GM 19149889
Tail Lamp Assembly, Driver Side

Begin the back up lamp service process by opening the rear compartment and taking off the rear compartment convenience net from its plastic wingnuts. First pull up the trim panel corner from the rear and take off the outer plastic wingnut for the taillamp. After that work with plastic wingnuts through this access point. Press the taillamp lightly to keep it in place as you remove all other plastic wingnuts. Detach the taillamp assembly from its slot in the body panel while maintaining support underneath. Then turn each lamp socket in a counter-clockwise direction to free and take out the sockets from their housing component. To install place the lamp sockets into the taillamp housing and turn them counter-clockwise to secure them in place. Place the taillamp assembly back onto the rear body panel making it touch the lens lightly during plastic wingnut installation. This taillight method will remain hidden under the rear compartment trim panel. Insert the rear compartment trim panel corner first then join and secure all plastic wingnut retainers to the taillamp unit. Fit the rear compartment convenience net to its plastic wingnut retainers before putting on the rear compartment lid.

Start by opening the rear compartment to remove the convenience net from plastic wingnut retainers if present. Proceed by removing the plastic wingnut that is in plain sight at the tail lamp and push the rear compartment trim panel corner to reach the remaining plastic wingnuts. Apply gentle pressure to the tail lamp lens as you remove the other plastic wingnuts. Next step is to remove the tail lamp assembly from the rear body panel after completing wingnut removal. To perform the replacement start by turning the lamp sockets clockwise to separate them from the tail lamp housing and afterward extract the tail lamp housing assembly with its bulbs out from the sockets when required. Start by inserting tail lamp bulbs into their respective sockets before you attach the sockets to the tail lamp housing through clockwise rotation until they become completely seated. Use light force on the lens when attaching the tail lamp assembly to the rear body panel through its plastic wingnut retainers. Affix the tail lamp assembly by using plastic wingnut retainers and reinstall the rear compartment trim panel corner before completing with the remaining tail lamp plastic wingnut retainer. The rear compartment convenience net should be reinstalled on its plastic wingnut retainers prior to sealing the rear compartment.

Take out the visible plastic wingnut retaining the tail lamp and pull back the corner of the rear compartment trim panel.

Take out the visible plastic wingnut retaining the taillamp and pull back the corner of the rear compartment trim panel to access the remaining plastic wingnuts.

Place the tail lamp bulbs back into the sockets if they were removed.

Remove the backup lamp bulbs from the sockets.

Reinstall the rear compartment convenience net to the plastic wingnut retainers before closing the rear compartment lid.