes possessed. Well I took off the rear light and it was filled with blinker fluid. Disconnected it from truck and everything works again. The damn blinker fluid caused all of those problems. Why is it most commonly passenger side tail light as well from what I have read from others. I am not throwing my old light like that until I get the new one tomorrow though....lol
I've actually ran across that problem on several square body GM trucks, that's why I know when I get one to replace the taillight gaskets.., but as far as I'm concerned that's just another reason I don't need a newer truck than my early 94 Chevy Silverado extended cab short bed z71 265, miles on its 3rd motor and 2nd transmission, and it's tailights are scratched but not leaking.. anyways the build quality of newer trucks should be better..
Fix Or Repair Daily that's FORD
Clay this may be one of your best videos to date!!!......The sarcasm to the el padro music after the new assembly install was great!!.......Now to the nitty gritty, Ford should be ashamed of themselves for not taking care of that......What is with all you fellas down there with not being able to get anything properly repaired through Ford down there??(This light and Joes truck??) Well someone higher up needs to look into the regional warranty rep and their factory engineer troubleshooters that manufacturers send out when there is a 3 time come back for the identical problem on the same damn vehicle!!
Who knows i reported mine with the truck was well under warranty but the dealer was going out of business and while they “checked into it” they went out.
Going out of business or not those crooks still could've given you a new assembly even if they didn't have one in stock they could've grabbed you one off a inventory vehicle and just ordered in one and put it back on their stock vehicle!......I don't know maybe its just me but I worked in GM dealership for 12 years and we bent over backwards for our customers day in and out so when I see something like this or hear about something like Joes "special" situation it kind of throws me for a loop because towards they end of my dealership career I was personally doing "lemon" vehicles from other dealers in our region(Philadelphia region) of vehicles that were back to other dealers for the same complaint multiple times and they would send that vehicle over to me and I would work with GM directly and solve they issue which everyday I'd have multiple conversations with the same "engineer" when it was problems that weren't your "common repeat failure field problems". So being involved in that type of operation just kind of strikes me odd to not see another domestic manufacturer not taking the same steps or even pride in their product for that matter!! Maybe you can use your platform on here and reach out to Ford and get things like this and Joes Truck noticed and maybe something will begin to change!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 love it.
Thanks for the video Clay. If I get a Ford pickup maybe I could justify another Matco ratchet, socket and drill bit set????
Okay thanks, but how’s about a little bead of silicone around the light to truck connection points to sort of seal off water getting in?
Well I guess it's time to have a beer now
C’mon, POW!!!!!!! I love it!
Great video I can see you frustration I went threw 3 trucks in 3 years Silverado, Denial, Raptor. Transmission shutter's lifter failure, cam phaser rattle, you can guess the issue
by the make of the truck. I really loved all those trucks but I need reliability more then bells a whistles. I broke down and had to buy a 2021 V8 Tundra its sad the Tundra
is a 15 year old platform and Its one of the last true reliable trucks, Let's see how all these six cylinder turbo's hold up.
That’s what I own now also. Tundra all the way!
Ford screwed a friend of my dad's once.He had a 1989 F150 with the 302 and had the piston rings replaced under warranty just before the warranty ran out.Told him he needed to get an oil change done,the oil wasn't covered and they dumped the old oil back in.He wasn't too happy about it at all.Dad ended up putting in a Jasper reman engine in after that
I didn't see you top off the blinker fluid lmbo
Hope you had a good weekend
The pissed cat part was the best 👌
You are right about that Clay
Good videk
Hi, I just need the screws, what size are those & what do you call them?
Cat “meow”
Translation...”Fords suck”
Ok, so I had that issue. Bought a new housing (not OEM) and it worked great…until it didn’t. Now, when I turn on my left blinker, my right side also flashes. My left brake light also doesn’t work. I’ve replaced the bulbs but still nothing…any thoughts? The light in the left one work, just dim and don’t work properly. Do they have to have LED lights to work? Thanks!!
Got to be in the wiring not the housing assembly
Whatever you do, do not drain the blinker fluid onto the muffler bearing. That would be bad..
😂
But I heard that you can fix these problems using a left-handed monkey wrench! 😁
That will also ruin your Tail light oil seal too.
It's so sad that no one really makes a high quality car or truck anymore
Yep especially for a as much money as they cost
Haha funny man
Don't feel bad ram 2500,3500 passenger headlight fluid leaks also. They cost a lot more then a tail light.
