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How To Replace Third Brake Light Bulbs 1996-2007 Ford Taurus

Created on: 2010-12-13

This video from 1A Auto shows you how to replace the third brake light bulbs on your 96-07 Ford Taurus. Save money and do it yourself!

  1. step 1 :Remove the third brake light
    • Pop the trunk
    • Pull down the upholstery on the top of the trunk.
    • Twist and unplug the light and unclip it out of the harness.
  2. step 2 :Install the new bulb
    • replace with a new bulb
    • twist and clip the new bulb into the brake light assembly
    • Clip the upholstery back up in the trunk.
    • Close the trunk

Brought to you by 1AAuto.com, your source for quality replacement parts and the best service on the internet. In this video, we're going to show you how to change the bulbs in your third brake light on this Ford Taurus.

Pretty simple operation once you know how to do it. No tools are required. To access your third brake light, you want to open up your trunk and then underneath, okay you can see that there's a grommet holding. You want to put your hands on the sides of that grommet and shift back and forth, side to side and pull down and now up and underneath. Now you can see there are the two sockets for your third brake light, up underneath. What you want to do is reach up in and twist and pull the light down. Then pull the socket, pull the light out of the socket. Now take the new bulb and push it into the socket. Now put the socket back up in there, twist clockwise to lock it back in place and repeat that same procedure for the other bulb.

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