Thanks I appreciate it. I agree, they need to go back to the previous body style for changing the bulbs. I have just over 70k on that truck and its on its 3rd set of bulbs.
Ahh, remember the days of pulling the headlight bezel off and changing the sealed beam headlight? Five minutes and all done. BTW, I have only changed one bulb on my '08 Sierra.
Good job, thanks gm for wrecking a good design, this use to take 2min. Anyone attempting this in cold weather be careful pulling on the widow washer tank, they are brittle when cold and might crack.
just did my driver's side without removing a thing. 2013. 2 minutes. Just reached up and twisted clockwise to loosen harness, pull the harness out, replace the bulb, and squeeze/feed harness back through, twist back on. No need to remove anything.
Thanks for the info and video. There sure is a lot of mess in the way of changing a simple headlamp. Making it hard so people take it to a mechanic to change a lightbulb maybe? My wires seemed to short to turn it so I was glad to see the video as confirmation that my analysis was correct. Turns out I could pull the wire up out of the chasis area for some slack.
Good video. Kinda what I thought when I looked at it. I miss the days when it was a sealed beam, glass headlight. Never had fogged up plastic lenses in those days. Gotta love technology. 😊
I've been doing the hand contortion thing for 4 years somewhat as in this video. There is another video out there, which I just found prior to watching part of this video, that shows you how to pull the headlight can out completely to change the bulb from the front. First remove the 8 pushpins from the radiator support cover, and remove the rad support cover. Pull the 4 bolts that hold the grill in place, and then compress the 4 speed clips. This allows you to remove the grill. There are 3 bolts that hold the headlight can in place, one of which is behind the fender well. Remove those, and the can slides out with a little maneuvering. No more getting my hands scraped up from the rad support. It appears that changing out side markers and high beam will require complete removal of the can. These are pretty much hidden behind sheet metal. I wish that I would have found the video several years ago. I'm replacing low beams twice a year. If this is indeed a wire harness issue as the dealer claims, then the harness in question should be relatively cheap and easy to replace once the can is out of the vehicle. Changing out low beams twice a year is bullshit. GM should never have gone away from the prior design. The prior design was a 5 minute job tops.
I tried going from the front (pushups around headlight, prying them up to pull headlight can out which is not what you're talking about and should have just done that) and immediately snapped off the first one. That's when I stopped and decided to go from the back and got the pan out so the coolant bottle flexes but stopped since I still couldn't get a good grip on the bulb. I was worries there was a better way or that 'my' way (his way too) was the wrong way to go about it and would never work so came to youtube. I can't believe they design things this way, just to change friggin light bulb that should take seconds. Going back out there with more confidence to finish off his method and hope it works for me too but next time I may use the other method you mentioned.
This holds true on a Mazda CX-7. I replace the bulbs once a season, there’s a noted design flaw, and they have a stupid clip style retaining the bulb. If the damm car wasn’t so good to me I’d get rid of it just for that reason. What a pain in the ass
Good video .Thanks for doing the drivers side. With all the room under the hood I'm sure GM cudda come up with something better than this but I guess they want you to take it back to the dealer to have done .The Toyota's I have had were so much easier!
Smart idea for people who don’t have an auxiliary battery installed. Very worth it, what I don’t understand is the dislikes from some. Maybe because they haven’t thought of it when they needed it 😂
Just replaced both sides on my 2013 Sierra. Driver side I didn't take out any bolts. Passenger side I took the top cover off thr air filter box. That was it. Why do all the extra removal ?
I used my battery-operated impact drill to remove the battery tray's bolts. I used needle-nosed pliers to remove the old light from the headlight lens. I placed the newly connected light bulb into the light bulb holder and put it back into the lens. I then reconnected the wired plug back into the bulb holder. I found doing it this way less of a struggle of putting back into the lens as per in the video.
Holy crap. I'd thought it would be easy. Mine just went on the passenger side today. I'd rather do it myself than take it to Canadian tire or my local oil change place. Hmmmm.
