Removing/installing taillights
Fig. 282 Remove light / pull out connector
Read and observe
and
Removing
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Open the boot lid.
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Insert the clamps for removing the full wheel trims into opening
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Remove the cover by pulling the hook in the direction of arrow
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Unscrew the screws
with the key from the tool kit.
B
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Grasp the lamp and carefully remove in the direction of arrow
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Press the latch
on the holder in the direction of the arrow
C
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Press the safety lug in the direction of arrow
direction of arrow
.
5
Fitting
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Insert the connector into the light and lock it securely.
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Tighten the lock in the opposite direction to the arrow
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Insert the lamp with pins
D
» Fig. 282
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Carefully push the cover in
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2
3
and pull out the holder in the
4
.
3
into the recesses
E
in the body.
.
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Screw the tail lamp into place and install the cover. The cover must engage
securely.
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Close the boot lid.
CAUTION
Ensure that the cable bundle does not become pinched between the body
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and the lamp when it is being refitted – risk of damage to the electrical instal-
lation and risk of water ingress.
If you are not sure whether the cable bundle has become pinched, we rec-
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ommend that you have the light connection checked by a specialist garage.
Ensure that the vehicle paintwork and the tail lamp are not damaged when
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removing and installing the tail lamp.
Replacing the bulbs in the taillight assembly
Fig. 283 Outer part of the lamp / removing the bulb / lamp holder
Read and observe
» Fig.
282.
A
.
1
Outer part of the lamp
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Turn the holder with the bulb
.
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Remove the socket with the bulb from the lamp housing in the direction of
.
arrow
.
2
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Change the bulb.
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Reinsert the holder with the bulb into the lamp housing and turn in the oppo-
site direction of the arrow
Inner parts of the lamp
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Unlock the bulb holder at the areas marked with arrows
move the bulb holder from the light.
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Turn the respective light bulb counter-clockwise to the stop and remove it
from the bulb holder.
and
on page 233 first.
in the direction of arrow
A
to the stop.
1
» Fig. 283
Fuses and light bulbs
» Fig.
283.
1
and re-
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