Difficulty

Easy

Steps

8

Time Required

                          10 - 20 minutes

Sections

1

  • Tail Light Bulb
  • 8 steps

Flags

This guide has been the hard work of our awesome students and is found to be exceptionally cool by the iFixit staff.

  • BackBMW

  • Full Screen

  • Options

  • History

  • Save to Favorites

  • Download PDF

  • Edit

  • Translate

  • Get Shareable Link

  • Embed This Guide

  • Notify Me of Changes

  • Stop Notifications

Introduction

The Tail light bulb is responsible for shining a red light to signal to sounding vehicles that you are slowing down or stopping.

Before using this guide, inspect the car battery and fuse by a local mechanic or use a multimeter to the positive and negative of the car battery to check if the car has full voltage before proceeding to replace the rear brake bulk/light.

Before beginning, make sure to let the car completely cool off.

Importance of Light Bulbs

Step 1

              Tail Light Bulb
  • Turn off the car and let the car cool down for 5 minutes.

Turn off the car and let the car cool down for 5 minutes.

1024

Step 2

  • Open the trunk using your key in the trunk key slot or by using the button under the CD player.

Open the trunk using your key in the trunk key slot or by using the button under the CD player.

Step 3

  • Remove the small plastic cover along the vertical edge of the trunk entrance by pulling outwards using the handle.
  • Pull outwards till pannel comes off and place down giving access to the inside of the quarter panel.

Remove the small plastic cover along the vertical edge of the trunk entrance by pulling outwards using the handle.

Pull outwards till pannel comes off and place down giving access to the inside of the quarter panel.

Step 4

  • Grab the light bulb socket and turn it counterclockwise until it can be removed from its hole.
  • Repeat this process for the other light bulb socket.

Grab the light bulb socket and turn it counterclockwise until it can be removed from its hole.

Repeat this process for the other light bulb socket.

Step 5

  • Remove the light bulbs from their sockets by gently pulling them away from the connectors.

Remove the light bulbs from their sockets by gently pulling them away from the connectors.

Step 6

  • Place the new bulb in the original hole.
  • Turn clockwise to secure the bulb in place.

Place the new bulb in the original hole.

Turn clockwise to secure the bulb in place.

Step 7

  • Place Plastic cover along the bottom of the trunk next to the corresponding hole.
  • Push cover in till it is flush with a vertical wall of the trunk.

Place Plastic cover along the bottom of the trunk next to the corresponding hole.

Push cover in till it is flush with a vertical wall of the trunk.

Step 8

  • Close trunk and admire your hard work!

Close trunk and admire your hard work!

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Cancel: I did not complete this guide.

Author

                                      with 1 other contributor 


                    Juan M Perez

Member since: 10/05/2021

166 Reputation

                                      1 Guide authored                  



                       Badges:
                       3

Team

                       CSU Los Angeles, Team 11-99, Grodsky Fall 2021                        

                                                  Member of CSU Los Angeles, Team 11-99, Grodsky Fall 2021 



                    CSULA-GRODSKY-F21S11G99                     


                                            1 Member                     


                                            1 Guide authored