Procedures

TAIL LAMP UNIT

REMOVAL
1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. If the vehicle is so equipped, remove the trim from the inside of the right or left rear corner pillar.

Test Lamp Socket Plate Remove/Install:

3. From inside the vehicle, use hand pressure to push the two latch tabs toward the center of the tail lamp unit socket plate and pull the socket plate straight out from the inner rear pillar.

Tail Lamp Unit Remove/Install:

4. Pull the socket plate away from the inner rear pillar far enough to access the tail lamp unit mounting nuts.
5. From the inside of the vehicle, remove the four nuts that secure the tail lamp unit housing to the vehicle.
6. Remove the tail lamp unit housing and gasket from the outside of the vehicle.

INSTALLATION
1. Position the tail lamp unit housing and gasket to the outside of the vehicle.
2. From the inside of the vehicle, install and tighten the four nuts that secure the tail lamp unit housing to the vehicle.
3. Align the socket plate with the mounting hole in the inner rear pillar.
4. Using hand pressure, push the socket plate gently and evenly into the inner rear pillar mounting hole until both latch tabs are fully engaged.
5. If the vehicle is so equipped, reinstall the trim onto the inside of the right or left rear corner pillar.
6. Reconnect the battery negative cable.