How to Change a Bulb in Your Rear Lights

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 Your car’s REAR LIGHTS are essential for visibility. So here’s how to change a bulb if its stopped working. 

• Before you start, you’ll need a Torx Tx30 screwdriver.
• First make sure your handbrake’s on and your ignition’s off.
• Open the boot by pressing the release button and take off the shelf latches.
• Lift up the parcel shelf to remove it. 
• Now, remove the two screws with the Torx screwdriver.
• The light unit will feel loose. But there’s still a wingnut to remove.
• Fold the side carpet back.
• Now you can get inside the bodywork. Here you’ll find the wingnut.
• Loosen the wingnut with your hands, then pull the light unit away.
• See the electrical connector? To remove it, squeeze the clips and pull it towards you.
• Place the whole rear light carefully on a flat, secure surface.
• First, here’s how to change the BRAKE LIGHT.
• To remove the bulb, turn the grey plastic holder anti-clockwise. 
• Turn the bulb a quarter turn to release it.
• Just reverse the process to put a new bulb in. 
• Now the REVERSING LIGHT. It’s the middle one.
• Turn the unit anti-clockwise and pull the connector out. 
• Lift out the old bulb.
• Line the new bulb up. Push it in until it clicks into place.
• Now put the electrical connector back in.
• Next, the INDICATOR.
• Turn the grey indicator anti-clockwise and pull it out.
• Then, remove the bulb by turning it anti-clockwise.
• Just reverse the process to put a new bulb in. 
• Time to put the whole light back in.
• First reattach the electrical connector.
• Align the light unit with the body.
• Gently push the whole unit in.
• Reach inside the bodywork to put the wing nut back on.
• Put the two screws back in.
• Gently push the side carpet back into place.
• And put the parcel shelf back on.
• Finally, put the remaining clips back in, and shut the boot.

That’s how easy it is to change a bulb in your Ford’s brake light, reversing light and indicator.

For further information, please see your owner's manual or local Ford dealership.