C5 Estate 2007 Diesel I.6 Lx Brake Bulbs Replacement

[Guest stephenking]

How do I replace the offside brake light bulb? I don't want to force the black cowling  The owners manual

doesn't help much.  Stephen.

[coastline taxis]

If you look at the inner side of the bottom section of the light youl see that theres 2 x 10 or 8 mm nuts they might still have there plastic caps on them in which case same place but look for circles in the plastic and prise them out to reveal the nuts

[paul.h]

Copy of a reply to the same post on the New Member pages, so it appears under C5 pages. First time I removed the rear lights I struggled and made following notes in the Haynes manual for next time.

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The estate rear lower light section has to be removed,

- prise out the lower plastic nut cover disc, use a thin walled deep/long 10mm socket to remove the now revealed nut, the lower light is still held to the body by 2 lugs, 1 at the top and 1 near the bottom, it helps in removal to use a screwdriver to lever out backwards the top of the lower light against the upper light between the 2 red lenses whilst pulling the light but be carefull to avoid damage to the lenses and any paintwork (a bit of cardboard may help and also on the bumper).

- To remove the upper light, do the lower one first and similarly remove the nut cover/nut and pull the light off.

 

In the handbook, by cowling they mean the nut cover disc.The small lugs on these are easy to break off and black tape can cover the nut holes, new ones cost about £1.50 for 2 on a C3.

 

If you get the C5 Haynes manual, it shows the lower light lugs on page 12.13, fig. 9.21.