Thank you so much!! I saw today my tail light had water and my blinker inside was flickering fast so I knew something was going on! You saved me from taking my truck into go check and possibly being charged an arm and a leg!! This was exactly what I was looking for again thank you so much!!!! 2018 F-150 owner!!!
Thank you for your demonstration. My left tail light has water in it, too. Discovered a crack where the clear meets the red running vertically. I had this same problem with a 1985 Topaz; a crack in the lens allowed water to drip onto a bulb shattering it. Dealer at complete loss as to why. Fixed the crack with epoxy and no more leaks.
Interesting...I have the same difficulty removing the driver side tail as well. When I first removed mine I cracked the top rear corner next to the tailgate. Of course only noticed when I saw the water buildup. I bought Gorilla clear silicone sealant from WalMart and beaded the entire housing. Been through some car washes and heavy rain and seals maintained. Appreciate the vids highlighting your issues. Have experienced issues like you have with my 2018. Purchased mine June of last year.
Loctite 2 in 1 seal and bond clear would probably work to seal it. Put a thin bead and push it into gap and wipe the residual off. Dries crystal clear. Been using it on my RV and its awesome.
What a pain this truck has turned out to be for you. I had 2017 f150 with the 2.7 l engine and it gave me so many problems that ford took my truck back and I upgraded to a 2018 f150 with the 5.0. So much happier now. I had less than 15000 miles on the 2.7 and basically the engine went.. the oil blow by was so bad that it looks like a bbq smoker every time I started it. My local dealer told me that they sent the truck back to the factory for a new engine. I am fortunate so far not to have any water issues in my tail lights although i have been encouraged to install wheel liners in the back so this will not be an issue. The local f150 guys here use marine silicone when they have changed bulbs to make sure they get a water tight seal. Enjoy the vids. Cheers
This was really helpful cuz i had a hard time pulling out the light casing. Videos that cover what can go wrong or glitches along the way are good for us newbies! Thx 😊
Thanks for this video. The Ford manual says remove the screws. But it is not clear at all about pulling the pins and I did not want to chance breaking plastic. Your video showed me how it is put together. I now wonder why there isn't a drain hole to prevent water building up in this light assembly.
It's Christmas morning, and luckily it's not so freezing cold outside, so as the wife is cooking, I;m trying to remove the tail light so I can drain 4 inches of water from the Ford tail light, just like you and several other people are experiencing. My bulb still burns submerged in water...weird. Anyway, my takeaway from your video, is pull the tail light straight back. Thank you, and hope you are enjoying your Christmas morning. Me to, if I can get my water drained.
I had a white 2015 F150 with a 2.7 that I absolutely loved. Put 100k on it in three years. I’m a sales manager with a large territory. Annnnnnyway. The only issue I had with lights was my cab light. The first winter I had it I noticed my carpet was wet behind the front seats. Long story short the cab light was letting water into the cab and on to the head liner. Check that seal immediately! The seal of the cab light was jacket up from the factory. It was all rolled over and twisted. Obviously someone at the factory was in a hurry the day they installed mine. I was able to fix it but I had to pull the back seat to properly dry the carpet and padding and the water stained my headliner. Never could get that stain out. Takes 30 seconds to remove that light and check the seal. it’s worth checking my friend because if it is leaking or does leak it’s a pain in the ass to dry everything out in the cab. Sorry for the looooooong response.
Hello my friend. I suggest you use some dielectric grease on all the bulbs inside that tail light. If you dont the sockets will corrode and thats not something you want to happen. The moisture may eventually cause a short that can melt both the housing and harness. Also I agree with not changing the brake lights, but I would definitely recommend doing the reverse lights. I swapped all my white rearward facing lights with LED's (box lights, license plate light's and reverse lights) and it just really looks nice. Also the reverse lights seem to be 10x brighter. I got Marsauto 3157 led's. They have 52 led's per bulb and come with a 2 year warranty. $19 shipped w Amazon prime. I also did the 3rd brake light cause I had a bunch of LED's for that socket so why not right? Upgrading all the front and rear white lights to LED's has made a huge improvement on my 17. I have said it before but I went all Sealight LED's up front and they have performed incredibly well so far. Super bright and super clean looking. All that said I really enjoy your channel, keep up the good work.
