Changing top brake light?

[joshW]

One of the lights(presumably leds) in the top brake light in the back window has gone, was just wondering if this is hard to change?

cheers,
josh

 

[grathies]

Think thier 501 capless buls mate, not 100% ont that tho

Their easy to change, just a case of being careful with the trim, then the pannel at the top should unclip and free out

 

[A13X-A3]

yeh they not LED's, they are little bulbs, it does say in the book in halfords, they work out at about £1.50 each bulb. According to my local audi stealership if one bulb goes and gets replaced, they will all go, but mine work fine with 2 replaced. Be careful with the trim but you only have to open the bootlid, and pull at the plastic on either side of the light. Its only got those little folded metal clips holding it in.
Alex:icon_thumright:

 

[Prawn]

ah¬! i always thought they were LED's, and the whole unit would need changing.

if theyre 501's, ill get mine changed asap i think ive got 2 or 3 out.

 

[Sandip]

They're not 501's, they're smaller, had the same issue, changed them but they still don't all work

 

[Jaywoo_A3]

As said thet are not 501 bulbs.
the ones you need are 286 5mm wedge bulbs
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/286-dash-bulb...ryZ15329QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem