2016 Ford Escape Rear Brake Light Bulb Replacement

My sister brings her Escape back to me, only this time with a burned out rear brake light bulb

[@esotericcleric]

I literally watched this video 8 minutes ago and it took me 6 minutes to change my lights! Thank you for this!!

[@bmjake]

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!

[@FerdinandMagellan08]

Sorry for the late reply, but glad to help! Unfortunately I can't offer any help on the rest............yet.

[@ezequielmendoza5977]

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.

[@barryr9880]

One of the best DIY videos I have seen on You Tube. Thanks.

[@johnyarbro5203]

Thanks for providing instruction without a lot of BS chitchat. Well done.

[@jessepearson5579]

Haha...I just watched your video again and went to give you a positive comment and thumbs up, not realizing I watched your video 2 years again and posted a positive comment back then. Good work...Thanks

[@donnasmith1960]

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.

[@SpiderMikeF]

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.

[@paulmclane2250]

Thank you for taking the time to post this video. This is when the internet is at its best: helpful and kind to our fellow humans!

[@kristilfogg380]

Thank you bro 🙏 me and my bestie just got this shit down in an Autozone parking lot with your video on repeat. Bless you

[@annettemcbride6245]

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.

[@mm6mm66mm6mm]

Thank you! Getting the taillight off would have been impossible without your video! Thanks for posting this!

[@alexguido2962]

It was my first time changing a light bulb on my ford escape and this video help me alot!! To easy to follow.. thanks!!

[@tannisha9545]

Thank you so much!!!!!!! Firestone tried to charge me 49+ “parts” I literally did it in less than 10 mins!!!! This video is the lords workkkkkkkk

[@shanecoelho9053]

Thanks for ending on the note on resetting the alert. That really helped take the alert away even after I changed the bulb

[@cordeliavaughn]

This helped so much. Mine was a little harder to come off, but it worked! Thank you for your thorough tutorial!

[@Funkbutterfly]

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!

[@FerdinandMagellan08]

You're welcome! And glad to help out. It sure is a lot cheaper than taking it to the dealer!

[@yammabamma]

Thank you so much for this!! Just fixed mine in under 20 mins thanks to your video :)

[@richardreid4098]

...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!

[@misstymiss2249]

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

[@brianforde6197]

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.👍👍👍

[@christinegoble551]

Thank you so much. Like a lot of other people said, this is a great tutorial!

[@nimravus01]

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.

[@profighter1234]

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!

[@frankgoertzen4631]

Thank you. Watched video and 15 minutes later all is done.

[@jessepearson5579]

Thanks Bro...Great tutorial...That's the way to do it...Easy to understand and follow.

[@localgirl07]

Thank you so so much!!!! This helped me tremendously, easily, and it was quick! Thank you!!

[@shoh347]

Thanks for the step by step tutorial bud. Very useful and saves $$$!

[@kimbls]

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! 😉

[@FerdinandMagellan08]

You're welcome, and thanks! Glad to help out!

[@michaelbrodeur8159]

Thank it is the best video on it so far simple slow instruction thank you again. mike

[@KingOMiami]

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!

[@SpaceCowboyX9]

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.

[@Bleh693]

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.

[@rmzzz76]

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.

[@patrickkelley5261]

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.

[@ateam4928]

Thank you for such a great DIY video! You couldn’t have done anything better. 👍🏼😊

[@FerdinandMagellan08]

You're welcome, and thanks!

[@djbarney5]

Thank you Sir. Good video. Helped me on my wife’s 2016 escape.

[@joeattheburg]

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

[@JayP7.62]

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.

[@FerdinandMagellan08]

Sorry for the late reply, but you are welcome!

[@mikewickham]

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!

[@pinky69207]

Thanks so much! I’ll be trying this on my 2016 Ford Escape.

[@monkmchorning]

Concise & to the point. Excellent.

[@atlmacman]

Very, very helpful. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

[@grgoss1]

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.

[@FerdinandMagellan08]

You're correct. I should have but never once thought about confirming the bulb being good.

[@ford4wd827]

Followed the steps. Worked perfectly. Thanks for the video! (Although my tail-light assembly didn't come off quite as easily as yours did!)

[@rosee7236]

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.

[@MicheleDonovan-d7x]

Thank you for this video. Newest car ive had & om used to a much easier process to replace a light bulb.

