Lariat Tail Lights vs. XL / XLT difference

[Brian_J]

That's why I also shared this one, which is from Car&Driver's studio shoot. No flash here, can subtly see the upper, lower illumination, and the middle illumination is very noticeable.


I'm just wondering if like others said, it was pre-production and the different lighting for the Lariat got scrapped for cost or supply issues.

We can clearly see the middle light on this one. The top and bottom don’t seem to be very bright

This video here shows the Lariat illumination very well. Best I've found so far.
Special Edition? 2022 Ford Maverick First Look, Chicago Auto Show - YouTube

That’s a good video. It appears the middle part is illuminated so I’m going with the top and bottom being reflectors. The middle might be a light though.

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[CoryDallas8123]

So those lights lit up like that? You could see it with your naked eye? Strange. I haven’t seen a single other tail light look like that in all the pictures we have so far.

I could be wrong though.
I guess We will know for sure when people start taking delivery.

It was a real event with professional lightning so it could be spot lights hitting it just right.

 

[22Mav]

We can clearly see the middle light on this one. The top and bottom don’t seem to be very bright

That’s a good video. It appears the middle part is illuminated so I’m going with the top and bottom being reflectors. The middle might be a light though.

Those are definitely not reflectors top and bottom. Those are 100% illumiated. Whether it's from the normal bulb via an opening in the different housing or LED strips all together. Looks exactly like the illumination of the 2018-2020 F150 tail lights by design.

I've circled the rear and side reflectors in these pics below, that portion is shared between both styles.
XLT: Lariat:

Both lights illuminated, no flash as they're studio shots. The more I've looked, the more I'm sticking with unique lights on the Lariat. These two side by side are clearly different lights all together and these pictures above are from the same studio, same lighting.

 

[22Mav]

You can see the upper/lower portion of XL/XLT lights has just a generic accent. Probably chrome.

Lariat has different texture here, looks like like texture on other Ford models with LED DRL.

2020 F150 LED tail for comparison, same textured area as the Maverick lariat lights and we know for sure the 2020 F150 lights are LED DRL.

 

[Brian_J]

I found this digging around the forum.

I’ll agree something is going on w these tail lights.

who is going to be the first dealer employee to start looking at p/n to answer some of these questions?

 

[Brian_J]

From the manual
Notice the listing for the rear side marker HIGH SERIES (LED), and the bulb/socket for the same. I don’t see a mention of anything about the top/bottom areas.

 

[fordvideoguy]

We've got to have someone here who could confirm, who are our well-connected folks? @fordvideoguy

Anyone know more about the Lariat's tail lights. Looks like unique lighting for sure, but no mention in any of Ford docs yet.

Incandescent taillights, xl and xlt are halogen.

 

[CoryDallas8123]

Boom, at 14 seconds you can see the XLT brake lights in the wild

 

[j1truck]

Oh xlt taillight doesn’t look good.. maybe more reason to switch to lariat. Ahh

 

[22Mav]

Incandescent taillights, xl and xlt are halogen.

I do remember seeing "incandescent" in some Ford literature. I suppose that explains it.

Oh xlt taillight doesn’t look good.. maybe more reason to switch to lariat. Ahh

It looks fine to me, I was just trying to figure out the difference which is simply the incandescent accents. They're nearly identical tail lights outside of that, but yes, just another factor that could help someone on the fence of Lariat/XLT.

 

[bentley72]

This video here shows the Lariat illumination very well. Best I've found so far.
Special Edition? 2022 Ford Maverick First Look, Chicago Auto Show - YouTube

i think that is still a reflector on the tail light. if it was LED it would flicker like the front light does in the video. that whole display is a giant light box

 

[22Mav]

i think that is still a reflector on the tail light. if it was LED it would flicker like the front light does in the video. that whole display is a giant light box

It's been confirmed as "incandescent" for Lariat, halogen for XL/XLT. The original photos were no flash, so no reflector. A few posts up I circled the actual reflectors that are in the same locations on both types of tail lights.

 

[ColoradoShooter]

Wouldn’t a halogen bulb be a premium part opposed to an incandescent bulb in a Lariat trim?

 

[SgtLip]

Wouldn’t a halogen bulb be a premium part opposed to an incandescent bulb in a Lariat trim?

I went to the Owners Manual under Maintenance I found this snapshot.

That doesn't say anything about it being incandescent or halogen so I looked up. They show this as an incandescent bulb that can be replaced with the WT21-7W LED equivalent bulb.

 

[ColoradoShooter]

I went to the Owners Manual under Maintenance I found this snapshot.

That doesn't say anything about it being incandescent or halogen so I looked up. They show this as an incandescent bulb that can be replaced with the WT21-7W LED equivalent bulb.

Excellent. It’d be nice if the Lariat came equipped with LED’s, but I won’t cry over spilled milk. At least they listed the replacement LED equivalent. Thanks for the info

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