Open the trunk, above the tail light there is a black cover. Remove the cover. The tail light slides off away from the car.
how do you replace a taillight on a Honda 2002 Civic?
Remove the taillight assembly to gain access to the bulbs
You just have to pull back the trim in the trunk to access the fasteners for the taillight assembly. Once you remove the taillight assembly just replace the bulb.
Open The Rear Hatch, pull off the taillight lens, locate the bulb, Push the bulb in and turn at the same time. It Should Come out.
unscrew it and screw in the new bulb
Taillight bulb replacment/Taillight housing replacement * Remove the rear inside trunk finishing panel to access the taillight housing mounting nuts * Free the grommet for the taillight electrical harness and the three taillight housing nuts then pull off the taillight housing * Rotate the bulb socket counterclockwise and pull it out of the taillight housing * To remove the bulb from the socket pull it straight out.To install a new bulb in the socket push it straight into the socket until it stops
* Remove the rear inside trunk finishing panel to access the taillight housing mounting nuts * Free the grommet for the taillight electrical harness and the three taillight housing nuts then pull off the taillight housing * Rotate the bulb socket counterclockwise and pull it out of the taillight housing * To remove the bulb from the socket pull it straight out.To install a new bulb in the socket push it straight into the socket until it stops
You can access the bulb from the trunk area (from behind). Just remove and replace, should be straightforward.
Release the two tabs you can't find!
The light bulb or the taillight lens? Open the trunk to replace the bulb.
rear you use a torx driver to remove taillight assembly screws. them replace bulb.
* Remove the rear inside trunk finishing panel to access the taillight housing mounting nuts * Free the grommet for the taillight electrical harness and the three taillight housing nuts then pull off the taillight housing * Rotate the bulb socket counterclockwise and pull it out of the taillight housing * To remove the bulb from the socket pull it straight out.To install a new bulb in the socket push it straight into the socket until it stops