How to Replace Tail Light Reverse Bulbs 2009-18 Ram 1500
Created on: 2018-04-02
How to replace a broken, damaged or burnt out tail light bulb to the 17 Ram 1500 pickup truck.
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step 1 :Removing the Tail Light
- Lower the tailgate
- Remove the two T25 Torx screws from the tail light
- Pull the tail light off the truck bed
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step 2 :Changing the Tail Light Bulbs
- Twist the upper bulb socket counterclockwise out of the tail light
- Pull the bulb out of the socket
- Push a 3157K bulb onto the socket
- Twist the socket clockwise onto the tail light
- Twist the lower bulb socket counterclockwise out of the tail light
- Pull the bulb out of the socket
- Push a T5921 bulb onto the socket
- Twist the socket clockwise onto the tail light
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step 3 :Installing the Tail Light
- Line up the tail light tabs with the clips on the truck bed
- Slide the tail light onto the truck bed
- Insert the T25 Torx screws into the tail light
Tools needed
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Socket Extensions
Ratchet
T25 Torx Driver
T25 Torx Socket
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To do the tail light, first you need to let the tailgate down, so we'll come over here, grab the tailgate handle, and open it up. Inside here you'll notice a T25 Torx screw right here and right here. We're going to remove both of those with a T25 Torx bit on a ratchet. All right, there's one. Okay. At this point you should be able to just kind of pull on it and it'll slide right off of these two tabs you can see right here and right here. They line up with the tabs on the body, which hold it in place.
The upper bulb is right here. If you just turn it 90 degrees, you can pull it right out, and it looks like this one is a 3157K. That's just a dual filament bulb with clear glass. This one still works, so we're going to pop it right back into place. If you do need to take the connector off, you can just push this red tab up and squeeze and you can see it comes right out. But if you want it on there you obviously want the red tab down. It looks like a safety to hold it in place. We're going to put this right back in, turn it, and it locks right in.
On the bottom side you can just turn this about 45 degrees, pull it right out, and just grab the bulb and pull and this will come right out. These bulbs I believe are called 921 bulbs, or T5921 bulbs. They're usually quite inexpensive. You can buy them in 10 packs, but we're going to slide this one right back in because it's perfectly fine. If you did want to remove the connector, all you have to do is push the tab down and you can slide the whole connector right out. It's usually a good thing to know, because sometimes these little connectors actually start melting if the bulb is burned in a certain way. Back down here, we're going to slide it right back in the hole and then lock it into place by turning it 45 degrees.
To reinstall, you just want to slide these tabs over these clips like so. Now we're going to take our T25 screws and our socket and put them right back in the holes. These are something that you want to just be tightened just over hand tight. It's very easy to tighten these too much and start breaking things. You basically just want to – if you're putting your muscle from your elbow into it you're putting too much. You just want to use like a little bit of your hand muscle to get this done. That is plenty. Now it's installed. Now we can shut the tailgate and be done.
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