Lighting - Stop/Tail Light Inoperative With DTC's
STOP / TAIL LIGHT NOT ILLUMINATING WITH DTCS 9102, 9103, 9106, 9107, 9126, 9127 OR 9136Topic number LI82.10-P-045622
Version 4
Design group 82.10 Exterior lights
Date 11-20-2009
Validity Model 164.122/125/172/175/177/186
Model 251.122/156/165/175/177
Reason for change Cable Tie part number included
Reason for block
Complaint:
Stop / Tail Light not Illuminating with DTCs 9102, 9103, 9106, 9107, 9126, 9127 or 9136 (Vehicles without LED tail lamps)
Cause:
N/A
Remedy:
1. Remove trim in cargo area to gain access to tail lamp housing.
2. Twist and remove stop bulb socket (E3e4 on 164 or E3e9 on 251) from the housing.
3. Unplug the electrical connector from the tail lamp housing.
4. Remove the pin from the actuation line connector for the stop light (Figure 1 or Figure 2).
Note:
Open locking catch otherwise the contacts may be irreparably damaged (AR00.19-0120-02B).
5. Pull on the wire as the pin removal tool is inserted to remove the wire.
6. Insert actuation line for stop light into repair harness connector pin 2 (Figure 3, 4) and (Figure 4).
7. Plug connector of repair harness into the socket of the repair harness.
Note:
Confirm the housing clicks into place.
8. Attach repair harness to left wheel arch trunk line ground terminal W6, and right trunk line ground terminal W7 (Figure 5).
9. Install bulb in socket of repair harness.
10. Install socket into the rear tail lamp housing.
11. Reconnect electrical connector to the tail lamp housing.
12. Fasten repair harness along original harness with one cable tie for the 251 or two cable ties for the 164 to prevent the movement of the connector on the repair harness.
13. Repeat for stop lamp (Ee4e4 on 164 or E4e9 on 251) on other side.
Attachments
Symptoms
Control unit/fault code
Parts
Work units
WIS-References
Validity
Attachment - Figures 1-3
Attachment - Figure 4 - 5
Figure 2