Renault Megane 03 Brake Light Bulbs

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Sat 20 Aug 2005 13:46
Renault Megane 03 Brake Light Bulbs - waynelod
Hi.

I am new to this forum - so please bear with me. I have a new shaped Megane from 2003. Both the back brake light bulbs have gone (two side ones, not the one at the top back). It says in the manual to remove 2 bolts at the side whilst the boot is open. These are weird star shaped things and it appears a special tool is required.

Please help before I get stopped by the feds for no brake lights - I have the bulbs in my hand raring to go.

Many thanks
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Sat 20 Aug 2005 14:29
Renault Megane 03 Brake Light Bulbs - Altea Ego
They should be white or yellow plastic three pronged star items

The special tool is your fingers. They are designed to be undone by hand


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Sat 20 Aug 2005 15:14
Renault Megane 03 Brake Light Bulbs - Xileno {P}
The rear bulbs are the easy ones to replace...
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Sat 20 Aug 2005 15:29
Renault Megane 03 Brake Light Bulbs - waynelod
OK thank you

Mine are actually black (I have a new shape Megane Privilege 1.9dcI if that makes a difference ?) They look to be fixed to a black panel - and have a star stype female drive in them. Weird. Ive looked and still cannot see anything yellow or white

Im going nutty I think ?

Cheers
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Sat 20 Aug 2005 15:42
Renault Megane 03 Brake Light Bulbs - Marc
sounds like a Torx bolt. You need a screwdriver with changeable bits, eg :

www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=28889&ts=2...4
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Sat 20 Aug 2005 15:46
Renault Megane 03 Brake Light Bulbs - Adam {P}
That's a bit off isn't it? Needing a torx screqdriver just to change your rear bulbs?
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Adam
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Sat 20 Aug 2005 17:36
Renault Megane 03 Brake Light Bulbs - waynelod
Nope - tried and its no good

Ive tried a torx drive in there - will not turn

Ive even put a pliers on the outside three prong affair and it just twists. The top one appears to be attached to the panel and will not turn, the other is under a 50mm plastic bung at the side - similar problem

This is crazy - I will have to go to Renault on Monday just to change two brake bulbs.

The front ones are supposed to be fiddly - and I changed a front indicator bulb without a problem :(
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Sat 20 Aug 2005 20:19
Renault Megane 03 Brake Light Bulbs - Xileno {P}
Reading the original post again, are you sure that it's the bulbs that are blown? It is very unusual to have both bulbs blow at the same time. I suspect an electrical fault may be the problem.
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Sun 21 Aug 2005 12:00
Renault Megane 03 Brake Light Bulbs - waynelod
Hi

One went last week, so I went and bought two new bulbs. The second went Friday evening - as my neighbour is very informative about these things, such as tyres, indicators etc. I dont THINK its an electrical problem - but could be I guess. I am going to enrole on a course in September to learn how to change Megane brake light bulbs - sheesh !
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