That's actually what I was just thinking about, the issues down the road with it letting water in. That's not a bad idea swapping out the reverse lights! Especially for that price I'll definitely be taking that! So far these beamtechs are doing great but if they would fail before even a year I will try your sealight recommendation. I'm pretty sure I've read about them being quite good on the forum as well. Thank you!!!
Ten-Four buddy I have done the same had my sealight F150 LED kit for a month no issues and love the clarity and the brightness when I'm on the road other guys with F-150s at a light stop and look with the xlts the Tech at the Ford dealership even asked me where I got them from
@@marksprouse6125 Yeah for $100 shipped for fogs, highs and lows (plus $22 plus shipping for deep gaskets to keep the headlights sealed and have some extra air around them to help with cooling) I feel it was money very well spent. Another $30 or so for the reverse lights and a 10 pack for the license plate/cab/3rd brake lights. It just makes the truck look so much more modern than before and gives you so much more visibility that its amazing. My only concern is the longevity of them all. Hopefully they last a long time. 👍🏼😎🇺🇸
My tail lights and brake lights stopped working today. 3 days of hard rain here in Florida. Did your brake lights stop working when this happened? I didn't see any water in the tail lights. I haven't taken them out yet. Only had the truck about a month.
I painted them. I had the same thing and hated it. Taped off the whole light but that strip, lightly sanded with 1000grit paper and put 3 coats of gloss black enamel on it
I swapped out the reverse lights with gtr 1000 lumen LED bulbs from headlight revolution. Night and day difference if you have painted tail lights or dark covers. Even with my dark covers they are still 10x brighter than stock
One thing I did to eliminate the water from filling up in the tail light. I drilled a very tiny hole at the bottom of the tail light to allow the water to drain out. It’s almost unnoticeable. I live in an area with extreme snowfall amounts and was getting a lots of water, and it worked perfectly.
If you think that leak is bad, you should have seen the water leak in the cab of my 2018 brand new F 150. The front drivers carpet was soaked. It turns out that the cabin pressure seal behind the left rear seat was leaking. The water filled up the rocker panel and wicked into the front carpet. The dealer had to remove the bed to reseal the cabin pressure seal.
What? There is no screw on the inside of the bed for these? Seal it with a tiny bead of clear Marine silicone all the way around (the stuff for boats/aquariums etc)...it will seal it.
Wicked F150 what did the dealership say about your warped Dash it's going to take three to four weeks to get the part for mine and that was a week ago I recommended to replace it with a Lariat Dash they could get their hands on the park quicker haha
They have yet to call me back about getting it in there in the first place. Still waiting on a loaner to be available, they have thhat many in the shop. I had to wait 2weeks last time. I actually said the same thing to my wife lol replace with a lariat and just pay the difference lol
I actually didnt do a video painting them, that was my mistake. The ugly white line, I jjust used gloss enamel black spray paint. Taped the rest of the light and used 1000 grit sand paper. I put 3 coats on.
I had the same thing happen to mine I've replaced both Bulb's twice and I have under 10000 miles... ford said they would warranty it though but I would have to turn in the faulty pair....but I smoked mine and I don't wanna redo it
So like I told some other commenter that likes to talk without knowing, no I did not tear the lights apart! There is nothing to tear apart on the tail lights, the OUTSIDE is painted!
@@kercmerk the red on the forum is actually what got me to do the black. I do not have a video of it, that's my bad but what I did is in my comment above.
I HAD THAT SAME ISSUE WITH BOTH MY TAIL LIGHTS GOT WATER IN THEM IT IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BUT MAKE SURE YOU HAVE WATER IN THE TAIL LIGHT WHEN YOU TAKE IT IN OTHERWISE THEY WILL TELL YOU ITS NOT COVERED
ALSO THE PLACE WHERE THE WATER LEAKED IN ON BOTH MY TAIL LIGHTS IS IN THE UPPER CORNER CLOSEST TO THE WHEEL WELL. THE SEAL WAS JUST OUT OF PLACEMENT TO LET WATER IN.
