Removing the left and right tail light from the side panel

Preliminary work 

• Refer to REMOVING THE LEFT AND RIGHT FLAPS FROM THE LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT TRIM PANEL .
• Refer to REMOVING BOTH LOWERING D-PILLAR TRIM PANELS .

• Removing the tail light on the side panel 

• Remove plug (1)  .
• Unlock plug connection (2)  and disconnect.

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• Loosen nuts (1)  .

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• Remove the tail light on the side panel (1)  in direction of arrow.

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