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Another automotive 'advancement' is headlight bulbs you can't replace yourself - what used to take a few minutes now requires a trip to the dealer, so they can
by arprocter 5y ago
Another automotive 'advancement' is headlight bulbs you can't replace yourself - what used to take a few minutes now requires a trip to the dealer, so they can presumably dismantle the front end
Unlikely both would blow, but I'm a little surprised more fuss hasn't been made about it from a safety standpoint; considering being able to see where you're going tends to be important - I believe in France you can get a ticket for having no washer fluid.
- carabiner 5y agoThis is why I love my Tacoma. Here's the 3-minute tutorial on replacing the headlight bulbs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvbZc8shIvQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvbZc8shIvQ Then again, everything else about it is dated, especially the engine.
- jonnycomputer 5y agoWhat makes/models do that?
- arprocter 5y agoiirc it happened on a friend's 6th gen Ford Fiesta I doubt there's a big list somewhere as it isn't something the manufacturers are proud about
- Der_Einzige 5y agoWhat? Not sure what years are in that generation but my gf owned a 2014 Ford Fiesta (the final generation) and replacing headlights was a 5 minute job. I did it several times...
- C19is20 5y agoI have a 2005 FF...never replaced the headlights (gf has a 2007 fusion - similar): and you say 'several times'?
- arprocter 5y agoStrange - possible I'm misremembering, as this was about a decade ago I just looked it up and seems like you have to remove the entire headlight from the car, so maybe he took one look at it and decided it could be someone else's problem
- mh- 5y agoLots, apparently. Search r/JustRolledIntoTheShop for "headlights". Some of the first few matches: Ford Fusion: https://reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/pw1n0e/to_the_guy_replacing_headlight_bulbs_in_his_tesla/ https://reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/pw1n0e/t... Tesla: https://reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/pvyq3u/you_have_to_take_off_a_tire_to_remove_the_bulb_on/ https://reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/pvyq3u/y...
- jfrunyon 5y agoHaving to take off the bumper is pretty bad. On the other hand, taking off a tire takes perhaps a minute.
- jonnycomputer 5y agoI just found it surprising, because I've changed lots of bulbs on my own cars, and it was never that hard a job.
- xk3 5y agothey probably do it so people don't replace the lamps with the wrong shape bulb which can be very dangerous