I had a bunch of corrosion on one of mine, greenish stuff like you get at battery terminals...so much that one of the wires was disconnected. I scraped that stuff off and also scrubbed it with baking soda solution.
There are connectors leading to those lights that you have access to from inside the trunk (I think that is what horsey was refering to) I checked power there just to be sure it was okay to that point. Then I also checked it at the ends of wires that attach to the bulb holder.
When I put new bulb in still did not work at first...I rotated it while it was in place and then it came on...i guess that rotation finally got the contacts clean enough to make it go on.
1996 Contour GL Sport, Zetec, MTX
1995 Contour GL, Zetec, MTX
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