How difficult is it to replace rear headlight assembly?

[brocksterdanza]

How difficult is it to replace rear tail light assembly?

We have had our 5th gen 2015 limited for about a year or so. Wifey backed into a small pole and cracked the drivers side tail light assembly. I can get the part for about 140 bucks. I just wondered how involved the replacement is. I have had an 08 4runner and have a 2013 taco trd txpro... i have done some items on those. I just haven't had a chance to get a great deal of attention to it as it happened while on way to airport for vaca... thanks everyone!

 

[PitbullRescuer]

Safe to assume you're referring to a taillight?

 

[brocksterdanza]

Correct... the casing is what has cracked... not an individual light... ive seen videos online for 3rd gen replacements bit nothing in the 4th and 5th gen

 

[Jeremy556]

5 minute job. Pop the access panel inside, remove 2 nuts and wire connector, pull really, really hard on the light from outside. It clips into a bunch of clips so it takes a lot of force to remove.

 

[brocksterdanza]

Thanks Jeremy. Any special tools needed? Are those two bolts easy to get to? Any danger in breaking the clips in pulling to hard?

 

[wild_turkey]

I think all you need is a 10mm deep socket to remove the nuts. Just pull straight out and the clips will be fine. Level 0.5 degree of difficulty.

 

[brocksterdanza]

Sounds great. Thanks wildturkey et all

 

[3wbdriver]

Different subject, but disassembly included in video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixRhoT70P0s

 

[Jetboy]

Don't drop the socket! I did that in my wife's RX - then got to pull the entire rear interior apart to get down to the floor pan to find the damn thing. A 10 minute job turned into a few hours.