[cammag]

One of the first things I do when I buy a new car is upgrade the headlight bulbs. It seemed a little tricky to replace the bulbs in the Mondeo, so I had a couple of other things to sort out on the car so I took it to the selling dealer to do a couple of other jobs and to replace all the bulbs. So I looked in the manual for what bulbs I needed and bought accordingly.

Now in my manual the specs for the fog lights are 55 watt HB4 so I spent $80 on some good HB4 bulbs.

When they were doing the other jobs the dealer fitted the bulbs. They came out and said to me that the fog light bulbs are the wrong ones and the do not fit. They assured me that the bulbs fitted in the car are HB4’s but the ones I supplied have the wrong harness connection.

I thought that was strange but did not argue with them, after all they know what they are doing.

When I got home I asked the manufacturer of the bulbs if there were different harness connectors for the HB4’s and was told no. I check with another manufacturer and with the retailer and I got the same answer.

I contacted Ford Aust. To find out what the story was, not an easy task. They did not listen to the problem and kept talking over the top of me.

So I thought I will have a look myself. I removed the plastic panel under the bumper to get access to lights and had a look.

WTF? H11 bulbs?

I checked manual again, definitely HB4 spec. Just not in the car. I check the UK manual (there was link on a thread here somewhere) and the spec there is H11.

What else is wrong in the manual? And what am I supposed to do with the opened H11 bulbs?

Just thought I would let you all know that the wrong bulbs are listed in the manual.

Cheers.