OK, i remember seeing alot of people complaining about broke fog light housings... my passanger side fog light glass has a nice crack in it... $150 to fix it! maybe we should start a thread with pictures and milage of all these broken fog lights... maybe then ford will do something about it. as it stands it is not covered under warranty! i will post a pic of my fog light tomorrow.

 

I got the same thing on mine. Happened around 5000 miles. I run my fog lights any time the lights are on. I was going to take mine to the dealer but I guessed you answered the warranty question for me. $150 to fix it? Damn...that's pretty expensive.

 

only if the glass is cracked. they will replace the bulbs for free up to 12 months / 12,000 miles (i think). i already have had 3 bulbs replaced. and now i have a cracked housing. i guess i just have bad fog light juju or something...

 

Bulb works fine...glass is craked from the inside.

 

Hey guys my dealer replaced both of mine, they looked stressed cracked, and they came with new bulbs, by the way 2001 with 3600 miles on it...

 

Here are the pics of my cracked light.

2001, 5954 miles



as you can see the housing fills with water, which NEVER drains, so it is only a matter of time before the bulb shorts out. she is hibernating anyway, so it is not that big of a deal right now... but still, I WANT IT FIXED!

 

The dealer replaced mine under warranty and gave me a new bulb also.
I think it depends on the relationship you have with your dealer or the parts department...
I told them I have heard of a lot of lights cracking and he called Ford head office to see if the problem was listed and nothing showed up... I think they crack due to heat build up and as soon as a bit of cold water or rain hits the lense they crack. Mine lasted 2000 KM before I replaced it.
They need to build a better fog light...

By the way I have 2001 lights..

 

Silver 2001 Lightning

I also had my fog lights replaced around 5000 miles. I noticed it just after a road trip. Dealer wanted to charge me, but I refused and they replaced them for free- just this once. Now I have two new fog lights on the shelf and two open holes where the fog lights were...
They didn't test the lights enough for taking road debris (@ 120mph)
Did you guys know that our cruise control still works at 120mph?

BTW - Long time reader, first time post...
I LOVE THIS PLACE :-)

 

is anyone else seeing a pattern here???

 

A pattern - YES - I've read threads elsewhere that this is very common - especially the 99 and '00 L's getting moisture (more like a gallon of water ) and the '01 cracking ... some people say temperature... I don't think that was the cause of mine...
Dealer should replace this the first time for free. Ford should kick the vendor *ss that make the fog lights!

 

Mine Cracked @ like 500 miles right after I go the truck. I think we all break them due to the Top End blast's we give are trucks.. Since everyone else has cracked and recracked after replacing them I just left mine alone. They have not filled up with water though....

 

I'm still wondering if it was an environmental stress crack agent. I used to work for a plastics compounder, and this was a major failure mode for these kinds of materials.

Question:
If you have had them crack - what cleaner did you use (soap/Windex/BlueCoral/TuffStuff/vinegar/etc...) ?

Same question for those who haven't had them crack.