How to Replace Horn Assembly 2008-12 Ford Escape

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What's up, guys? I'm Andy from 1A Auto. In this video, I'm going to show you how to replace the horns on this 2012 Ford Escape. If you need parts for your vehicle, click the link in the description and head over to 1aauto.com.

We're going to open the hood. Just pull on that lever right there. There's a hood release over here. Slide it to the left and grab the prop rod. Put that in position there. Take a 10-millimeter socket. We're going to take these two bolts out on top here. Take this bolt out, and then same on this side. Use the same 10-millimeter socket and ratchet.

I'm going to raise and support the vehicle. I'm using a two-post lift. If you're doing this at your house, you can use a jack and jack stands. I'm going to take some of these push clips off. There's one missing right here. They're there and there. I'm just going to use this trim tool--we sell this at 1aauto.com. Just grab the center part of the clip and pry it out like that. You can get behind the clip and pull it out. Do that to the other ones. I'm just pulling the clips out of right here from underneath here. I'm going to use a 10-millimeter socket and a ratchet. Take these bolts out. Take that bolt out. Take these two out. I'm going to remove this bolt as well.

To make it easier, I'm going to remove this whole piece. It's not completely necessary, but it will be a lot easier, so I'll remove this bolt as well. There's a push clip on the backside over here. It would be easier if you had the tire off to see this stuff, but it's not impossible to do with the tire on. Just grab the trim tool. Pull this clip out. Now from underneath on the front there's some bolts right here. There's one here and one here. We are going to do the same on the other side. We'll use the same 10-millimeter socket, and I'll use an extension and ratchet. It's out. I can grab this panel. Slide it down.

So that I can pull this inner fender well down a little more, I'm just going to take this Phillips head screw out right here. Pull it out. Just pull this push clip out as well. The little push tab in here, it's there. If the bumper has never been removed, it's probably still there. If it has been removed, it may not be there because it's not something you would put back in. I'm just taking a straight blade screwdriver. I just want to push it up. You can see right there. Pull that out. When that's out, then you can grab the bumper and just pull it out just like that, and just release it just like that. Then we'll do the same procedure for the other side.

All right, these fog lights are still connected. We want to disconnect these. Just push down on the tab and slide it out. Do the same for the other side just like that. Underneath here, there's a pushpin. Just use the trim tool. Pull that out. Be careful, that was the only thing left holding the bumper on. This side should have one, but it doesn't.

Now we're going to grab the bumper. Make sure both sides are released and just slide it off. I'm going to disconnect the electrical connector on the horn. Just push down on the button and slide the connector off. There's a connector that connects both horns together. We can take this off and just use the 90-degree pick. Just slide under here. Lift up. Then slide on the backside as well. Pull that out.

Basically, you just take the pick underneath here, and then get underneath here on this side. Just disconnect that connector. Then I'm going to take a 10-millimeter ratchet wrench. Loosen up this nut right here. Once it's loose, I can just do it with my fingers. Pull that off and slide it out. To remove the other horn, it would be a similar procedure. You just take that nut off.

On this horn, if you look at it, there's an H. That stands for the high-tone horn. This happens to be the high one. This one, if we looked at, there would be an L on that. That'd be the low-tone horn. Based on whether you're missing your high-tone sound or your low-tone, that's which one you would replace. It's a good idea to replace them both at the same time because, generally, they get moisture in them, and they stop working.

A lot of times there will be corrosion on them like this. That will cause the horn not to work any more. Generally, you'd want to replace this at this time. Take the horn and slide it in position with the nut. I'll take a ratchet wrench and just snug this up while I'm holding the horn. We can reconnect this connector that connects to the other horn. Lock it in place. Then take the connector. It goes to the vehicle, and connect that back together just like that.

Take the bumper. I'm just going to slide it in position. You could use a partner to help you get this side lined up. Push it in. That little tab we pulled out, we're not going to be able to get it back in, but it's okay. It's going to stay secure. We'll do the same for the other side. This is one of those pins, but after you take this off, you can't really get that back in. That's secure. We're going to install push-pins in here. Just get these lined up. One there, and then also one over here.

We're going to take this panel. Slide this in position. The back part is going to go over the axle. This part is going to slide up here. Take the bolt. I'm going to stick in my socket and extension. The same with the other ones. Get this push-pin pushed in. Get these two bolts started. Once I have all those bolts started, I can go back with a ratchet and a 10-millimeter socket and extension and snug these all up.

Take the fog light. We want to connect the fog light connector. Just line it up and lock it in place, and do the same for the other side. We're going to put these push-pins in on this side here. There was one missing here, so I'll put a new one in right there. Put a push-pin right here. Phillips head screw right here. Just use a Phillips head screwdriver and snug it up. There's another pushpin right under here.

Now I'm going to do the same procedure for the other side. I'll take these two bolts up top. One goes here and one goes on the other side here. Get them started. Take a 10-millimeter socket and a ratchet, and then snug them up.

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