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How To Replace Taillight Assembly and Bulb 1998-2004 Dodge Intrepid

Created on: 2011-03-09

Replacing the tail light assembly or tail light bulb? Watch this how-to video and learn how to DIY

  1. step 1 :Removing the Taillight Assembly
    • Pry out the pins along the trunk insulation.
    • Pull the insulation back.
    • Remove the three thumb screws from the back of the taillight.
    • Pull the taillight assembly straight out.
    • Press the tab on the connector and disconnect the taillight assembly.
  2. step 2 :Replacing a Bulb
    • Twist the socket counterclockwise.
    • Pull the bulb straight out.
    • Push the new bulb into place.
    • Twist the socket clockwise to lock it back into place.
  3. step 3 :Replacing the Taillight Assembly
    • Twist out all of the sockets from the old taillight and twist them into the new taillight.
    • Reconnect the harness.
    • Line up the taillight and push it into place.
    • Replace the three thumb screws.
    • Replace the insulation.
    • Reinsert the pins into the insulation.

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Hi. I'm Mike Green. I'm one of the owners of 1A Auto. I want to help you save time and money repairing and maintaining your vehicle. I'm going to use my twenty plus years of experience restoring in repairing cars and trucks like this, to show you the correct way to install parts from 1AAuto.com. The right parts, installed correctly. That's going to save you time and money. Thank you, and enjoy the video.

In this video we're going to show you how to remove the taillight, replace the bulbs and reinstall the taillight. And no tools are necessary, but you may need a pair of pliers to get the clips out of the insulation in your trunk. This is the same for any '98 to '04 Intrepid.

Just go and open up your trunk, and you have a liner here that's actually the pins are missing on this car, but they're are little pins like this, and you can use a screwdriver or a pair of pliers to pull those up. And then you want to pull your liner back, and then there's three thumb screws. One here, and one over there, and then one up in there.

So we'll just fast forward here a little bit as I take off those thumb screws. And if they are tight, there is a bolt head on them that you can use a pliers or something to get a little more leverage.

Once you have the taillight assembly out, here's a connector that disconnects the whole thing. Just press on that tab and pull. So here's your taillight out. Obviously you're not going to disconnect it if you're just replacing the bulbs. If you're just replacing bulbs, twist counter clockwise. Pull it out. The bulbs pull out and back in. And then there's a smaller bulb here as well. For the side marker. Pulls out.

And then at 1A Auto we sell if you've had a broken rear taillight, we sell the whole assembly. So if you back into something or something like that, don't fret. This is going to go in and mount everything the same. I'm not going to install the new one, because you can see that this one is fine. You wouldn't want to take your connector off of this one, and transfer all your bulbs and harnesses and everything.

And obviously installation. Reconnect our harness. Slide it back in place. Just guide it in. Put your three thumb screws back on. And put your insulation back in place, and your pins back in, and you're all set.

We hope this helps you out. Brought to you by www.1AAuto.com, your source for quality replacement parts, and the best service on the internet. Please feel free to call us toll free 888-844-3393. We're the company that's here for you on the internet and in person.


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