How to Replace Tail Lights 2007-13 Chevy Silverado

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In this video, we show you how to service a taillight on this 2011 Chevy Silverado 1500. This is pretty much the same for all 2007 to 2013 Silverados, as well as the Sierras. We're going to show you both changing the bulbs, as well as changing the whole assembly and harness, if you need to.

You want to start off by removing these two Phillips screws right here. We'll just fast forward as he removes those. Once those screws are removed, you can just pull the taillight right out.

Now this is where you would change out the bulbs. You twist the socket, pull the bulb out, push the new one in, twist it back. The middle one is pretty much the same as the top one. The bottom bulb is a little bit different. You twist it the same and pull it out the same, but you have to unclip the harness from the taillight so that you can do that. It's just a small little hook that it hooks into, and then the bulb change is the same.

To change the assembly, you want to follow the harness. It leads underneath the truck here, you can see there's a clip right there you're going to need to remove. Right here, the bottom one is your passenger taillight, and the one above it is the driver's taillight. You're going to want to disconnect that harness.

After you disconnect the harness, you want to remove that clip I mentioned, and then you want to feed that harness through the truck until you get to your taillight. Once you have that all set, you can just pull the harness right up and out, and your taillight assembly is free.

On the left, is the new taillight from 1A Auto. On the right is the old one. You can see they're exactly the same, same mounting points, same harness, even with the clip on the harness, and identical clips. Since our truck's only a couple years old, we're actually going to install the old one back in.

You want to start off by just feeding that harness back down into the truck, and then line up your taillight. There are two pins on the taillight, and you want to line them up with the holes on the truck and just push those in. Then replace your two Phillips screws. We'll just fast forward as he replaces these. Now, you want to feed that harness back through the bottom of the truck, and you want to make sure you push in that black clip that's on the harness back up into the bottom of the truck, and then plug your connector back in, and you're all set.

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