OMG!!! So happy I found your video. About to change the light on my daughter's Camry 90° weather I'm sweating there's no way it can be done. Found your video 5 minutes finished
Thank you, I had been struggling to take that thing off out in the cold for at least 20 mins, came inside to warm up, saw your video, went back out and finished the job in 5 minutes!
Helpful, just for everyones benefit, needle nose and gripping the sides ofthe black part andcounter clockwise works great. When reinserting push well into the opening and turn in reverse with the needlenose. Clean bulb of residue blablabla first.
Because I had a spare fixture housing from an earlier car repair (effing raccoons), I was able to look at it closely and realize: a large flat-bladed screwdriver can be inserted into the back opening above where the wires exit the connector. With the screwdriver, turning the fixture a quarter turn to remove it is now trivial. This was on a US-built 2011 Camry LE for the US market; no idea if Canada / Mexico fixtures are different. One other warning: if removing the fixture with an LED upgrade bulb installed, BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN WITHDRAWING THE FIXTURE/BULB FROM THE HEADLIGHT HOUSING. The projections on this style of bulb can hang up on the hole edge, pulling the bulb out and leaving it in the headlight housing. I had one in the housing for about a year until I had to replace the whole unit due to fogging / yellowing. Silver lining: you can refit the fixture with a bulb installed with the 'spare' still in the headlight housing. The extra bulb is not too embarrassingly obvious either.
Great information. I wouldn’t have noticed that slot for the screwdriver. On my Camry the drivers side has a panel there that barely blocks the screwdriver. I found that removing the turn signal bulb gave me just enough room to, with some creative body positioning, get the torque I needed to remove the marker light. I hope that helps some one.
Thanks for this video. The video was accurate in showing the challenge with this, which is limited visibility and physical access., so I appreciated it and the technique. After loosening the fender liner somewhat, I was able to reach in with my left hand and simultaneously use the screwdriver from the top to somewhat assist my left hand's torque, which was very limited, as he said. Likewise, I was able to muddle through getting it back in that way, but that was tougher. I only convinced myself I had done it, by pulling on the wires lightly, to see if it remained seated. There is a light color plastic fin on the socket assembly that should be pointing down when it is rotated into the socket properly. You can understand the assembly's geometry after you've removed it, but I don't think I would have been successful only using a screwdriver from the top to torque it, because it is still very blind. This was the passenger side, so I'm glad my left-hand dexterity was sufficient. I have long, skinny fingers, which helped, too.
Without removing anything except the coolant tank (easy), I can reach in and put fingers and thumb on the back of the connector. But not enough room to rotate the connector and pull it out. Rare example of Toyota engineers dropping the ball on owner-easy repairs.
I spent two hours struggling to get that thing to turn and eventually landed on this same technique. But in all honesty, If i had to do it again, i would remove the front bumper cover to move the entire headlight. It looks alot easier and i wont gouge the marker fixture with a screwdriver(which i did)
Great job, thanks. I love my Toyotas, but sometimes I wonder why they make certain tasks so overly complex. (But other normally difficult ones easy I guess)
I accidentally pulled the plastic sleeve from the bulb housing, but I was able to wiggle needle nose pliers to turn it a quarter.. beats taking off the bumper and all.
OMG!!! So happy I found your video. About to change the light on my daughter's Camry 90° weather I'm sweating there's no way it can be done. Found your video 5 minutes finished
Glad it helped
Thank you, I had been struggling to take that thing off out in the cold for at least 20 mins, came inside to warm up, saw your video, went back out and finished the job in 5 minutes!
Glad to hear it worked for you.
This worked for me - thank you Larry! You are the only person I found who had a suggestion that works.
You are welcome - glad to hear it worked.
Helpful, just for everyones benefit, needle nose and gripping the sides ofthe black part andcounter clockwise works great. When reinserting push well into the opening and turn in reverse with the needlenose. Clean bulb of residue blablabla first.
Thanks for taking the time to do this. A big help! I was lucky enough to loosen it by hand and didn’t have to do the screwdriver trick.
Because I had a spare fixture housing from an earlier car repair (effing raccoons), I was able to look at it closely and realize: a large flat-bladed screwdriver can be inserted into the back opening above where the wires exit the connector. With the screwdriver, turning the fixture a quarter turn to remove it is now trivial. This was on a US-built 2011 Camry LE for the US market; no idea if Canada / Mexico fixtures are different.
One other warning: if removing the fixture with an LED upgrade bulb installed, BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN WITHDRAWING THE FIXTURE/BULB FROM THE HEADLIGHT HOUSING. The projections on this style of bulb can hang up on the hole edge, pulling the bulb out and leaving it in the headlight housing. I had one in the housing for about a year until I had to replace the whole unit due to fogging / yellowing. Silver lining: you can refit the fixture with a bulb installed with the 'spare' still in the headlight housing. The extra bulb is not too embarrassingly obvious either.
Great information. I wouldn’t have noticed that slot for the screwdriver. On my Camry the drivers side has a panel there that barely blocks the screwdriver. I found that removing the turn signal bulb gave me just enough room to, with some creative body positioning, get the torque I needed to remove the marker light. I hope that helps some one.
Thanks for this video. The video was accurate in showing the challenge with this, which is limited visibility and physical access., so I appreciated it and the technique. After loosening the fender liner somewhat, I was able to reach in with my left hand and simultaneously use the screwdriver from the top to somewhat assist my left hand's torque, which was very limited, as he said. Likewise, I was able to muddle through getting it back in that way, but that was tougher. I only convinced myself I had done it, by pulling on the wires lightly, to see if it remained seated. There is a light color plastic fin on the socket assembly that should be pointing down when it is rotated into the socket properly. You can understand the assembly's geometry after you've removed it, but I don't think I would have been successful only using a screwdriver from the top to torque it, because it is still very blind. This was the passenger side, so I'm glad my left-hand dexterity was sufficient. I have long, skinny fingers, which helped, too.
Without removing anything except the coolant tank (easy), I can reach in and put fingers and thumb on the back of the connector. But not enough room to rotate the connector and pull it out. Rare example of Toyota engineers dropping the ball on owner-easy repairs.
I spent two hours struggling to get that thing to turn and eventually landed on this same technique. But in all honesty, If i had to do it again, i would remove the front bumper cover to move the entire headlight. It looks alot easier and i wont gouge the marker fixture with a screwdriver(which i did)
Great job, thanks. I love my Toyotas, but sometimes I wonder why they make certain tasks so overly complex. (But other normally difficult ones easy I guess)
Thank you for the video.
Is that the same light as the signal light?
Not the turn signal, this is the small side marker light.
Thanks for actually showing us lol. Tf 😂
I accidentally pulled the plastic sleeve from the bulb housing, but I was able to wiggle needle nose pliers to turn it a quarter.. beats taking off the bumper and all.
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