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2007 Honda CR-V Brake Light Replacement

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iFixit Library 2002-2006 Honda CR-V Easy 5 - 10 minutes Guide 158576
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Guide overview

Before you begin

Owning a vehicle should not come with unmanageable maintenance requirements. Therefore, this guide is designed to help assist owners of the 2007 Honda CRV replace their broken brake lights. Although there are other manuals and guides for fixing this light, the majority of them are in video form. For auditory learners and those with little experience fixing cars the assumed car proficiency for the viewer within these videos can be daunting. Additionally, most of these videos show no distinction between the particular CR-V’s model and production year, and they do not reference a specific rear light part. We have created our written guide to help clarify this procedure, step by step, focusing uniquely on fixing the bulb from the brake light for a novice audience. Before beginning this guide, power off the ignition, place the car in park, and engage the parking brake.

Step 1

Repair step

  • Grab the handle in the middle of the trunk.
  • Use the handle to pull the trunk open.
Step 2

Repair step

  • Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the top and bottom screws.
Step 3

Repair step

  • Pull back the tail light cover.
  • Hold it up; there are cords connected to the car inside.
Step 4

Repair step

  • Untwist the faulty bulb counter-clockwise.
  • Pull the bulb out of the socket.
Step 5

Repair step

  • Disconnect the bulb from the cord by popping it off.
Step 6

Repair step

  • Pop in the Sylvania LongLife Mini Bulb 7443LL.
Step 7

Repair step

  • Insert the bulb into the socket.
  • Twist the bulb in clockwise.
Step 8

Repair step

  • Set the tail light cover back to the default position over the screw holes.
Step 9

Repair step

  • Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to screw in the top and bottom screws.