12 V Socket 2 -U18-, REMOVING AND INSTALLING: Removing

Folding Compartment Socket: 

-- Remove the center console rear trim. Refer to CENTER CONSOLE REAR TRIM, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Open the folding compartment and remove the lighter/blind cover.

Socket Trim: 

-- Remove the socket trim. Refer to DISPLAY CONTROL HEAD TRIM, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the lighter/blind cover.

Continuation for All: 

Fig 1: 12 V Socket 5 -U26-

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-- The release tabs -2- on the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool Cigarette Lighter Release Tool: T40148  must engage in the openings on the cigarette lighter -3- in direction of -arrow-. To do so, the threaded rod -1- must be slid all the way down.

-- Slide the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool: T40148  all the way into the cigarette lighter -1-.

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-- 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 in direction of -arrows-.
  Fig 2: Identifying Release Tool T40148 In Use

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-- Remove the cigarette lighter using the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool: T40148  from the illumination ring with the Cigarette Lighter Illumination Bulb -L28-.

-- Guide the wire out through the mount.