I would think that is a fault from Ford and it would be covered under warranty. Fighting Ford now over my dash, checked out a 2016 quite the warp in it, they are all doing the same. Crap dash.
WickedF150 some also call it the coyote typewriter tick. Some guys are getting new motors and some are being shafted by Ford. It all depends on your case manager and if they like you.
@@murdamechanik o yea I've had the tick, that's not a big deal to me. It is kind of normal for v8s. Ford wont replace for just the tick. It has to have the rattle for anything to happen.
Well if i remember right he actually took those taillights apart himself to paint the inside of those tail light Lens with the black stripe that’s not the fault of Ford he created the problem when he separated lens from the tell light housing which he failed to mention in the video!!!
So didnt tear apart the lens dumbass so dont go talking shit on a keyboard. Watch every video on here including this one and they were never torn apart. Theres nothing to paint on the inside of the tail light, its on the OUTSIDE. Know wth your talking about before you let your fingers start trying to talk shit.
Thank you so much!! I saw today my tail light had water and my blinker inside was flickering fast so I knew something was going on! You saved me from taking my truck into go check and possibly being charged an arm and a leg!! This was exactly what I was looking for again thank you so much!!!!
2018 F-150 owner!!!
Thank you for your demonstration. My left tail light has water in it, too. Discovered a crack where the clear meets the red running vertically. I had this same problem with a 1985 Topaz; a crack in the lens allowed water to drip onto a bulb shattering it. Dealer at complete loss as to why. Fixed the crack with epoxy and no more leaks.
Thanks for making this so easy to understand and did a bulb replacement in about 3 minutes.
Interesting...I have the same difficulty removing the driver side tail as well. When I first removed mine I cracked the top rear corner next to the tailgate. Of course only noticed when I saw the water buildup. I bought Gorilla clear silicone sealant from WalMart and beaded the entire housing. Been through some car washes and heavy rain and seals maintained. Appreciate the vids highlighting your issues. Have experienced issues like you have with my 2018. Purchased mine June of last year.
Loctite 2 in 1 seal and bond clear would probably work to seal it. Put a thin bead and push it into gap and wipe the residual off. Dries crystal clear. Been using it on my RV and its awesome.
What a pain this truck has turned out to be for you. I had 2017 f150 with the 2.7 l engine and it gave me so many problems that ford took my truck back and I upgraded to a 2018 f150 with the 5.0. So much happier now. I had less than 15000 miles on the 2.7 and basically the engine went.. the oil blow by was so bad that it looks like a bbq smoker every time I started it. My local dealer told me that they sent the truck back to the factory for a new engine. I am fortunate so far not to have any water issues in my tail lights although i have been encouraged to install wheel liners in the back so this will not be an issue. The local f150 guys here use marine silicone when they have changed bulbs to make sure they get a water tight seal. Enjoy the vids. Cheers
Great video, thanks. Just changed a bulb on my 2018 F-150. Easy to do, but this is the 4th bulb (same spot) in 5 years since new!
My passenger rear side also went out at about 6 months. Thanks for the video.
This was really helpful cuz i had a hard time pulling out the light casing. Videos that cover what can go wrong or glitches along the way are good for us newbies! Thx 😊
Love your videos man!
Thank you helped me get it out without breaking it in frustration
Perfect exactly what I needed.
Hey bud do you got a video on how to spray your taillight trim ( chrome outline) black?
Thanks,, i was trying to get my tail light off to replace my single light bulb on the same side, i was'nt sure how to do that. Now i know... Thanks..
Thanks bro! I have exactly the same model (even same colour) water gets inside for me too
What did you use to black out those lines on the tail lights? It looks good
Thanks for this video. The Ford manual says remove the screws. But it is not clear at all about pulling the pins and I did not want to chance breaking plastic. Your video showed me how it is put together. I now wonder why there isn't a drain hole to prevent water building up in this light assembly.
