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This also applies to the 2001 GMC Sonoma:
There should be 2 screws between the bed sides and the tailgate. With the tailgate open, remove the screws and tilt the light out. (In the 2001 Sonoma, you pull the fixture straight back toward you; it is held in place by 2 flimsy plastic pins at this point). Then you remove the bulb holder from the lens and replace the bulb.There are 3 bulbs, and they are connected on the same circuit like old-style Christmas lights. That means if one goes out, the other 2 will no longer function. Before you replace any bulbs, you need to pull all 3 and check them to see if the filaments are still good.

*(My brake light and turn signal light both stopped working because the tiny 3rd auxiliary light was burnt. I replaced the wrong bulb at first and had to drive all the way back to the store to get the other sized bulb, once I figured out which was actually bad...when I replaced the small bulb, the other 2 started working again with old and new bulbs.)

Don't touch any of them by hand. It is always best to use cloth (your shirt will do in a pinch) to handle the bulbs. Oil from your fingers (or grease/dirt) can shorten the life of a bulb drastically. A set of 2 turn signal bulbs was 4 bucks, and the amber pair was also 4 bucks. (I forgot how much the bad one was). You should replace all of them while you're doing this so they are all equally bright and good for several more years until you have to do this again.

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