Socket Illumination Bulb -L42- /12 V Socket -U5-, REMOVING AND INSTALLING: Removing

Fig 1: Center Console Illumination Bulb, 12V Socket

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-- Vehicles with MMI Basic: remove the center console insert. Refer to CENTER CONSOLE INSERT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Vehicles with MMI Convenience: remove the Multimedia System Control Head -E380-. Refer to FRONT INFORMATION DISPLAY CONTROL HEAD CONTROL MODULE, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Unclip the electrical connector unit -2- from the mount.

-- Disconnect the connector -1- and secure a long cord on it.

-- The release tabs -2- on the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool T40148 must engage into the openings in the 12 V Socket -U5- -item 3- -arrow-. To do so, the threaded rod -1- must be slid downward until it stops.

Fig 2: Identifying 12 V Socket And Release Tool T40148

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-- Open the cover -1- on the 12 V Socket -U5- and hold it in this position.

Fig 3: Identifying T40148

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-- Slide the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool T40148 all the way into the 12 V Socket -U5-

-- Rotate the thumbwheel -2- on the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool T40148 clockwise as far as the stop.

• The piston -2- is pulled upward and the release tabs -1- on the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool T40148 spread -arrows-.
  Fig 4: Identifying Release Tool T40148 In Use

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-- Remove the 12 V Socket -U5- from the illumination ring with the Socket Illumination Bulb -L42- using the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool T40148.

-- Disconnect the connector.

-- Release the clips in direction of -arrow-.

Fig 5: Identifying Socket Illumination Bulb

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-- Remove the illumination ring -1- with the Socket Illumination Bulb -L42- from the center console storage compartment -2-.