I’m right there with ya, both of mine need to be replaced
Sucks they have such shit tail light housings.
Reason #126,439 I will not a vehicle newer than 2012ish. Should have the $180 led aftermarket pair from eBay/Amazon/etc and sealed the lenses with clear silicone, because any aftermarket lights you must seal with silicone because they’ll leak too, and been done with junk Ford parts! Criminal a vehicle made 10-12 years ago or longer is a better made vehicle than what is being produced today.
Drill is fords best friend!!! 😂🤣 I’m a Ford Girl but not Cool that Ford does not stand behind its product!!! It’s really bad when even the Cat is Pissed at Ford!!! Ughhhhh 🙄Shame on you Ford!! An mine is messed up too!!!
I had a 2017 and now have a 2020 and never had that problem and the company I work for has about 25 2018/19 trucks and they are all dry do you have friends that have this problem to should I be concerned my truck is going to do this?
It’s going to happen eventually just wait
Quality 😂
What is the warranty on that new light and blinker fluid ?? I heard it was crap also. Lol. Ps, I heard that the ford lights have a issue losing ohms. Any ideas on how to stop that leak.?? 😭
Loved this video! Do more quick fixes!
Havnt had this problem yet, got 50k miles on my 2018 stx, ill keep a look out for it though
Won’t be long
Caution... this is a rant video. Lmao....Ford should’ve definitely fixed that clay... I hope they see this video and maybe it’ll make them think twice about warranting your taillight piece... awesome video as usual....👍👍👍
I let them know in the first year and 17,000 miles but they were too busy going out of business to care.
Well....you buy a 2018 2500 Chevy....and replace the right rear wiring harness for corrosion. Lol mine was under warranty tho
Excellent video, informative and humorous.....sorry it happened to you. I'm glad I still have my 2004 which has never leaked anywhere and has 272,000 miles /original motor and tranny.
Blinker Fluid Dynamics is a crash course in license repair
Blinker fluid migrates. I've drained blinker fluid out of many headlights by the DRILL A HOLE { * patent pending } method....
The tail light on a Ford truck had gone through many design changes over the last 50 years.
But that design to leak from the moment it was made. They will not redesign that.
At least they include the bulbs...
Mine has the blindspot radar so it's like $500. Hoping I can dry it out and keep the original POS assembly.
My tail lights turn on n off while it's off and it kills my battery, is it a fuse problem? Lmk if yall have any ideas what I can be and how to fix it
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@@KoonTrucking thank you
This exact truck also has GROUND wire issues. The issue is they wear out of break/rust in half completely. We replace these all the time at the shop thanks to paying the Kentucky Plants electrical engineer to show us the way. There is a multitude of errors and issues that come from this ONE THING! Grounds!! They have accounted for almost 50% of the errors we get off the computer. Yet No one and I mean NO ONE ever considers these wires because they look so simple and benign. Oh hey see! they look fine. 😂 until you take one off the frame or body. Then you know.
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Warranties Are Just Added Bait To Get A New Vehicle Sold Easier
Heyan.Thanx for video so true
Mine the tail light license tail light wore out.it Rusted to shit it's a 2016 I understand I drive through snow & salt/sand holly shit it rotted to shit.
Lol good content, all brands have their issues but it is a fact all brands use less and less quality crap to put their stuff together now days
Such a droll sense of humor
Had a Ford truck for a used vehicle inspection about 5 years ago that needed a power fold mirror. $650 quote for the part from Ford. 😂
Love the channel but that’s a typical dang Ford for you 🤣
You ain’t upset at all, are you!? 😂
Nah
And if I'm drinking how in the hell do I know what a tenth of an inch pound is? That's why I am a chevy guy. Only reminder that shows is how many beers per mile I'm drinking!🤣🤣🤣🤣
just had the dealer replace my drivers side taillight under warrenty on my 2018, entire inside was filled with water
Built by the lowest bidder and assembled in Mexico!
That kobalt drill is made by chevron that also make ego 56v lawn tools, you sure you wasn't a little bit tipsy when you put that music in the video 😂😂
I have a weird situation I hope someone can help me with. I did all of the above and it does work... The bottom light in the replaced tail light works only when braking and when I press to unlock the car. It shuts off right after. When the car is running, the upper light is on, but the bottom is off. The other side works perfectly :/
That’s high grade military plastic!! 😂 seriously though mine keeps blowing the upper bulb and there’s no moisture in the light housing. Garbage trucks!