Ty brother. Id've busted those mounts. Happy New Year.
Thanks for the video. I wasn't sure where the pins were.
It's Christmas morning, and luckily it's not so freezing cold outside, so as the wife is cooking, I;m trying to remove the tail light so I can drain 4 inches of water from the Ford tail light, just like you and several other people are experiencing. My bulb still burns submerged in water...weird. Anyway, my takeaway from your video, is pull the tail light straight back. Thank you, and hope you are enjoying your Christmas morning. Me to, if I can get my water drained.
Mine filled right back up the next good rain, I had to put some sealant around it to stop it. Merry Christmas!!
What is your wheel and tire package and set up?
I had a white 2015 F150 with a 2.7 that I absolutely loved. Put 100k on it in three years. I’m a sales manager with a large territory. Annnnnnyway. The only issue I had with lights was my cab light. The first winter I had it I noticed my carpet was wet behind the front seats. Long story short the cab light was letting water into the cab and on to the head liner. Check that seal immediately! The seal of the cab light was jacket up from the factory. It was all rolled over and twisted. Obviously someone at the factory was in a hurry the day they installed mine. I was able to fix it but I had to pull the back seat to properly dry the carpet and padding and the water stained my headliner. Never could get that stain out. Takes 30 seconds to remove that light and check the seal. it’s worth checking my friend because if it is leaking or does leak it’s a pain in the ass to dry everything out in the cab. Sorry for the looooooong response.
Your truck has a great look... how did you get the grill in magnetic gray and the bumper white? Certain package ordered? I am looking at a 2019 F150
It has the sport appearance package without being a sport.
Hello my friend.
I suggest you use some dielectric grease on all the bulbs inside that tail light. If you dont the sockets will corrode and thats not something you want to happen. The moisture may eventually cause a short that can melt both the housing and harness.
Also I agree with not changing the brake lights, but I would definitely recommend doing the reverse lights.
I swapped all my white rearward facing lights with LED's (box lights, license plate light's and reverse lights) and it just really looks nice. Also the reverse lights seem to be 10x brighter. I got Marsauto 3157 led's. They have 52 led's per bulb and come with a 2 year warranty. $19 shipped w Amazon prime.
I also did the 3rd brake light cause I had a bunch of LED's for that socket so why not right?
Upgrading all the front and rear white lights to LED's has made a huge improvement on my 17. I have said it before but I went all Sealight LED's up front and they have performed incredibly well so far. Super bright and super clean looking.
All that said I really enjoy your channel, keep up the good work.
That's actually what I was just thinking about, the issues down the road with it letting water in. That's not a bad idea swapping out the reverse lights! Especially for that price I'll definitely be taking that! So far these beamtechs are doing great but if they would fail before even a year I will try your sealight recommendation. I'm pretty sure I've read about them being quite good on the forum as well. Thank you!!!
Ten-Four buddy I have done the same had my sealight F150 LED kit for a month no issues and love the clarity and the brightness when I'm on the road other guys with F-150s at a light stop and look with the xlts the Tech at the Ford dealership even asked me where I got them from
@@marksprouse6125 Yeah for $100 shipped for fogs, highs and lows (plus $22 plus shipping for deep gaskets to keep the headlights sealed and have some extra air around them to help with cooling) I feel it was money very well spent.
Another $30 or so for the reverse lights and a 10 pack for the license plate/cab/3rd brake lights.
It just makes the truck look so much more modern than before and gives you so much more visibility that its amazing.
My only concern is the longevity of them all.
Hopefully they last a long time.
👍🏼😎🇺🇸
Thanks. I thought I was missing a third bolt somewhere because I was having trouble pulling out the assembly all together.
Led reverse lights would be a good upgrade... I did mine yeah baby !
Just got mine today, watched this video just to confirm how the taillight came out.
Very good help with this video . Thanks .
