Ford Focus MK3 Estate (2011-2014) Tail/Rear Side light bulb replacing - How to replace light/bulb

Video on how to replace light tail rear side light (not the boot one) on Ford Focus MK3 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 models) Estate version.

[davidjuric]

Perfectly worked for my 2016 Focus. Thanks!

[oscilloscope]

great tips, thanks! I was also able to get my rather large hand up inside without taking off the side panel, which made the job even easier. Thanks for pointing out the where the clips are!

[PauloColejo]

Very useful video. On the other side is easier since there is no fuse box. I managed to change the bulb without tools and without removing the plastic cover. You just need to open the storage container on the side and access both nuts with the hand

[philperry]

Many thanks. This helped massively, where the manual didn't.

[PPlankBeam]

Well that showed me "hot" to do it. Seriously though, if not for this video I would have had to resign myself to dropping the car off at my local garage - to change a light bulb. smh. So thanks very much. As others have said on here, you don't have to remove the side panel to get at both wingnuts, you can just about get your fingers up there (oo-er missus). But I found the top one particularly tight on the fusebox side so I removed it anyway for future time saving and loosened the top wingnut. I then struggled to get the panel back on. Hehe. All done though, it took me 35 minutes including removing panels on both sides, but now that both the top wingnuts are looser I shouldn't have to do that again. Thanks again.

[Kerko-titm]

Very useful video, thanks a lot. My 2015 estate has 2 unthreaded metal locator pins in addition to the 2 threaded ones. I did take off the plastic side panel and had no trouble clipping it back in afterwards. The 2 plastic nuts were super tight initially so you really do need pliers to loosen them. I did it on the RHS where I had to disconnect the 12V aux plug as well. Otherwise it just went as shown in the video.

[mmmmmh]

Thanks this was very useful, I managed to change my light no problem at all. There was an extra clip towards the boot door on my model that I seemed to need to push down with a screwdriver. Then it was a case of popping out the plastic sides, a bit more force required than i thought but you can ease it out in the end. Putting plastic back is a little more fiddly, there's a clip near the window that I missed first time and I found it easier to get this clip aligned first then worry about the rest. I'm not particularly mechanically competent but with this video I changed the bulb in less than 20 mins! Many thanks!

[victoruribe]

Gracias! Me estaba volviendo loco buscando el otro tornillo!

[atisch]

Próbáltam ki szerelni a lámpát mielőtt megnéztem a videót, azt hittem tartja meg egy csavar. De csak jó erősen meg kellett húzni, féltem, hogy eltörik nehezen jött ki. Thank you for video!

[DavidMurfield]

What bulb does he unplug first when taking the trim off Is it a 501?

[marcioh]

The right side seems to be very different, I can't have access to the screws. do you know how to do it?

[henrik]

Thanks, really helpful! The car manual is useless. Just to be clear, there are two wingnuts that need to be removed. The third "point" (towards the front of the car) that holds the assembly in place is just pushed into/out of place. Also, agree with @gris186, getting the plastic cover back in place inside the car was quite a struggle.

[agunemnon]

Not sure if the two sides are different but I accessed both "finger nuts" without removing the side panel or boot screen.

[GeoffLofts]

Just done the job but from within the plastic that you bend to gain access to the finger buts out fell a small piece of plastic with PA6 GF15 on it. Only about 2" long and has an internal spring mechanism. Bulb changed, I'm legal and everything back in place but gawd knows where this piece goes!!

[sir-swims-a-lot]

Nice one man, sorted me right out this video!

[fordforever]

Nice led lights. What model is this? Mine is a 2015 estate 1.5 diesel business and they are different.

[patriot]

You don't have to take down that plastic cover, your hand can reach the screw through the fuse door.

[gris]

Getting the plastic back on inside the car was really a struggle for me

[konradk]

you don't have to take it apart, good hands and a little idea are enough, access to the second nut is sufficient

[JefVeBe]

At least the plugs are metal . On my previos car, a Ford Fusion, the upper one was a part of the plastic an, as you probably know, (i do !! ) those things are very expansive whenever you have to replace them.