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

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

-- Trim: remove the blind cover/lighter.

-- Folding compartment: open the folding compartment and remove the lighter.

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

Fig 1: 12 V Socket 5 -U26-

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

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

• The plunger -2- is pulled up and the release tabs -1- are spreading in the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool:T40148  in the direction of -arrows-.
  Fig 2: Identifying Release Tool T40148 In Use

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-- Remove the cigarette lighter from the illumination ring with the Socket Illumination Bulb -L42- using the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool:T40148  .

-- Guide the wire out through the mount.