Yeah, hard to watch just to change a lightbulb. Imagine something serious. It took me 30 minutes to change mine but I wrangle my fingers in there without removing anything 😂. Good video though
This process is a little more complicated if you have a diesel, since that battery tray is used the battery has to be removed, in order to start the process, and you have to be careful cause if you didnt disconnect the other battery the positive cable will still be hot, just a bunch of extra work, I went from a 05 GMC 1500, to a 07.5 GMC 2500HD, and had the left headlight go out immediately, (138K on the truck) and went with the housing removal method, broke the housing in several places, the plastic gets really brittle apparently, which sucks, I did some plastic welding and zip tie work and got it back together, I'll upgrade to aftermarket housings when the bulbs I put in burn out next time
The weird thing is I have a battery in this tray and a block heater. My truck is a 5.3 but it’s from Alberta Canada originally, I live in the states. Also in the truck sold in Canada you can’t turn your headlights off in drive
@@prestonadamic7285 Yeah my truck was from Alberta as well, I also live in the states, I have heard a new headlight switch that meets US specs will allow you to drive with the headlights off
You don’t have to do any of that you can just stick your hand in there Twista bowl to the side pull it out and replace without unscrewing anything I’ve done it more than four times
What exactly were the engineers who designed this nightmare sniffing that day? These are bulbs. They burn out. So you would think it would be made easy to do but no. Have to go through a procedure from hell and not even a basic screw for the air filter. Thanks GM engineers. Just keep going with that incompetence.
The manufacturers are either stupid or it's designed that way so most would have to pay someone or a dealer to do it for a ridiculously high price ($$$) by design. Not user friendly, big propaganda. The passenger side is almost as hard. I also have a 2002 GMC Sierra and that one is a breeze to replace. Thanks for sharing.
Dude, you don't have to take anything apart. My hands are gigantic and I just reached in, turned counter-clockwise, removed, and replaced. It takes 2 minutes.
@@jaydillon1984 ... I'll have to figure out how to post a video. That may prove more challenging ;) Seriously, you do have to reach and use fingers a lot but there are plenty of access holes from the back side. You only have to achieve 1/4 of a turn undoing and doing. I almost used extended bent needle nose but it wasn't necessary.
Waste of time. Just take out the ONE 10mm bolt holding the washer fluid neck in place. Bend the neck back. Remove the bulb. Remove. Replace. Done. Why remove 9 bolts when 1 will do?
finally someone doing the driver side lol thanks
Came to say this
Saved me close to 100 bucks taking it to a dealership, and I got done quickly to prevent a ticket for faulty equipment. Thanks so much for doing this.
Awesome video. This is ridiculous that GMC has made it this hard to change a headlight!!
Thanks I appreciate it. I agree, they need to go back to the previous body style for changing the bulbs. I have just over 70k on that truck and its on its 3rd set of bulbs.
Ahh, remember the days of pulling the headlight bezel off and changing the sealed beam headlight? Five minutes and all done. BTW, I have only changed one bulb on my '08 Sierra.
Its design for u to get frustrated and bring it to them to make more money off of you.
Chip Southworth it’s nuts! I kinda miss the old days when I could just grab a Phillips head and swap out my old sealed beams for $11! Haha
Thanks for the video.👍🏻 That driver side bulb was tough to get back in the headlight assembly. Took 15 mins to get it set properly.
Thank you for posting this video. Made quick work of the bulb change and no broken grille clips!
Good job, thanks gm for wrecking a good design, this use to take 2min. Anyone attempting this in cold weather be careful pulling on the widow washer tank, they are brittle when cold and might crack.
just did my driver's side without removing a thing. 2013. 2 minutes. Just reached up and twisted clockwise to loosen harness, pull the harness out, replace the bulb, and squeeze/feed harness back through, twist back on. No need to remove anything.
Worked like gem!!! But it was counter clockwise for me to loosen😂 glad I caught your comment!
I just use a wooden wedge from a piece of firewood to flex filler neck back after one bolt removal.
Gives enough access to get low beam.
Its like they put the headlight on a stool and built the truck around it
Thanks for the info and video. There sure is a lot of mess in the way of changing a simple headlamp. Making it hard so people take it to a mechanic to change a lightbulb maybe? My wires seemed to short to turn it so I was glad to see the video as confirmation that my analysis was correct. Turns out I could pull the wire up out of the chasis area for some slack.
