Rear Lamp Unit: Removal: Bulb

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Jeep Liberty. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

NOTE: The rear lamp unit may contain up to four bulbs, depending upon the market for which the vehicle was manufactured. The service procedures for each bulb are the same, only the bulb sizes and types may differ.

Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
Remove the rear lamp unit from the end of the quarter panel. (Refer to ELECTRICAL/LAMPS/LIGHTING - EXTERIOR/REAR LAMP UNIT - REMOVAL) .

Firmly grasp the socket on the socket plate on the back of the rear lamp unit housing for the bulb that is being removed and rotate it counterclockwise about 30 degrees to unlock it. See Fig 1.

Fig 1: Rear Lamp Bulb Remove/Install

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1 - REAR LAMP HOUSING

2 - SOCKET/BULB HOLDER

3 - BULB

4 - SOCKET PLATE

Pull the socket and bulb straight out of the keyed opening in the socket plate.
Pull the base of the bulb straight out of the rear lamp socket.