Question re E Class 2016 plate (convertible) tail light bulb replacement

[MancAnt]

Hi all,
Please go easy on me (newbie)...
Can someone confirm if you need to replace a tail light/brake light bulb on an E Class 2016 plate Convertible you have to take out the full light fitting/unit?

 

[AMGeed]

I think you will find the whole light unit needs to be replaced as they are LED's, so yes its a straight swap with the whole lens.

Edit.

This company in Oldham claims to be able to repair your rear light with a lifetime guarantee for £50 within 1hr.

MERCEDES E CLASS W212/207E220 E300 2013-2016 LED Light LIFETIME WARRANTY REPAIR! | eBay

REPAIR SERVICE.

www.ebay.co.uk

Far cheaper than a new lens.

 

[MancAnt]

I think you will find the whole light unit needs to be replaced as they are LED's, so yes its a straight swap with the whole lens.

Edit.

This company in Oldham claims to be able to repair your rear light with a lifetime guarantee for £50 within 1hr.

MERCEDES E CLASS W212/207E220 E300 2013-2016 LED Light LIFETIME WARRANTY REPAIR! | eBay

REPAIR SERVICE.

www.ebay.co.uk

Far cheaper than a new lens.

Brilliant.... thanks for the heads up

 

[MancAnt]

Hi all... an update on this... so the Wife got into the car after locking it that day and going into work and the fault/error disappeared. All is fine for two weeks and then today she gets in it to drive and she gets the same issue again in our 2016 plate E220 AMG Premium Line Convertible and said that she had a series of errors appear on the dash reporting
"Right-Hand tail lamp / brake lamp , Left-Hand tail lamp/brake lamp". She also said the indicator lights were quicker than normal too? I've read mixed comments when googling
Any replies greatly appreciated

 

[SpikyMikey]

Probably the only way to know for sure is to get the codes read, but just a thought; if the OP's car is a 2016, would it be based on the 204 and therefore possibly subject to the tail light cluster grounding issues that are a known problem?
Welcome by the way Ant. Hope you get it sorted

 

[MancAnt]

Probably the only way to know for sure is to get the codes read, but just a thought; if the OP's car is a 2016, would it be based on the 204 and therefore possibly subject to the tail light cluster grounding issues that are a known problem?
Welcome by the way Ant. Hope you get it sorted

Im going to book it in mate, ive been ok in the past working with light/bulb issues on Audi and BMW but Mercedes seem a lot more complicated! It gets serviced every year by a specialised Mercedes garage near us call SPR Autos so ive tried to get it booked in there but earliest date is June 8th as they are that busy
Thanks for the welcome by the way ....

 

[Taipan]

I've got the same car and with a damaged rear light. I've got teh new unit to go in, but have been told its different on the convertible with one nut being hidden through the bodywork, behind the trim? Anyone changed one of these? Is the nut difficult to get at?
TIA

 

[Taipan]

I've got the same car and with a damaged rear light. I've got teh new unit to go in, but have been told its different on the convertible with one nut being hidden through the bodywork, behind the trim? Anyone changed one of these? Is the nut difficult to get at?
TIA

To answer my own question, but in case anyone else comes across this, the third bolt is indeed accessed by looking through the access hole under the boot lid hinge. You do need to get the boot liner out of the way. You really are working blind on this so do it up as much as you can first as the bolts with notes on go into the holes and then push forward into place. This will make sense when you're doing it as you don't need to remove the 3 bolts to remove the light. You just loosen them and slide the whole rear light cluster backwards to remove it.