Review on 💡 Dorman 639-048 Multi Purpose Light Bulb: Versatile Illumination Solution by Steven Hudson

It was better than paying $12 to a Ford dealer BUT not quite an OEM replacement. I got it working, but it took me a few tries and switching different bulbs before I finally figured out that the cam was stopping at the bulb base, which wasn't shaped quite right. The lamp assembly was "overclocked" so that the electrical contacts on the bulb were not connected to the circuit board. so it doesn't light up. Of course, you won't know that until you bother putting the cluster build back into the dashboard. It was only through my persistence and lack of access to another replacement lamp that I realized the problem was with the base of the lamp assembly. I finally realized that when I overclock the lightbulb, it lights up. You don't have that positive "it's locked up" feeling and you just have to look at it and use your common sense to make it work. After my second failed install attempt, I'd happily give the Ford dealer his $12 for that stupid little bulb and save myself the frustration. I'm giving it 3 stars because I ended up getting it to work despite its manufacturing flaws and they only charged me $5 for that little bulb assembly versus the $12 Ford wanted which is morally reprehensible.