[@tyanavadau]

The housing was hard to get off but I got it. Thanks for DYI!!!

[@BenjaminAquino]

This was very helpful. Thank you.

[@nerolssen]

thanks a lot buddy you make my day happy

[@eric_at_last]

This is awesome... thank you brother for this.

[@TheDreamyYew05]

Great tutorial! Really helped me out!

[@mtnbknmichigan]

Thank you for posting this helped out a friend from my parish, God Bless 🙏🏻😊👍🏻

[@nitinnikam2309]

Very Nice Quality Video, I am good to try on my Escape 2013, Thank you very much !

[@joegabb9755]

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.

[@paulrorgan]

Thanks for a helpful and clear video!

[@amandaarcher3425]

thanx, fixed my moms back lights!!!

[@scollins720]

What if the housing won’t slide out?

[@nebiyouasefa]

Thank you I saved money and time

[@penjamin15franklin24]

Thanks. Your video was very helpful

[@patrickbrower]

Really appreciate his video! Thanks.

[@tMatt5M]

You're the real hero

[@RodEnos76]

Thank you, great video!

[@DouglasBrown2014]

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.

[@jameswendell3340]

How do you replace the brake/trailer lamps on the actual liftgate to a 2014 Ford Escape?

[@evgaman4391]

YES!!!!! This is what I have been looking for, my inner lamps on my 15 already have condensation in them.

[@williammclaughlin4016]

Thank you! God bless!

[@taystorm]

Thanks for posting

[@drew4187]

Perfect video. The hardest part was getting the caps off lol.

[@FerdinandMagellan08]

Thanks! They definitely were a bear!

[@mikemitchell8220]

Next time please give us the bulb number so we can buy it before we take the taillight assembly apart.

[@jpcab94]

what about the high mount light

[@edwardwebb5636]

Both my brake light plugs on each side are melted but still work. Is this common?

[@scotmiller8379]

This usually is a sign that someone installed the wrong wattage bulbs.

[@steveharleyfan]

Thanks for this - now to go and do mine. I'm surprised yours needed replacement in only 28,000 miles...

[@racinky8]

I've had to do it 3 times now.

[@bensexton254]

Easy fix. Thanks for posting!

[@rossjeffery]

Perfect, thank you!

[@Gangrenous_Khan]

Well done video.

[@wrinkmd]

So the only tool I will need for this is a socket wrench ?

[@FerdinandMagellan08]

Yes. I liked how they kept it simple.

[@artistrybyalex8807]

Haha I used to live in Cecilia! Cheers from Richmond now :)

[@FerdinandMagellan08]

Very awesome! Cheers to you too! I haven't been out that way in Richmond in a long time.

[@jarrodpritchard813]

Awesome, worked perfect, great job

[@kakrot3]

Great job. Mine just went out too. Thanks!!

[@FerdinandMagellan08]

Thanks! Glad to help out!

[@ghkbe]

Perfekt. Thank you man!

[@mcatlow8]

How about the reverse light

[@molady2035]

Thank you. That was very informative.

[@erunstoppable1174]

Thank you!

[@dennismurphy9532]

Sorry but my housing doesn'T budge!

[@saoakman]

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.

[@comesthru]

My 2014 Escape does not give up its taillight cover this easily. At all.

[@johnabbottphotography]

Good tutorial. Thank you.

[@rhaenysgames8115]

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

[@youknowitzg00d]

You make amazing video

[@TheAlcoholic27]

Thank you

[@ReplayFan562]

very helpful, thank you

[@michaelashe5265]

Mine doesn't want to come off. So frustrating. I'm going to try a duct tape trick I just saw in another video.

[@tyanavadau]

Did it work and how did you do it?

[@michaelashe5265]

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.

[@tyanavadau]

@@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.

[@del7802]

doesn't work on 2019!+ as Reverse bulb is in tailgate hatch. Running and brake in side, although some are in tailgate too.

[@larrybieronski5994]

Awesome thanks

[@franniebruce9640]

THANK YOU!!

[@Jason424777]

This was helpful. Thanks

[@damienpurificato8945]

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

[@davidw3171]

Thanks!

[@edwardhu3266]

Thank You so much!

[@dalern3]

Be nice to get bulb number.

[@mantovauniepeters1927]

Thanks that helped

[@md4uh]

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.