Socket Illumination Bulb -L42- /12 V Socket -U5-, Removing And Installing: Removing

Fig 1: Identifying Socket Illumination, 12V Socket Wire Bracket

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-- Remove the center console. Refer to CENTER CONSOLE .

-- Unclip the wire from the mount -arrow-.

• 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: 12 V Socket 5 -U26-

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-- Open the cover -1- on the 12 V socket 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-

-- Turn the thumbwheel -2- on the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool:T40148  clockwise all the way to the end 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-.