I stopped at a red light and heard the person in the car next to me say "Excuse me". Because I live in a constant state of partial anxiety my first thought was: "Oh great, what did I do?" I looked over and it was an older man who said: "I just wanted to let you know your left brake light is out". I thanked him for letting me know and my next thought was: "Oh great, how much does that cost to fix?"
I was on my way to my parents place and in conversation with my dad he told me replacing the brake light was an "easy fix". He went so far as to say, "The longest part is going to Canadian Tire to get a new bulb". Now it almost hurts me to put this in writing, but my dad was right. The second longest part was figuring out how the brake light assembly came apart, but once we got at it, we quickly removed the burnt out bulb. Conveniently, the bulb number (or bulb type?) is written right in the plastic beside where the bulb goes. It is also imprinted right on the bulb, so picking up a new bulb was easy as pie. It turns out replacing a brake light is really just replacing a light bulb. Like dad said, it's an easy fix.
The brake light assembly is accessed through the trunk of the car.
We removed the paneling/covering and three screws. I initially thought the wires and the metal panel dislodged into the trunk so we could access the bulbs that way. After a few failed attempts to get it to do that, John realized the brake light itself detached away from the vehicle.
The brake lights! Inside out!
Light bulb goes here!
Burnt out bulb!
Two bulbs at Canadian Tire were $4.99. I only needed one so this repair was pretty cheap!!
Bulb replaced! I hit the brake to ensure it worked! It worked!
We did it!
As it should be!!
I was on my way to my parents place and in conversation with my dad he told me replacing the brake light was an "easy fix". He went so far as to say, "The longest part is going to Canadian Tire to get a new bulb". Now it almost hurts me to put this in writing, but my dad was right. The second longest part was figuring out how the brake light assembly came apart, but once we got at it, we quickly removed the burnt out bulb. Conveniently, the bulb number (or bulb type?) is written right in the plastic beside where the bulb goes. It is also imprinted right on the bulb, so picking up a new bulb was easy as pie. It turns out replacing a brake light is really just replacing a light bulb. Like dad said, it's an easy fix.
The brake light assembly is accessed through the trunk of the car.
We removed the paneling/covering and three screws. I initially thought the wires and the metal panel dislodged into the trunk so we could access the bulbs that way. After a few failed attempts to get it to do that, John realized the brake light itself detached away from the vehicle.
The brake lights! Inside out!
Light bulb goes here!
Burnt out bulb!
Two bulbs at Canadian Tire were $4.99. I only needed one so this repair was pretty cheap!!
Bulb replaced! I hit the brake to ensure it worked! It worked!
We did it!
As it should be!!
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Wow Jen, excellent overview of your brake light incident! :-)
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