Thanks for the comment. I agree, they made it way harder than it needs to be.
Thanks, this is the way to do it!
So hard to get at these bulbs!
2008 sierra 100k with the bulbs changed at least a dozen times!
Thank you for this. saved my labour costs. great tutorial.
Thanks for the tutorial! Very useful
Good video. Kinda what I thought when I looked at it.
I miss the days when it was a sealed beam, glass headlight. Never had fogged up plastic lenses in those days. Gotta love technology. 😊
I've been doing the hand contortion thing for 4 years somewhat as in this video. There is another video out there, which I just found prior to watching part of this video, that shows you how to pull the headlight can out completely to change the bulb from the front. First remove the 8 pushpins from the radiator support cover, and remove the rad support cover. Pull the 4 bolts that hold the grill in place, and then compress the 4 speed clips. This allows you to remove the grill. There are 3 bolts that hold the headlight can in place, one of which is behind the fender well. Remove those, and the can slides out with a little maneuvering. No more getting my hands scraped up from the rad support.
It appears that changing out side markers and high beam will require complete removal of the can. These are pretty much hidden behind sheet metal.
I wish that I would have found the video several years ago. I'm replacing low beams twice a year. If this is indeed a wire harness issue as the dealer claims, then the harness in question should be relatively cheap and easy to replace once the can is out of the vehicle. Changing out low beams twice a year is bullshit. GM should never have gone away from the prior design. The prior design was a 5 minute job tops.
I tried going from the front (pushups around headlight, prying them up to pull headlight can out which is not what you're talking about and should have just done that) and immediately snapped off the first one. That's when I stopped and decided to go from the back and got the pan out so the coolant bottle flexes but stopped since I still couldn't get a good grip on the bulb. I was worries there was a better way or that 'my' way (his way too) was the wrong way to go about it and would never work so came to youtube. I can't believe they design things this way, just to change friggin light bulb that should take seconds. Going back out there with more confidence to finish off his method and hope it works for me too but next time I may use the other method you mentioned.
From now on when I'm shopping for a new vehicle: How many miles? Any accidents? How hard it is to change the headlight?
This holds true on a Mazda CX-7. I replace the bulbs once a season, there’s a noted design flaw, and they have a stupid clip style retaining the bulb. If the damm car wasn’t so good to me I’d get rid of it just for that reason. What a pain in the ass
Yes sir lol... my chevy was so much simpler
Yessir lol... my chevy was so much simpler..
I agree. It is ridiculous that it takes this much just to change a light bulb.
Thanks for making this video it was very helpful
Thank you! Everyone is covering the passenger side light and this light sucks too.
Thanks for posting this.
Thanks very helpful! Got it done in about 15 minutes! Again GRACIAS!
Thank you! Easy job, vidio was excellent 👍🏼
Good video .Thanks for doing the drivers side. With all the room under the hood I'm sure GM cudda come up with something better than this but I guess they want you to take it back to the dealer to have done .The Toyota's I have had were so much easier!
thank you, very helpful.
Nice clean video. Thank you
Thanks for the positive feed back.
This is bull shit I had a 2001 you pulled out a couple of rods change bulb in 1 minute 😒
Smart idea for people who don’t have an auxiliary battery installed. Very worth it, what I don’t understand is the dislikes from some. Maybe because they haven’t thought of it when they needed it 😂
So does the battery tray really need to go back in ?
Just replaced both sides on my 2013 Sierra. Driver side I didn't take out any bolts. Passenger side I took the top cover off thr air filter box. That was it. Why do all the extra removal ?
Best example video 🎉
How about removing the whole headlamp assembly? I still can’t figure that one out and had half the front end apart it seemed!
I used my battery-operated impact drill to remove the battery tray's bolts. I used needle-nosed pliers to remove the old light from the headlight lens. I placed the newly connected light bulb into the light bulb holder and put it back into the lens. I then reconnected the wired plug back into the bulb holder. I found doing it this way less of a struggle of putting back into the lens as per in the video.
I need a video asap lol my lights out 😢 haha
I need a video asap lol my lights out 😢 haha
Thank you!👍🏼
great video thanks
It is a useful tip!
