Replacing:brake lamp bulbs, Replacing bulbs for rear lamps – Mercedes-Benz 2005 C 230 Kompressor User Manual
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Practical hints
Replacing bulbs
Parking and standing lamp bulb
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Turn housing cover
2 counterclock-
wise and remove it.
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Pull out bulb socket
5 with the bulb.
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Pull the bulb out of bulb socket
5.
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Press the new bulb into bulb socket
5.
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Press bulb socket
5 back into the
lamp.
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Align housing cover
2 and turn it
clockwise.
Side marker lamp bulb
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Carefully slide the lamp towards the
rear in direction of arrows.
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Remove the front end first.
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Turn the bulb socket with the bulb
counterclockwise and remove it.
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Pull the bulb out of the bulb socket.
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Insert the new bulb into the bulb sock-
et.
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Place the bulb socket back into the
lamp and turn it clockwise.
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To reinstall the lamp, set the rear end in
the bumper and let the front end en-
gage.
Replacing bulbs for rear lamps
Before you start to replace a bulb for a rear
lamp, do the following first:
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Turn the exterior lamp switch to
position
M (
Tail lamp unit
1 Trim panel
2 Latch
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Open the trunk lid.
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Turn latches
1 on respective trim
panel
2 clockwise.
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Fold trim panel
2 to the side.