Ford LED Tailgate Lightbar Installed

[maggy55]

Not as nice as the Ford one, but a lot cheaper. Has sequential turn signal and white back up. Mounted above spare tire hole. still gives off a lot of light

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[BoricuaBeautyx]

Not as nice as the Ford one, but a lot cheaper. Has sequential turn signal and white back up. Mounted above spare tire hole. still gives off a lot of light

Looks really good! Makes the color pop. Any issues with it?

 

[maggy55]

No problems so far

 

[Bry@n]

did you take it in today?

 

[BoricuaBeautyx]

did you take it in today?

I took it back a three days ago. They managed to fix it after three days of having it and I just now picked it up. They called Putco and figured out that my harness was defective so they replaced it and it's working great now. I'm about to upload pictures and a video

 

[BoricuaBeautyx]

Here's a video of the lightbar working:

 

[BoricuaBeautyx]

With the HPR, it's hard to see in the video but I promise it's very bright lol but I will take a video at night so that way it can be seen better

 

[TRUCKHEF]

nice. how did they mount it?

 

[Aherpa]

Ordered the tailgate lightbar specifically for the Maverick on the Ford website. Took a month to receive and had it installed at the dealership. Just picked it up!

I had mine installed last Friday but the install had to be un-done. The dealer had the usual tail light issues and called Putco for assistance. They were told by Putco that there are 'compatibility issues' with the Maverick that Putco is working to address.
The advice I got from the dealer was to watch for the part number to change on the Ford website (it is VNZ6Z13B678A now). I was not charged for the work they did or the part they had to send back.
It's incredibly disappointing that Ford did not even test this accessory before selling it as compatible for the Maverick. Ford's site says 'it fits the Maverick', it does not say that it actually works on the Maverick. I'm glad I had the dealer order it for me and that I did not spend my Ford Points to order myself.

 

[BoricuaBeautyx]

I had mine installed last Friday but the install had to be un-done. The dealer had the usual tail light issues and called Putco for assistance. They were told by Putco that there are 'compatibility issues' with the Maverick that Putco is working to address.
The advice I got from the dealer was to watch for the part number to change on the Ford website (it is VNZ6Z13B678A now). I was not charged for the work they did or the part they had to send back.
It's incredibly disappointing that Ford did not even test this accessory before selling it as compatible for the Maverick. Ford's site says 'it fits the Maverick', it does not say that it actually works on the Maverick. I'm glad I had the dealer order it for me and that I did not spend my Ford Points to order myself.

I had the same thing happen to me. Putco told my dealership it was the harness that was bad and they changed the harness. So far, no issues on my end, but it did take two, almost three days to figure that out. Scary that Ford didn't check this lightbar before selling. Are you ordering a new one?

 

[BoricuaBeautyx]

nice. how did they mount it?

They mounted it at the very back of the bumper and at a somewhat of an angle to prevent the spare tire hole to be blocked. I'll take pictures in a few minutes

 

[Aherpa]

I had the same thing happen to me. Putco told my dealership it was the harness that was bad and they changed the harness. So far, no issues on my end, but it did take two, almost three days to figure that out. Scary that Ford didn't check this lightbar before selling. Are you ordering a new one?

I'll wait for the part number to change. . . if I go with it again.

 

[AugMec]

I ordered the light bar from Ford accessories website and tried installing it yesterday but ran into the same problem as listed above…the driver side tail light only intermittently working. I will reach out to Putco to see if they can send me a replacement harness as that seems to be your fix. I’ll update this when I get their response.

 

[BoricuaBeautyx]

I ordered the light bar from Ford accessories website and tried installing it yesterday but ran into the same problem as listed above…the driver side tail light only intermittently working. I will reach out to Putco to see if they can send me a replacement harness as that seems to be your fix. I’ll update this when I get their response.

For sure! Let me know! They said that mine was the "exception", but it looks to be common. It hasn't given me any issues so far

 

[TRUCKHEF]

How is it mounted? Pics? Uses screws? Double sided sticky tape? The mounting surface of the plastic bumper is angled up.

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