It worked. Thanks
Holy crap. I'd thought it would be easy. Mine just went on the passenger side today. I'd rather do it myself than take it to Canadian tire or my local oil change place. Hmmmm.
Can someone put a link for the bulb part?
Thank you!!!
What make of bulb does everyone use that aren't garbage like Philips or Sylvania?
Thanks appreciate it
Yeah, hard to watch just to change a lightbulb. Imagine something serious. It took me 30 minutes to change mine but I wrangle my fingers in there without removing anything 😂. Good video though
How come you don't use a power driver to loosen the screws on the battery plate and then you eliminate the battery part
Probably because he doesn't fucking have one rich boy
I have the same truck .but chrome front hitch .
This process is a little more complicated if you have a diesel, since that battery tray is used the battery has to be removed, in order to start the process, and you have to be careful cause if you didnt disconnect the other battery the positive cable will still be hot, just a bunch of extra work, I went from a 05 GMC 1500, to a 07.5 GMC 2500HD, and had the left headlight go out immediately, (138K on the truck) and went with the housing removal method, broke the housing in several places, the plastic gets really brittle apparently, which sucks, I did some plastic welding and zip tie work and got it back together, I'll upgrade to aftermarket housings when the bulbs I put in burn out next time
The weird thing is I have a battery in this tray and a block heater. My truck is a 5.3 but it’s from Alberta Canada originally, I live in the states. Also in the truck sold in Canada you can’t turn your headlights off in drive
@@prestonadamic7285 Yeah my truck was from Alberta as well, I also live in the states, I have heard a new headlight switch that meets US specs will allow you to drive with the headlights off
you did it the hard way there is two l shaped clip things slide them out and you can pull the headlights out
Driver side is the worst... and it’s the one that seems to go out all the time!
Send GM an invoice for your labor.
You don’t have to do any of that you can just stick your hand in there Twista bowl to the side pull it out and replace without unscrewing anything I’ve done it more than four times
Happen to make a video of either time? Can you do it for both sides
Actually you don’t have to take none of that stuff off,it’s waaaay more simple than that
Exactly. Taking all of that off is totally unnecessary.
And what is better?
What exactly were the engineers who designed this nightmare sniffing that day? These are bulbs. They burn out. So you would think it would be made easy to do but no. Have to go through a procedure from hell and not even a basic screw for the air filter. Thanks GM engineers. Just keep going with that incompetence.
That’s it????? I payed almost $150 to get my driver side replaced.... and I’m in Alaska. 10 degree bulb change coming up!
Sorry to all the people I been high-beaming the last 2 weeks I don't have a degree in mechanical engineering to change my light bulb
How bout passenger side
Those damned engineers
there is other way to do that and much easyer
Go led
OMG Your doing the hard way 🙄
Sorry, but is hitting the bracket. I have some LED bulbs with fans on them and is hitting the inside bracket. I want to take the bezel out.
BOO I NEED THE OTHER SIDE
Literally every other video on RUclips does the other side
The manufacturers are either stupid or it's designed that way so most would have to pay someone or a dealer to do it for a ridiculously high price ($$$) by design. Not user friendly, big propaganda. The passenger side is almost as hard. I also have a 2002 GMC Sierra and that one is a breeze to replace. Thanks for sharing.
Dude, you don't have to take anything apart. My hands are gigantic and I just reached in, turned counter-clockwise, removed, and replaced. It takes 2 minutes.
Post a video
Your is a duramax?
Must have really small and long fingers
Elaborate then
@@jaydillon1984 ... I'll have to figure out how to post a video. That may prove more challenging ;) Seriously, you do have to reach and use fingers a lot but there are plenty of access holes from the back side. You only have to achieve 1/4 of a turn undoing and doing. I almost used extended bent needle nose but it wasn't necessary.
Waste of time. Just take out the ONE 10mm bolt holding the washer fluid neck in place. Bend the neck back. Remove the bulb. Remove. Replace. Done. Why remove 9 bolts when 1 will do?
Why do manufacturers do this bs to us.
U don't have remove any of that LoL 😂 how to do it the hard way
i have same triuck. shit design
If you got man hands like me and this dude then this is the least annoying way to do it.
If you got lady hands this is likely not necessary.