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How to Change Third Brake Light Bulbs 1996-2004 Nissan Pathfinder

Created on: 2018-06-28

How to repair, install, fix, change or replace a broken, damaged, burned out, cracked, faded, cloudy or chipped third brake light on 00 Nissan Pathfinder

  1. step 1 :Removing the Bulbs
    • Use a Philips head screw driver to remove the two screws
    • Twist the bulb socket counterclockwise to unlock it
    • Pull the bulb straight out of its socket
  2. step 2 :Reinstalling the Bulbs
    • Line up the bulb and press it in
    • Line up the socket and twist it clockwise
    • Insert the wire into the slot in the cover
    • Line up the cover and screw in the two screws

Hi, I’m Mike from 1A Auto. We’ve been selling auto parts for over 30 years!

Open the lift gate. Take a Phillips head screwdriver. Take these two screws out, one here and one here. This cover will come down.

To get these bulbs out, you can turn, twist to the left, and pull them down to get the bulb out. Just pull out. You can replace these bulbs individually. Two, three, four, five. That's five of them.

These bulbs are a W5W or you can also use a 194 bulb in its place if you have to.

To put it back in, just line it up with the slot, and then line this socket up, and twist to the right. The rest of the bulbs are the same. You twist them out the same way.

So we'll put this cover back on. Line this up. There's a slot right here for the wire. So we'll send the wire through that slot. Line that up. Take our Phillips head screwdriver, just get this screw started, and then we'll get the other one started. Just snug it up. It is plastic so don't over tighten it, stress it.

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