Sprinter 3500 L5-2.7L DSL Turbo (2004)
Backup Lamp: Service and Repair
REMOVAL
1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. If the vehicle is so equipped, remove the trim from the inside of the right or left rear corner pillar.
Tail Lamp Socket Plate Remove/Install
3. From inside the vehicle, use hand pressure to push the two latch tabs toward the center of the tail lamp unit socket plate and pull the socket plate
straight out from the inner rear pillar.
Tail Lamp Bulb Remove/Install
4. Pull the socket plate away from the inner rear pillar far enough to access the backup lamp bulb.
5. Remove the backup lamp bulb from the tail lamp socket plate.
INSTALLATION
1. Install the backup lamp bulb into the tail lamp socket plate.
2. Align the socket plate with the mounting hole in the inner rear pillar.
3. Using hand pressure, push the socket plate gently and evenly into the inner rear pillar mounting hole until both latch tabs are fully engaged.
4. If the vehicle is so equipped, reinstall the trim onto the inside of the right or left rear corner pillar.
5. Reconnect the battery negative cable.