My tail lights and brake lights stopped working today. 3 days of hard rain here in Florida. Did your brake lights stop working when this happened? I didn't see any water in the tail lights. I haven't taken them out yet. Only had the truck about a month.
yes, stopped working as the water blew the bulb.
How did you get the black look on the halogen taillights? Mine have the silver reflectors that are ugly.
I painted them. I had the same thing and hated it. Taped off the whole light but that strip, lightly sanded with 1000grit paper and put 3 coats of gloss black enamel on it
Where did you get the taillights with the black trim instead of the chrome. Those look super sharp
1:02 he talks about painting them.
I swapped out the reverse lights with gtr 1000 lumen LED bulbs from headlight revolution. Night and day difference if you have painted tail lights or dark covers. Even with my dark covers they are still 10x brighter than stock
I had the same issues with water getting into my taillight (passenger side). Ford replaced at no cost since it was a defect.
How did you get them to pay for it
@@wandab6686 they saw the water on their own and didn’t charge me. I found out when I came in to pick it up and pay. I had no clue that was the issue
One thing I did to eliminate the water from filling up in the tail light. I drilled a very tiny hole at the bottom of the tail light to allow the water to drain out. It’s almost unnoticeable. I live in an area with extreme snowfall amounts and was getting a lots of water, and it worked perfectly.
Had the same issue with my driver tail light having water in it
If you think that leak is bad, you should have seen the water leak in the cab of my 2018 brand new F 150.
The front drivers carpet was soaked.
It turns out that the cabin pressure seal behind the left rear seat was leaking.
The water filled up the rocker panel and wicked into the front carpet.
The dealer had to remove the bed to reseal the cabin pressure seal.
What size rims and what tires are you running on the truck. Can’t get a clear picture but they look pretty good
18in Ford factory sport rims with 295/70 Cooper stt pro. I have a couple other videos of them to see better
WickedF150 thank you for the quick reply. Great content. Thanks for the videos
What? There is no screw on the inside of the bed for these? Seal it with a tiny bead of clear Marine silicone all the way around (the stuff for boats/aquariums etc)...it will seal it.
Wicked F150 what did the dealership say about your warped Dash it's going to take three to four weeks to get the part for mine and that was a week ago I recommended to replace it with a Lariat Dash they could get their hands on the park quicker haha
They have yet to call me back about getting it in there in the first place. Still waiting on a loaner to be available, they have thhat many in the shop. I had to wait 2weeks last time. I actually said the same thing to my wife lol replace with a lariat and just pay the difference lol
What did you do to paint those tail lights? I haven’t seen that video yet?
I actually didnt do a video painting them, that was my mistake. The ugly white line, I jjust used gloss enamel black spray paint. Taped the rest of the light and used 1000 grit sand paper. I put 3 coats on.
WICKEDF150 did you paint on the outside of the lens? Or split them to paint? I want to do this to mine also
And this is why I upgrade all my lights to aftermarket
Why didn't you go to the dealer and have them replace,you said it was new,just courious
Thanks so much!
Thank you very much
Get a set of the OEM LED taillights off eBay for $500 and be done. Much nicer look and sealed up tight.
This was scene for scene exactly like my truck.
I have the same issue i have to replace the bulb
I have a 2016 and just noticed that my driver's side tail light is full of water too.
Not sure if yours is still under the bumper to bumper being a 16 but if it is its covered.
I had the same thing happen to mine I've replaced both Bulb's twice and I have under 10000 miles... ford said they would warranty it though but I would have to turn in the faulty pair....but I smoked mine and I don't wanna redo it
That's my issue, they said today it is covered but dont want to have to tape and paint again lol
@@WICKEDAUTO1 yea I'm just gonna silicone them
Can’t you get that leaky taillight replaced under warranty?
I will be bringing it up but I'm not sure if it will be.
Just called about mine. Is not covered
Why didn't you use your vehicle warranty??? Your truck is only 6 months old???
This is me finding it, had to replace the bulb. That blinking was driving me crazy and it was a lemon...it was going back anyway.
