LEFT/RIGHT BACK-UP LAMP BULB -M16- / -M17-, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, AUDI A5, LED Through MY 2012: Removing

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Fig 1: Removing Cover

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-- Turn off the ignition and remove the key.

-- Turn the headlamp switch to "0".

-- Remove the cover -1- in direction of -arrow-.

-- Remove the nut -2- and remove the large clamping bracket -1-.

Fig 2: Unlocking Bulb Socket -3- With Needle Nose Pliers On Left Tail Lamp, Turn Counter-Clockwise -Arrow- ; On Right Tail Lamp, Turn Clockwise

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-- Unlock the bulb socket -3- with needle nose pliers: on the left tail lamp assembly, turn counter-clockwise -arrow- ; on the right tail lamp assembly, turn clockwise.

-- Pull the bulb socket out of the tail lamp housing.

-- Remove the back-up lamp bulb from the socket.