Changing rear light bulbs in a 2012 SLK

[Oscar 473]

Hello

Can anyone tell me how to get the rear light bulbs in a 2012 SLK please?

I presume that this involves removing the interior trim in the boot as opposed to removing the lens from the outside?

There are no obvious screw from removing either in my wife’s SLK55 and the rear off side indicator bulb has gone!

Thanks very much.

 

[Sweetafton]

Hi mate. Check out the How to section. It should be all on there

 

[Oscar 473]

Thanks for this, I didn’t know there is a How to section!

 

[Oscar 473]

I’ve had a look and can’t find anything.

Can anyone help?

Thanks.

 

[W1ghty]

I’ve had a look and can’t find anything.

Can anyone help?

Thanks.

The car glovebox manual will tell you

 

[AMGeed]

Not 100% certain, but I thought R172 SLK's had LED rear lights?
You can't replace the bulb if you have LED's.

 

[Chrishazle]

Is 2012 an R172 or a late R171? My July 2008 is a very early facelift R171.

 

[W1ghty]

I’m still going with the manual will yield a clue

 

[Oscar 473]

The manual states that you should speak to dealer, it doesn’t state that there is no bulb or that it can’t be done!

 

[Oscar 473]

As AMGeed states in post 6 above, the rear lights appear to be LED and, apart from the reversing lights, do not have changeable bulbs! Thanks very much for answering my question.

So, instead of a £2.70 bulb taking 2 mins to change, the fix actually involves buying a new light cluster for about £270 that takes about 2 hours to change!

Ohh, and of course we have to wait about a week for the part to arrive and pay in advance.

Life was so much easier when you could just nip out to Halfords!

 

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[Ted]

So, instead of a £2.70 bulb taking 2 mins to change, the fix actually involves buying a new light cluster for about £270 that takes about 2 hours to change!

That’s assuming that it is the cluster at fault…

 

[W1ghty]

The manual states that you should speak to dealer, it doesn’t state that there is no bulb or that it can’t be done!

That’s what I was getting at , if it’s a bulb change the manual says so , if it’s a whole unit it’s go to dealer .
I was not being flippant by suggesting the manual .