Boy, do I feel stupid...
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Drifting
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From: Camelot of the Mid West
Boy, do I feel stupid...
Drivers side DRL went out last week. Put the car up on the ramps and pulled the panel to change the bulb. Put a new bulb in, it worked, went ahead and put the panel back on. Next day I notice the DRL is not working. 
Great, I have a short or some other electrical problem that means I am going to have to take it to the dealer.
Today I am looking at the car and I can see the DRL bulb is right up against the lens. Unbotton the panel, pull the socket and there is no bulb! Evidently when I put the bulb in the socket, it was not fully engaged and while I was trying to get the socket back into the fitting, the bulb must have popped out. Now it is laying in there and I don't know how to get it out. So I put another bulb in the socket and everything works fine.
Now I just have to figure out how to get the loose one out from behind the lens
I miss the days when a bulb change meant taking two or four screws out of the lens to go straight into the bulb. Don't even get me started about changing a head light bulb on my beater (Taurus).
I think that set up was designed by the Marquis de Sade
Great, I have a short or some other electrical problem that means I am going to have to take it to the dealer. Today I am looking at the car and I can see the DRL bulb is right up against the lens. Unbotton the panel, pull the socket and there is no bulb! Evidently when I put the bulb in the socket, it was not fully engaged and while I was trying to get the socket back into the fitting, the bulb must have popped out. Now it is laying in there and I don't know how to get it out. So I put another bulb in the socket and everything works fine.
Now I just have to figure out how to get the loose one out from behind the lens
I miss the days when a bulb change meant taking two or four screws out of the lens to go straight into the bulb. Don't even get me started about changing a head light bulb on my beater (Taurus).
I think that set up was designed by the Marquis de Sade
Safety Car
Joined: Nov 2003
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From: San Jose CA
It's pretty easy to remove the light from the bumper. A couple screws, remove a spring holding it in, and it pops out. And remember to test the bulb before you put it back in the housing, just to be safe. 
