How to Remove and Replace a Ford Escape Tail Light and bulb 

1) Thank you for getting to the point right away!!! Most RU-vid videos would start with a 20 minute section describing the history of turn signals. 2) Thank you for not drowning out your instructions by having a hard rock guitar track.

Thank you for not letting me break my wife's light

Quick Tip: To remove the assembly easier just pull on the rubber at the corner up to the left of the top fastener hole and it should pop out for you, instead of having to push in on the side of the lens. Hope that helps!

Thank you. Took all of 5 minutes to do the whole thing. Saved me $95

Thanks! One of the better RU-vid mechanic videos I've seen

watched several videos and this was the best. The hint about using the heel of the hand to pop out the taillight assembly is the key. I popped it out on the third pop. Only took about 2 minutes to change the brake light (not including the trip to the auto parts store). I used a 5/16" nut driver which worked fine too. Great job.

I have this exact make, model, and year. I've never fixed anything on a car EVER. and thanks to your video I just changed my break light all on my own, thank you so much!!!

Great video. Gets to the point quickly without wasting my time. Fixed my wife's Escape brake light after a couple of beers and watching your video.

Thank you so much! I replaced mine for 10 bucks and you made it super simple and easy!

Absolutely perfect instructions, especially "the trick" to safely removing -- and not breaking or cracking -- the tail light lens assembly! Done in 15 minutes or less! Thanks man!

Thanks so much for the video. My dad was helping replace my brake light (ok, he was totally doing it for me) and we could not get the lamp assembly off. That trick saved me an embarrassing visit to the service center for a stupid light bulb.

The best video on this topic so far. Will try to replace my light later on and give a feed back. Thank you Joe.

I remember the good ol’ days when all I needed was a good pair of hands and then twitter and turn the light socket… nowadays one need an entire tool set to change the light bulb and battery on these Escapes 😅. Thank you for the video. Very helpful.

Great video. After watching this it was a 3 minute job to change the bulb. THANKS

Great help! I'd spent 20 minutes trying to find a bolt that didn't exist, then got on youtube and found this video. Thanks. (you could use a helper to hold the camera for you though :)

Thanks so much. Showing the trick to it was crucial. I watched other videos that skipped over it and you would never get it out without knowing it.

Super helpful! Got it done in less than 10 minutes. I appreciate the information!

Thank you!! It took a bit of force to get mine off with this trick but it worked like a charm!! My grandma asked how I knew what to do and I said "Joe on RU-vid" Thank you!!

Thank you so much for making this video. I need to replace the whole part and I needed to do it quickly. I am so grateful!

You are my hero. I broke the other side trying to replace a bulb, got the other one off no problem after your video.

Thank you for posting this video. It was an awesome help. I successfully fixed my brake light.

Wasn't sure what to do after I took the screws out, came to youtube and very glad I found your video! Thanks!!

Thank you!!! This was supremely easy to do, grateful for this video 🙏

Super! I followed your instructions and now have a working brake light.

thank you great video! Thanks for the tip on how to correctly pop out the taillight worked like a charm.

Thank you Joe! You stopped a guy in Pittsburgh from punching his Ford Escape tonight. I needed to know "that trick" to getting it out & it worked like a charm. You the man! :-)

You just saved me $100+ ....thank you!

Thanks Joe. Your expert tip cost me 3 minutes of work :)

Dude, you're a life saver. Thanks!!

Straightforward quick easily understood explanation!!! Thank you for the help 👍

Very helpful! Saved me a lot of time! Thanks for posting this video!!

Nice, informative vid. It's helped me change my brake light twice now. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Joe, appreciate the tip about getting it off with out breaking it.

Thank you for this! Saved me time and money!

Thanks bro I am glad I decided to watch a video first and came upon your.thanks again and God bless you

Perfect! It went super easy thanks to your video. I appreciate sharing the 8mm fastner size and the hand push tip. I'm sure you saved me from breaking something.

