Willwork4truck
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High trim level taillight theft is a growing issue. Fords have easy to steal lenses with built in blind spot sensors. Thieves can get them in mere seconds, even with the tailgates locked. For 2024 Ford finally came out with a redesign set of screws and latch but for earlier years you are SOL except for the aftermarket.
Sure glad the RAM doesn't have that issue.
Heres a post from March 2024 on an F150 forum:
“My neighbor returned from a trip where the theft of both tail lights occurred in the hotel’s parking lot. Thieves have found the trick to quickly and easily lifting F150 tail lights, even with a locked tailgate. When he walked to his truck in the morning, he found wires hanging out of the back, tailgate down, and tail lights gone.
The thieves were able to pop-open the hard tonneau cover and remove four screws from the tailgate’s panel. They then were able to slide their hand behind the panel, grab the unlock cable, and manually activate it to open the tailgate.
With the tailgate open, only four bolts had to be removed to lift out the tail lights and unclip them. All fasteners were left in the bed of the truck.
The tailgate panel was not bent but the locking tabs were broken off on the connectors.
Only one dealer in San Antonio had the LED tail lights in-stock for the 2019 Lariat but not the replacement cables. The technician did demonstrate how easy it was to get the tailgate open and said this theft has become common.
The kicker … the bill from the dealer was north of $6,000 which included $950 in labor. This does sound unreasonably high but the LED tail lights are are around $1,500 retail and the BLIS sensor another $600. “.(End of copied posting.)
Crazy expensive. You know the insurance is going to go up a lot.
Sure glad the RAM doesn't have that issue.
Heres a post from March 2024 on an F150 forum:
“My neighbor returned from a trip where the theft of both tail lights occurred in the hotel’s parking lot. Thieves have found the trick to quickly and easily lifting F150 tail lights, even with a locked tailgate. When he walked to his truck in the morning, he found wires hanging out of the back, tailgate down, and tail lights gone.
The thieves were able to pop-open the hard tonneau cover and remove four screws from the tailgate’s panel. They then were able to slide their hand behind the panel, grab the unlock cable, and manually activate it to open the tailgate.
With the tailgate open, only four bolts had to be removed to lift out the tail lights and unclip them. All fasteners were left in the bed of the truck.
The tailgate panel was not bent but the locking tabs were broken off on the connectors.
Only one dealer in San Antonio had the LED tail lights in-stock for the 2019 Lariat but not the replacement cables. The technician did demonstrate how easy it was to get the tailgate open and said this theft has become common.
The kicker … the bill from the dealer was north of $6,000 which included $950 in labor. This does sound unreasonably high but the LED tail lights are are around $1,500 retail and the BLIS sensor another $600. “.(End of copied posting.)
Crazy expensive. You know the insurance is going to go up a lot.
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