C7HOORAY

I give up...how do you change the tail light bulbs (and access their wiring) on a C7??? Did a search and found nothing? Owners manual says "go to the dealer"!?

Jasonhol

You will be dead by the time they would normally need to be replaced.
Jason

Steve_R

Why worry or even think about it?

C7HOORAY

Nothing last forever!

awright2009

They are leds and are pulsed on and off thousands of times per second to get the "dim" effect just right by some sort of computer module. I wouldn't replace them with cheap aftermarket chinese stuff

Black&White

You have to remove the whole rear bumper cover top and bottom to get at the tail lamps. Then you cant just replace the LED bulbs you must replace the whole fixture. The fixture costs about $300 per side then you can figure about 2 hours labor to remove the whole back of the car and re install. Then hope the paint doesn't get damaged.

C7HOORAY

So GM goes from $1.29 bulbs to $300 dollar assemblies that owners cannot access? That's supposed to be progress? Progress my posterior....it's thievery!

mpuzach

Ah, no, it's not. As Jasonhol pointed out above, they're LEDs and aren't likely to need replacement in your lifetime. Chill.

Steve_R

Absolutely! They should go back to carburetors and manual fuel pumps too. Round sealed beam headlights would be much better as well. Progress? Better technology? Screw that!

fdxpilot

Bring back skinny bias ply tires! I want to be a Luddite too.

Larry/car

You for got the electric starter, cranking the engine by hand, sucks.

dvilin

cheapthrills

When you see other C7 taillights on a PDR recording you can see the pulsing, it's very strange looking.

C7HOORAY

The "progress" sometimes IS regressive....$300 replacement key fobs?...$1500 starters on certain Lexus models (mounted between the V-8 cylinder banks)?...headlight housings that cost $1000 dollars or more? ...cars that have to be "totalled" even though damage was minor because air bag replacement costs are astronomical?...and look at the NEAR future...self-driving cars...plasma screen instruments...you get the point?

Do you REALLY want a car that does all the driving for you?????

I'm all for progress and I love modern cars, but sometimes engineering and practical solutions get lost or overdeveloped and the consumer's take it in the ear....

Bill17601

I understand and accept change. I remember my first Corvette a 1962 beauty. There is nothing on that car that I would want on my C7. Life is much better when you go with the flow and let go of what you can not change.

chi_stingray

I always wondered why they flickered in some videos. Learn something new everyday

Steve_R

OP should trade his C7 in on a C5. He'd love the low tech and be able to change light bulbs himself.

themonk

how about the fronts?

themonk

I had a burn hole in the housing of one of my signals and when water got in a touched the hot bulb it would burn out.....it was a bugger to replace all the time.

Vetteman Jack

Some people just worry too much.