(5) Remove the backup lamp bulb from the tail
lamp socket plate.
INSTALLATION
(1) Install the backup lamp bulb into the tail lamp
socket plate (Fig. 3).
(2) Align the socket plate with the mounting hole
in the inner rear pillar.
(3) Using hand pressure, push the socket plate
gently and evenly into the inner rear pillar mounting
hole until both latch tabs are fully engaged (Fig. 2).
(4) If the vehicle is so equipped, reinstall the trim
onto the inside of the right or left rear corner pillar.
(5) Reconnect the battery negative cable.
BRAKE LAMP SWITCH
REMOVAL
WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death, on
vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the supple-
mental
restraint
system
before
attempting
any
steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt
tensioner, or instrument panel component diagno-
sis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery
negative (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for
the system capacitor to discharge before perform-
ing further diagnosis or service. This is the only
sure way to disable the supplemental restraint sys-
tem. Failure to take the proper precautions could
result in accidental airbag deployment.
(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative
cable.
(2) Locate the brake lamp switch on the pedal
bracket underneath the instrument panel (Fig. 4).
(3) Depress the locking tab on the brake lamp
switch body behind the pedal bracket and rotate the
switch counterclockwise about 30 degrees (Fig. 5).
(4) Pull the switch forward in the vehicle far
enough to disengage the switch plunger from the
mounting hole in the pedal bracket.
(5) Disconnect the vehicle wire harness from the
brake lamp switch connector receptacle.
(6) Remove the brake lamp switch from the vehi-
cle.
Fig. 3 Tail Lamp Bulb Remove/Install
1 - BRAKE/PARK LAMP BULB
2 - BACKUP LAMP BULB
3 - TURN SIGNAL LAMP BULB
4 - SIDE MARKER LAMP BULB
5 - TAIL LAMP SOCKET PLATE
Fig. 4 Brake Lamp Switch Location
1 - PEDAL BRACKET
2 - BRAKE LAMP SWITCH
3 - BRAKE PEDAL
Fig. 5 Brake Lamp Switch Remove/Install
1 - PEDAL BRACKET
2 - PLUNGER
3 - BRAKE LAMP SWITCH
4 - CONNECTOR RECEPTACLE
5 - LOCKING TAB
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LAMPS/LIGHTING - EXTERIOR
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