Last night I reached up to turn on one of the front passenger lights inside the cabin of the Ford Edge and was surprised to see what looks like to fossil of a long deceased bee trapped inside the bulb (check out the bottom right corner of the picture). I spent some time trying to figure out how the bee could have entered the bulb in the first place, and couldn’t come up with any plausible ideas as there does not seem to be any entry or exit path? It seems that someone has bugged the Edge. I wonder what state secrets have been compromised!
Alison Steinlauf Anziska, Marketing Coordinator @ 13,801 miles.
tackepj says:
05:33 AM, 10/23/07
I'm amazed at the persistence and ability of bugs to get into places you would never expect to find them. I have several insect carcasses (carci?) in the dome lamp of my pickup, and the lamp cover snaps on tight as a drum.
tackepj says:
05:34 AM, 10/23/07
I should also mention (can't edit?)...the bee is in the light, not the bulb. That would really be amazing!
daytona_500 says:
07:05 AM, 10/23/07
Eww, thats downright creepy.
mirth says:
10:24 AM, 10/23/07
Bees and wasps can fit into amazingly small cracks or holes. Still, this one must have been working overtime.
chrishs2000 says:
10:53 AM, 10/23/07
Yikes, nice panel gap.
mystique says:
11:45 AM, 10/23/07
Too many logbook updates have nothing to do with the car. I would like to hear about the edge, not a navigation system, or a bee, or fords swap your ride marketing program. Lets hear about the edge.
neatnick79 says:
02:02 PM, 10/23/07
Hmm... could have been in there somewhere when the lamp was produced... I drove a rental '08 Sable about a month ago and one of the taillamps had what looked like a hair inside... a short, dark one... very mysterious indeed. Maybe someone's leaving the door open at the lamp assembly plant!
billt9 says:
06:19 PM, 10/23/07
I'm sure a spider crawled in, killed the bee, then crawled back out.
That's why the bee is dead.
bimmerjay says:
09:26 PM, 10/23/07
Why wouldn't the spider have eaten the bee?
estreka says:
10:58 PM, 10/23/07
A bird grasped the spider and ate it.
flicmod says:
12:54 PM, 10/24/07
But how did the bird get in AND out of the vehicle?
estreka says:
01:55 PM, 10/24/07
Now you're just being nosey.
anythngbutgm says:
05:05 AM, 10/25/07
Maybe Alison has a cat that ate the bird?
flicmod says:
04:10 PM, 10/25/07
I'm going to assume a dog was also involved.
estreka says:
10:41 AM, 10/26/07
So is this a quality issue or a reliability issue? I suppose it depends on whether that bee has been there for the life of the vehicle.
konocar400h says:
10:54 AM, 01/14/08
My BMW has the same problem with ladybugs in the rear reading lights