2009-2014 Ford F-150 License Plate Light Bulbs Replacement Guide with Pictures

[Paul]

If you need to replace a burnt out license plate light bulb or upgrade both of them to brighter LED units on your 12th generation (2009-2014) Ford F150 truck, check out my quick tutorial to the procedure at the link below.

Here's the instructions page - http://www.paulstravelpictures.com/Ford-F150-License-Plate-Light-Bulbs-Replacement-Guide/

The steps should the same for the Ford SuperDuty F250, F350 and F450 trucks.

Cheers,
Paul

[Michael Harrington]

i can get them out of the bumper but the damn bulbs will not come out. i pulling to the point i feel like i am going to break them? f150 2104

[ABE LIM]

To Michael Harrington,

The bulb wire contacts are corroded to the socket contacts. Protect your fingers/eyes as the glass bulb will likely break.

To extract the fragments of the base, I used my scratch awl from atop as well as from the sides of the plastic socket. There is a hole on either side thru which 

the awl can be inserted, then pry the tip upward, pushing the glass fragments up and out.

Clean the oxidation waste, apply dielectric grease liberally on the contact points.

These units are not moisture tight hence the corrosion. Using rope caulk may improve the seal. 

The caulk can be easily removed at the next bulb replacement.

On Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 6:22:26 PM UTC-4, Paul wrote: