1996 GMC SAVANA Owners Manual

Composite Headlamps
1. Open the hood.
2. Locate the rear side of each of the headlamps.
3. Without removing the headlamp assembly itself,
remove the bulb assembly from the
back of the
headlamp
on the driver’s side by turning the bulb
counterclockwise one quarter turn.
4. On the passenger side, turn the bulb clockwise
one-quarter turn.
Also, to remove the bulb on the
passenger side,
you will need to move the battery.
5. Install a new bulb. Do not handle the glass part of
the bulb.
6. Reverse Steps 3 through 4 to reinstall the headlamp.
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Trent Parkinglnrn Signal Lamps
To replace the front parking/turn signal lamps:
2. Remove the lamp from the grille.
1. Remove the outer screws from the parking/turn
signal
lamp lens assembly. (There are either two or
four screws, depending on your vehicle’s trim level.)
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Sidemarker Lamps
I. Remove the screw from the top of the lens.
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2. Un-clip the bottom of the lamp from the grille.
3. Remove the bulb by twisting it out of the socket.
Turn
the bulb to remove it. Install the new bulb.
4. Reverse these steps to reinstall the lamp.
Taillamps
1. Open the rear door.
2. Push the socket protector until you can see
the fasteners.
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3. Remove the nuts with a deep socket wrench.
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4. Remove the hidden upper nuts.
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5. Lift the lamp as you
rotate it toward the
rear
of the vehicle.
6. Turn the sockets to the left to remove.
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7. With the door open, turn the bulb to the left to
remove it. Install the new bulb.
8. Reverse the above steps to reinstall the lamp.
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement
See “Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts” in the
Index for the proper type
of replacement blade.
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Replacement blades come in different types and are
removed
in different ways. To remove the type with a
release clip:
1.
2.
3.
To remove the old wiper blades, lift the wiper arm
until it locks into a vertical position.
Press down on the blade assembly pivot locking tab.
Pull down
on the blade assembly to release it from
the wiper arm hook.
Remove
the insert .from the blade assembly. The
insert has two notches at one end that are locked
by
bottom claws of the blade assembly. At the notched
end, pull
the insert from the blade assembly.
4. To install the new wiper insert, slide the notched end
last, into the end
with two blade claws. Slide all the
way through the blade claws at the opposite end.
5. Be sure that the notches are locked by the bottom
claws. Make sure that all other claws are properly
locked on both sides of
the insert slots.
6. Put the blade assembly pivot in the wiper arm
hook. Pull up
until the pivot locking tab locks in
the hook slot.
7. Carefully lower the wiper arm and blade assembly
into the windshield.
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