2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU clock

1. Open the hood.
2. Carefully pull directly up on the two latches to
unhook the lamp assembly.
3. Remove the lamp assembly from the vehicle by
pulling it forward. Use care not to scratch the
vehicle with the lamp or the lamp with the fender.4. Unclip the wiring harness and twist the socket
less than one-quarter turn counterclockwise and
remove it.
5. Gently wiggle the bulb from the socket. Replace the
old bulb with a new bulb.
6. Turn the socket back into place and reconnect the
wiring harness to the socket.
7. Return the lamp assembly to its original position.
Be sure to line up the holes in the lamp assembly
to the round ends of the mounting pins.
8. Press down on the two latches to hook the lamp
assembly in place.
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Front Turn Signal Lamps
1. Remove the headlamp assembly as described inBulb Replacement on page 5-42.
2. Once it has been removed, press the tab on the
white socket while twisting it less than one-quarter
turn counterclockwise and pull it out.3. Remove the old bulb and replace it with a new one.
4. Turn the socket back into place.
5. Return the lamp assembly to its original position.
Be sure to line up the holes in the lamp assembly
to the round ends of the mounting pins.
6. Press down on the two latches to hook in the lamp
assembly.
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp
(CHMSL)
1. Open the trunk and locate the CHMSL housing on
the underside of the rear window shelf.
2. Twist the socket one-quarter turn counterclockwise
to remove it.
3. Gently remove burned out bulb and replace with a
new one.
4. Turn the socket back into place.
5. Close the trunk.
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Removing the Spare Tire and Tools
The equipment you'll need is in the trunk.
1. Turn the center retainer
nut on the compact
spare tire cover
counterclockwise to
remove it.
2. Lift and remove the cover.
You will ®nd the jacking instructions label on the
underside of the tire cover.3. Turn the wing nut
counterclockwise and
remove it. Then lift
off the adapter
and remove the
compact spare tire.
See
Compact Spare
Tire on page 5-66
for more information
about the compact
spare tire.
4. Remove the jack and wrench from the trunk. Your
vehicle's jack and wrench are stored in a foam tray.
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5. Raise the vehicle by turning the wrench clockwise.
Raise the vehicle far enough off the ground so there
is enough room for the compact spare tire to ®t.
6. Remove all of the wheel nuts.
7. Then take off the ¯at tire.
8. Remove any rust or
dirt from the wheel
bolts, mounting
surfaces and spare
wheel.
{CAUTION:
Rust or dirt on the wheel, or on the parts to
which it is fastened, can make the wheel nuts
become loose after a time. The wheel could
come off and cause an accident. When you
change a wheel, remove any rust or dirt from
the places where the wheel attaches to the
vehicle. In an emergency, you can use a cloth
or a paper towel to do this; but be sure to use
a scraper or wire brush later, if you need to, to
get all the rust or dirt off.
{CAUTION:
Never use oil or grease on studs or nuts. If
you do, the nuts might come loose. Your wheel
could fall off, causing a serious accident.
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9. Install the compact spare tire. Put the wheel nuts
back on with the cone end of the nuts toward the
wheel. Tighten each nut by hand or with the wrench
until the wheel is held against the hub.10. Lower the vehicle by turning the wrench
counterclockwise. Lower the jack completely.
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