Removing the tail light on the left and right side panel

Preliminary work 

• Refer to REMOVING THE CARGO AREA FLOOR COVERING .
• Refer to REMOVING TRUNK COMPARTMENT LIGHT .
• Refer to REMOVING THE LOADING EDGE TRIM .
• Refer to REMOVING LEFT AND RIGHT LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT WHEEL ARCH TRIM PANELS .
• Refer to REMOVING THE COVER IN THE WATER CHANNEL ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT .

Remove tail light 

• Detach the trim (3) in the water channel upwards from the clips (1).
• Detach the trim (3) in the water channel from the guides (2) and remove it.

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• Loosen nuts (1).

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• Loosen nut (1).
• Unlock plug connection (2) and disconnect.
• Guide the tail light (3) to the rear out of the guide (4).

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