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How do you change the lights in the license plate on a Cadillac srx?
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∙ 14y ago
Changing the license plate bulbs on a 2004 SRX is a real pain.
First you have to take out the one and only screw in the rear hatch door - it's where the hand pull down is you use to close the hatch.
Then you have to pop all the plastic clips all the way around the plastic door panel, trying not to pull them out from the frame - which I did. If you do pull out the white plastic plugs from the frame you better make certain you take them off the plastic housing and insert them back into their frame holes - or you will never get the housing back on.
Once you have the housing loose disconnect the inside tail gate light wire to remove the whole thing. Then you have to remove 7 to 8 nuts from the back of entire License plate, back up bulb housing using a deep socket to get in there. Work it loose from the rear of the car and it will come out just enough to work on the lights.
This is tricky since the screw mounts don't give you much room to work with.
You have to be dead on to get it off and even more dead on to get it back after you change the bulbs.
Once you have the license plate and back up bulb frame loose you will see the two housings for the license plate bulbs on top.
Slide out the license plate bulb lens and twist the bulb connection to remove the bulbs.
Replace both of them - you don't want to do this again in a month when the other one blows.
Once you take out the bulbs you might see - like I did - that the housing is melted where the bulb wanted to burn through. One of my bulbs was burnt out but even the other lens with a good bulb showed signs of melting from the heat of the bulb.
I drilled two small holes - one is each end of the housing - before I put everything back together to release some of the heat.
Reverse the whole process to put everything back together. It's not easy.
Make sure you insert the cables through the opening for the hatch handle or it will kink and not work properly.
The bulbs come in a two pack - it cost me $4.95 and a lot of cursing to get the job done.
I've owned Cadillac's for thirty years. This SRX is my fifth Cadi.
I have never seen a more poorly designed car when it comes to changing simple light bulbs.
You think changing the license plate bulbs is a pain - try changing the front running lights. Cadillac's service manual tells the mechanic to remove the front bumper!
The cost from a local dealer to change the running light bulbs was quoted at $325 per side! I used my local mechanics lift and went in through the inner fender, only to find out it wasn't the bulb after all. It was the spring on the socket that would stick - sometimes - not always. Another Cadillac engineering joke.
I really hate to say this - but Cadillac deserves to go out of business if they keep building cars like this. My 1991 Brougham has 350,000 miles on it. It's still going strong and it's a snap to change light bulbs on it.
My next car is going to be a BMW - their warranty even covers light bulbs.
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