Yeah but didn't he take those lights apart to paint them...Probably moved the seal or didn't get it set right.
So like I told some other commenter that likes to talk without knowing, no I did not tear the lights apart! There is nothing to tear apart on the tail lights, the OUTSIDE is painted!
I had water in my 2018 taillight within months of buying it and am constantly having to replace bulbs. I feel like this should be a valid Ford recall
My F-150 just burned out it’s right upper turn signal after 14 months of ownership.
Mine has done the same thing , water in light! 2018 f-150
Same
Same 2018 F150
Ah jeez. Now I'm afraid to break the damn thing
My pin on top broke off when I pulled the light out. I was doing my best to be gentle as well
How'd you get the black to cover the white parts of taillight?
The ugly white line, I jjust used gloss enamel black spray paint. Taped the rest of the light and used 1000 grit sand paper. I put 3 coats on.
@@WICKEDAUTO1 I've been wanting to do mine with red as I saw on the forums, but I really dig the black. Do you have a video?
@@kercmerk the red on the forum is actually what got me to do the black. I do not have a video of it, that's my bad but what I did is in my comment above.
That isn't water, it's called blinker fluid and it was coming from that hole in the bulb, I had the same problem on my truck.
You broke the seal prying it out the first time. Common mistake.
Negative
BTDT. That is exactly what happened.
It is an ultrasonic plastic weld that is extremely intolerant of any torsion.
Mine did the same thing and had never been off the truck, dealer said they have had to replace a few ( mine were replaced under warranty)
Junk setup. Got a 2019 and all rear light functions dont work
I’ve got the same model and my tail light just went out at 1year, kinda depressing something like this is already occurring!
Thats blinker fluid your supposed to change it every 10k miles
That should be inder warranty
Buys truck...absolutely hates truck, dude that thing is the lemon beyond lemons
No, loves truck hence why I havent lemoned it.
Is that a zombie jesus tattoo?
I HAD THAT SAME ISSUE WITH BOTH MY TAIL LIGHTS GOT WATER IN THEM IT IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BUT MAKE SURE YOU HAVE WATER IN THE TAIL LIGHT WHEN YOU TAKE IT IN OTHERWISE THEY WILL TELL YOU ITS NOT COVERED
ALSO THE PLACE WHERE THE WATER LEAKED IN ON BOTH MY TAIL LIGHTS IS IN THE UPPER CORNER CLOSEST TO THE WHEEL WELL. THE SEAL WAS JUST OUT OF PLACEMENT TO LET WATER IN.
I would think that is a fault from Ford and it would be covered under warranty. Fighting Ford now over my dash, checked out a 2016 quite the warp in it, they are all doing the same. Crap dash.
mine has the same and I've been waiting on a new dash
Every video you have is a problem with that truck. Why keep it. Just wait until your first oil change and it develops the bbq tick like mine did.
It's almost at its 2nd oil change, prolly in a month or so. Bbq tick?
WickedF150 some also call it the coyote typewriter tick. Some guys are getting new motors and some are being shafted by Ford. It all depends on your case manager and if they like you.
@@murdamechanik o yea I've had the tick, that's not a big deal to me. It is kind of normal for v8s. Ford wont replace for just the tick. It has to have the rattle for anything to happen.
Well if i remember right he actually took those taillights apart himself to paint the inside of those tail light Lens with the black stripe that’s not the fault of Ford he created the problem when he separated lens from the tell light housing which he failed to mention in the video!!!
So didnt tear apart the lens dumbass so dont go talking shit on a keyboard. Watch every video on here including this one and they were never torn apart. Theres nothing to paint on the inside of the tail light, its on the OUTSIDE. Know wth your talking about before you let your fingers start trying to talk shit.
The next thing you need to do is ditch that plastic bed liner and get a Line-X spray on bed liner. Those plastic bed liner’s are THE WORST!
That or one from dealership. I have mine from dealership. Stupid nice !!
You have issues
Yep, hence why the title says another issue.
You are a chouderhead!