Left/Right Back-Up Lamp Bulb -M16- / -M17-, Removing And Installing, Led (Sedan Through My 2012): Removing

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Fig 1: Prying Cover Using Trim Wedge 3409

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-- Turn off the ignition and remove the key.

-- Turn the headlamp switch to "0".

-- Pry off the cover -1- using the Trim Removal Wedge 3409 -arrow-.

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

Fig 2: Removing Back-Up Lamp Bulb (Sedan Through MY 2012)

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-- Unlock the bulb socket -3- : on the left tail lamp assembly, turn counterclockwise -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.