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Volkswagen Golf Mk7 Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing bulb for rear interior light -W43- with incandescent bulbs

Using removal wedge -3409-, this page covers removing the incandescent bulb for rear interior light -W43- — Note: the same bulbs serve the rear reading lights -W11-/-W12-.

Special tools and workshop equipment required
   
Removal wedge -3409-
  Note
The lights used for the rear interior light -W43- are the same as the rear left and rear right reading lights -W11-/ -W12-.
Removing
 

Removing and installing bulb for rear interior light -W43- with incandescent bulbs

–  Lever off lens -3- for rear interior light -W43- using removal wedge -3409-.
–  Pull bulb -1- out of bulb holder -2- in direction of arrow -A-.
Installing
Install in the reverse order of removal, observing the following:
  Caution
Risk of damage to the bulb.
Do not touch the glass part of the bulb with bare fingers. Fingers leave traces of grease on the glass bulb, which vaporise when the bulb is switched on and cause the glass bulb to cloud over.
Wear, for example, clean fabric gloves when inserting bulbs.
–  Test functionality.
 

Removing and installing bulb for rear interior light -W43- with incandescent bulbs

    Questions & answers

    Removing and installing bulb for rear interior light -W43- with incandescent bulbs — Volkswagen Golf Mk7

    How do I change the Golf Mk7 rear interior light bulb?
    Same lever-out method as the front light.
    Removing and installing bulb for front interior light -W1- with incandescent bulbs
    Special tools and workshop equipment required     Removal wedge -3409-   Note ...

    Removing and installing light for rear interior light -W43- with LED
      Note The lights used for the rear interior light -W43- are the same as the rear left and rear right reading lights -W11-/ -W12-. ...