How to Replace Tail Light 2014-16 Subaru Forester
Created on: 2017-12-28
How to install, repair, fix, change or replace a broken, damaged, burned out, cracked, faded, cloudy or chipped tail light / brake light on 14, 15, 16, Subaru, Forester.
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step 1 :Removing the Tail Lights
- Remove the 10mm bolt from the tail light
- Pry out the tail light from the clip and pins
- Disconnect the connector
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step 2 :Installing the Tail Lights
- Connect the connector
- Press the tail light into place
- Tighten the 10mm bolts to the tail light
Tools needed
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Socket Extensions
Phillips Head Screwdriver
10mm Socket
Ratchet
Hi, I’m Mike from 1A Auto. We’ve been selling auto parts for over 30 years!
We have to remove the tail light from the body. There's a 10mm bolt up here and a 10mm bolt down here. It does have the Phillips head in it, but I'm going to use a 10mm socket and a ratchet to remove it.
These shouldn't be in there very tight, it should come right out. Get rid of that. Put that aside. Put that aside. Once these are removed, use our plastic trim tool. You can get these from 1AAuto.com.
There's a clip in here. It basically has to be un-clipped and slid rearward. I'll do my best to get this in here to help me pull this off. They're on there with pretty good force. You can see there's a clip here in the body, and then these two pins here that you have to pop it off of. I'm just going to unlock it from the connector. Push this down, and pull it out.
Now, to reinstall this tail light, you've got a pin down here that lines up here. You’ve got these two pins that are going to line up here, and you have to clip this clip over here on the side of the body. Of course, don't forget to plug it in.
We're going to plug it in, it'll click when it's locked into place, going to line this up. I'm going to watch this outside clip, going to get that caught there, and then I can see these ones in here so I'm going to push it over just like that, and I'll just snap it into place.
Reinstall the two 10mm bolts. This will be the identical procedure for the opposite side. You don't have to make these super tight, just snug them up, and our tail light's reinstalled.
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2014-16 Subaru Forester Driver Side Tail Light DEPO 320-1917L-UC
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