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CAUTION!
Do not touch the new bulb with your fingers. Oil
contamination will severely shorten bulb life. If the
bulb comes in contact with any oily surface, clean the
bulb with rubbing alcohol.
4. Install the bulb and connector assembly into the
headlamp housing and rotate it¼turn clockwise to
lock it in place.
Front Fog Lamp
NOTE:Turn the steering wheel to the right if replacing
the left front fog lamp or to the left if replacing the right
front fog lamp to allow for easier access to the front of the
wheel well.
1. Remove the fasteners retaining the front lower wheel
well access panel and remove the access panel.
2. Remove the electrical connector from the fog lamp
housing.
3. Squeeze the two tabs on the side of the bulb socket and
pull straight out from the fog lamp.
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3. Carefully insert a trim stick (plastic flat-blade tool)
between the body panel and the outboard side of the
tail lamp housing with one hand and grasp the flange
on the inboard side of the tail lamp housing with the
other hand. Use the trim stick and hand pressure
together to disengage the tail lamp housing from the
vehicle.
4. Rotate the applicable bulb’s electrical connector¼turn
counterclockwise and remove it from the tail lamp
housing.
5. Remove the bulb from the connector socket and install
the replacement bulb.
6. Install the bulb and connector assembly into the tail
lamp housing and rotate the connector¼turn clock-
wise to lock it in place.
7. Reinstall the tail lamp housing and fasteners.
Changing The Backup Lamp
1. Open the liftgate.
2. Remove the two fasteners retaining the tail lamp
housing to the liftgate from the inboard face of the
liftgate.
Tail Lamp Housing Retainers
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3. Carefully insert a trim stick (plastic flat-blade tool)
between the tail lamp housing and the liftgate. Use the
trim stick and hand pressure together to disengage the
tail lamp housing from the liftgate.
4. Rotate the applicable bulb’s electrical connector¼turn
counterclockwise and remove it from the housing.
5. Remove the bulb from the connector socket and install
the replacement bulb.
6. Install the bulb and connector assembly into the
housing and rotate the connector¼turn clockwise to
lock it in place.
7. Reinstall the tail lamp housing and fasteners.
Tail Gate Lamp
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License Plate Lamp
1. Push the small locking tab sticking out of the end of
the lens toward the side of the vehicle and hold it in
that position.
2. Insert a small flat-blade tool between the end of the
lens with the locking tab and the surrounding housing
and then pivot the tool to separate the lens from the
housing.
3. Hold the lens with one hand and rotate the bulb’s
electrical connector¼turn counterclockwise with the
other hand and then separate the bulb and connector
assembly from the lens.
4. Remove the bulb from the connector socket and install
the replacement bulb.
5. Install the bulb and connector assembly into the lens
and rotate the connector¼turn clockwise to lock it in
place.
6. Insert the end of the lens without the locking tab into
the housing on the liftgate and then push the opposite
end of the lens into the housing, making sure it locks
in the housing.
License Lamp
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