reverse light help
reverse light help
hey there, i have a 93 es300 and one of the reverse ligths went out. I pulled the carpet back to expose the metal wall part, but i just cant figure out how to get the bulb out. Much help would be appreciated. Thanks guys.
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Here's the answer I posted up in past threads with the similar question posed:
The tools you need here are a set of needle nose pliers and an 8mm socket wrench (the long kind). Pop the trunk, and carefully pull up the plastic trunk sill that runs the width of your car (a little force is needed here). Use your nose pliers to pluck out the (4) plastic peg covers on the side trunk carpet covering, located behind the license plate area. Then pull down the carpet covering to reveal the skeletal frame of your tailights (if the trunk light plastic cover gets in the way, you can pop that out too).
Here, you'll see at least (7) 8mm size bolts (I can't remember the exact #). All of these bolts hold the tailights in place, and tailight removal is necessary in order to get to your license plate light bulbs. You need to unscrew (4) of those bolts to remove the tailights, but unfortunately I don't remember exactly which ones, though the bolts should be symmetric on both tailights.
After you remove the bolts, carefully pull the tailights away from the trunk area and place them on the bumper (you do not need to remove any wiring or cables). With the tailights out, you should now be able to access all of the bulbs behind the tailights, including the reverse light bulbs. Take out the old ones. Now you need to wear rubber or latex gloves so that no oil or grease gets on the new bulbs. With your gloves on, place each of the new bulbs into its socket (you'll hear a click when it's locked in).
Worthy of note: It's generally a good idea to replace light bulbs in SETS if one of the bulbs burns out, so that there would be equal brightness and clarity.
Reverse the previous steps here, and turn on your lights to see your new lights working. That's it.
Let me know if you have any questions or problems, and good luck
The tools you need here are a set of needle nose pliers and an 8mm socket wrench (the long kind). Pop the trunk, and carefully pull up the plastic trunk sill that runs the width of your car (a little force is needed here). Use your nose pliers to pluck out the (4) plastic peg covers on the side trunk carpet covering, located behind the license plate area. Then pull down the carpet covering to reveal the skeletal frame of your tailights (if the trunk light plastic cover gets in the way, you can pop that out too).
Here, you'll see at least (7) 8mm size bolts (I can't remember the exact #). All of these bolts hold the tailights in place, and tailight removal is necessary in order to get to your license plate light bulbs. You need to unscrew (4) of those bolts to remove the tailights, but unfortunately I don't remember exactly which ones, though the bolts should be symmetric on both tailights.
After you remove the bolts, carefully pull the tailights away from the trunk area and place them on the bumper (you do not need to remove any wiring or cables). With the tailights out, you should now be able to access all of the bulbs behind the tailights, including the reverse light bulbs. Take out the old ones. Now you need to wear rubber or latex gloves so that no oil or grease gets on the new bulbs. With your gloves on, place each of the new bulbs into its socket (you'll hear a click when it's locked in).
Worthy of note: It's generally a good idea to replace light bulbs in SETS if one of the bulbs burns out, so that there would be equal brightness and clarity.
Reverse the previous steps here, and turn on your lights to see your new lights working. That's it.
Let me know if you have any questions or problems, and good luck
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