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Trouble removing tail light

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by andrewkissam, May 15, 2025.

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May 15, 2025 at 7:15 AM

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2017 Tacoma owner here. I had a tail light burn out and cannot for the life of me get the bulb assembly out of the housing. It's the 7443 style bulb. I'm not talking about the bulb itself, but rather the sub assembly that the bulb clicks into which then twists into the tail light housing with the bayonet style coupling. That entire sub assembly will not untwist. If that makes sense. It's supposed to be a partial counterclockwise turn and then the fitting comes free from the housing. I'm able to turn the fitting, and it feels loose but it won't come out of the housing almost like it's getting hung up on something. All the other tail light fittings I can untwist with no problem to get to the actual bulb, but I'm just having trouble with one of them.

Anyone experience this before? Any suggestions?

andrewkissam, May 15, 2025

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