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Old Sep 9, 2014 | 07:14 PM
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I was replacing my front speakers and with the door panels off I tried to remove the bulbs for the door switches. The bulbs don't want to come out very easily. I stopped tyring before I broke some thing. Can these be replaced? If so, how do they come out.
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Are you talking about the courtesy lights? The ones that are right by the handle?
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Are they burned out? The size for them is a 74. Usually with those tiny bulbs it's easier to break them and pull out the rest with pliers. Just make sure the lights are turned off so you don't pop a fuse.
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Are you talking about the courtesy lights? The ones that are right by the handle?
The bulb that is underneath the window switches by the door handle
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Are they burned out? The size for them is a 74. Usually with those tiny bulbs it's easier to break them and pull out the rest with pliers. Just make sure the lights are turned off so you don't pop a fuse.
Yep, Burned out.
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I crushed them with pliers and then pulled them out by the filaments...

replaced them with white 74 bulbs from super bright leds
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