How do you change a brake light bulb on a 2003 Holden cruze the one in the bumper?

Answer 1

you will need a Phillips screwdriver.

now, lie on your back (good to put a blanket or bit of cardboard of something to lie on) and pull yourself under the back bumper (there will be enough room to get under)

now, depending on which light you are replacing, you will be at the right or left side of the car.

look up and you will see a dome shaped fitting at the back left (or right), this is not removable so don't try to!

instead, use your Phillips screwdriver to remove the little screw the sits in the bottom part of this dome fitting, it is a bit tricky to do but its not impossible.

remove that screw completely. keep it safe.

now, pull yourself back out from under the bumper and you can how pry the light out from the actual bumper, pulling from the bottom up as the top part has a little "post" on it which fits into a hole, so the idea is to pry up (gently) from the bottom and slowly pull out at a 45 degree angle from the bottom out.

if you did this correctly the light will come out. now just turn the fitting at the back to a right angle to 'unscrew' the fitting and let you access the bulb.

you can then push down on the bulb whilst turning at the same time to release it.

the rest should be easy to do.

just reverse the stages to put the whole lot back together and you should be up and running.

good luck!