Re: Changing brake/night light in 2003 Lexus RX300

"ackerberg" <ackerberg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:ERBEj.52863$cQ1.29306@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> The brake/night light on the tailgate is partially burned out, the brake

> light portion is not working. I want to replace it. When I lift the 
> tailgate, I see there are 2 10mm nuts that easily unscrew but I can not 
> remove the lense, it is on very tightly. I understand the lens snaps
into 
> place but I do not know how to release the snaps and I am afraid of 
> cracking the lense. Does anyone know how to use a screwdriver to pry up 
> the lense so it can be removed? Exactly how do you pry it up.
> Thanks.

If you remove the nuts from the inside, the entire light fixture should
come 
off, not just the lens.  Try pushing on the studs that the nuts were 
attached to.
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Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)