Rear Lamp Unit Replacement

REMOVAL
1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.

Fig.60 Rear Lamp Unit Remove/Install:

2. Open the tailgate to access and remove the two screws that secure the inboard side of the rear lamp unit to the side jamb of the tailgate opening (Fig. 60).
3. Pull the outboard side of the rear lamp unit rearward (away from the end of the quarter panel) far enough to unsnap the two ball studs on the outboard side of the lamp housing from the plastic nuts in the quarter panel.
4. Pull the rear lamp unit away from the quarter panel far enough to access and disconnect the wire harness connector for the lamp unit from the connector receptacle on the lamp socket plate.
5. Remove the rear lamp unit from the quarter panel.
6. Remove the plastic nuts from the quarter panel and discard.

INSTALLATION
1. Install new plastic nuts into the quarter panel (Fig. 60).
2. Position the rear lamp unit to the quarter panel.
3. Reconnect the wire harness connector for the rear lamp unit to the connector receptacle on the lamp socket plate.
4. Align the two ball studs on the outboard side of the rear lamp unit housing with the plastic nuts in the quarter panel.
5. Using hand pressure, push the outboard side of the rear lamp unit forward (towards the end of the quarter panel) far enough to snap the two ball studs on the outboard side of the lamp housing into the plastic nuts in the quarter panel.
6. Align the mounting holes on the inboard side of the rear lamp unit housing with the plastic nuts in the side jamb of the tailgate opening.
7. Install and tighten the two screws that secure the inboard side of the rear lamp unit housing to the plastic nuts in the side jamb of the tailgate opening. Tighten the screws to 2 N m (20 in lbs)
8. Reconnect the battery negative cable.