Good video helped get get familiar with the tasks. And for others who watch, please note that a 5/16" socket works as well. My current metric socket set stops at 9mm, but luckily 5/16" worked perfectly. And it was dry where I live today, so I heated up my hands with my warm moist breath before pushing the lens out. That helped give my hands some grip against the plastic lens. Quick, 15-20 minutes and your done. I think I had a more difficult time shopping online to find the right bulb (w/o falling for those LEDs which might cause more work). ;-)

Thank you so much been trying and watching videos and nothing made sense and built more frustration. Found your video and it made sense, kept pushing lamp as you instructed and it finally worked now to the second one😅

Thank you ! Joe beermaster you are my Hero! It was the 3rd step I could not figure out.

Thank you Joe!! Most helpful!!

Thank you so much. If it weren't for your video I would have spent another 2 hours trying to get the light fixture off. Probably then breaking it. Then possibly shooting my car. But with your video I fixed it in three minutes. You da man.

Thanks for the video! It was really helpful

Great job Brudda. Thank you for the tips and tricks

Thanks for sharing. Very helpful information.

A useful video thanks. Not sure who's got a sharp pick. I mauled the plastic caps a bit trying to use a small screwdriver to get them off. A butter knife was able to do it cleanly.

Thanks for the video. It helped a lot.

Great video...before I saw this I used a small suction cup used for working on cell phones....stuck it on taillight and pulled straight back..came right off....

Thank you very helpful even for 08 models

Thank you for the help!

Thanks a lot for the instructions...

Thank you for this video. I was wondering who was holding the camera LOL.

Thank you for this!!

Exactly what I needed, thanks for the assist.

Thank you! much appreciated.

Awesome video my husband replaced the bulb without any issues.

Thanks. Figured I look for a video before I destroyed all the tailgate area plastic trying to figure it out on my own.

Thank you so much for this!!

Thanks for the trick, Joe

Thanks for the tip, had condensation for a couple weeks, took it off and saw there was about a tall can worth of water that made its way inside!

Better video than most.. I can't stand everyone and their fluff

Great video, thanks

Good video. The technique works, just got to really smack it at the right angle.

Thank you so much !

Thank you man

Awesome thank you. To the point cheers!

I owe you a beer for not letting me break my brake lights !!!

Thank you!!

Easy fix thanks 🙏🏾 ☺️

Much appreciated!

Thank God for RU-vid!

Thanks Joe

U just saved me some money

Is there anyway you can make a video on how to change the reverse lights on a ford escape 2016?? No one has made a video on that type of light replacement.

Thank you sir!

helped me thanks

much appreciated.

Thank you 😁👍

thank you!

Beautiful video. Thank you. Still cracked the damm Lens but at least got a working tail light and gorilla glue later

My 2016 Escape still has the factory-installed assembly & bulb, but it will not budge, no matter how hard I try or how closely I follow the helpful instructions in this video. If it isn't covered by the warranty I'll have to pay the dealer to replace the brake light bulb.

I wonder what someone was doing that they should have been doing on their own time 00:00 😂 Thanks for the video! Things like this are real timesavers. I know exactly what tools are needed and a trick of the trade. Taking a 30 minute "discovery" job to a 10 minute swap

thank you, much much appreciated. even save me looking for the right size nut driver, 8mm. that trick.

Thanks brother

This helped I just changed one brake light

Thanks 👍

thank you

Good video question what about the lights bolb is Set hatchback down how can I change it

Nice tip

Thanks buddy

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.

Thank you

Great vid thanks - knocking it out was the only way to do it effectively, pulling at the rubber sheathing didn’t do anything on mine.

how to remove a breaklight in ford everest 2013 limited edition? im confuse bec i get off the screw but i could not take it off??

Believe the correct bulb is a 3157 (dual filament bulb) because its also the tail/running light.

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Tried the bump method and couldn't get it to work. Ended up getting a flat rope around the tip of the light and pulling back and the cover popped off. Just had to wiggle the light a bit to make enough space for the rope. Good luck!

1/4 turn and the bulb comes right out. Well unfortunately that isn't the case with mine. Can get the blinker light out with no issue but the break light won't budge an inch! It doesn't turn at all. Any ideas?

you saved my marriage !

Thanks

What about the part on tail gate?