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Gen 6 Explorer Headlight assembly cost

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I just confirmed with a local Ford dealer that a single headlight assembly (left or right) for my 2021 Explorer ST cost $2,330.00 ($4,660.00/pair) and are special order. Page 342 of my 2021 Explorer Owner’s Manual (lower left under LED Lamps) says “LED lamps are not serviceable Items. See an authorized dealer if they fail”. As much as I like the car, this really pisses me off. I’m guessing Ford pays their vendor less the $100 per assembly. This is simply designed, purposeful lock-in. Keep it up Ford and I’ll buy my first Toyota.
 

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Bucephalus said:
I just confirmed with a local Ford dealer that a single headlight assembly (left or right) for my 2021 Explorer ST cost $2,330.00 ($4,660.00/pair) and are special order. Page 342 of my 2021 Explorer Owner’s Manual (lower left under LED Lamps) says “LED lamps are not serviceable Items. See an authorized dealer if they fail”. As much as I like the car, this really pisses me off. I’m guessing Ford pays their vendor less the $100 per assembly. This is simply designed, purposeful lock-in. Keep it up Ford and I’ll buy my first Toyota.
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Go buy a Toyota then…and you’ll figure out the headlights are the same way.
Most all modern LED head and tail lights are.
 

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The Toyota headlight is so much cheaper to replace :ROFLMAO:

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Not sure what you were expecting. The headlamp is designed as a complete unit using LED just like every other new car. They are all integrated systems and should you have a failure it's typically the ballast, not the diodes. The ballast is under $200 new from a dealer.
 

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Wanted to revive this thread instead of starting a new one.

The amber turn signal in my driver's side headlight just went out. Is there an easy way to tell if it's the LED lights themselves that went bad versus the ballast? Is there not a separate ballast for the turn signal itself? Would plugging the bad assembly into the working side (passenger) confirm the ballast isn't the problem if the turn signal still doesn't work?

I'm trying to handle this myself as bringing to the dealer would only add to the already high cost of an OEM replacement.
 

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The headlights are LED. Nothing is user serviceable.
 

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Cdubya said:
The headlights are LED. Nothing is user serviceable.
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Yeah I know that. I'm trying to understand if I can determine whether the module is the proble
 

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Yeah I know that. I'm trying to understand if I can determine whether the module is the proble
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Never hurts to disconnect the negative terminal of the battery for 30 min, to reboot everything. Maybe you will get lucky.
 

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