I have a 97 maxima and one of my fog lights is either burnt or has a loose connection. Does anyone have a how-to for fog lights?
I want to take it out to see if its burnt or so.

 

in the 95-96's theres a reflector tab next to the fog light... you have to press on it... and get it to unclip... onces its off... theres a screw behind it. Once you unscrew it, the foglight should come off... you might have to wiggle it out... but you will be able to pull it out.. and then of course they'll be a harness, unclip the harness and you can then pull out foglight out... Hopefully it somewhat the same with 97's and up

Raul

 

check your owner's manual, it's in there. there's a phillips head screw on a plastic cover and two 10mm bolts holding the actual light in. easy.

 

so i dont have to go under the car and take off anything? Just do it from the front?

 

ok nvm, i got the foglight out of the front bumper. Now i dont know how to take out the bulb. Directions?

 

isnt there like a little metal clip in the housing... you have to un hinge it... and I think the bulb is a twist out kinda of thing deal (mybad I forgot if there where any more screws to undo... not sure if it was to remove the fog or the bracket)

raul

 

sorry raul, but im new to this car stuff. I didnt really understand what you said, so here i try once more.



this is where i am stuck.

 

i believe you just need to flip the metal piece over and pull out the bulb

 

lol. Classic. Yea, its the lil middle "ring" there. Push it in a bit and it will pop out. Hows that for a description!? lol

 

Push down on the red, and slide it away to release the clip.

 

thanks a lot guys, much appreciated

 

I have bad grammar... sorry bro... and I speak the same way as I talk... so thats probably worse.

raul

 

Thanks Guys~!

 

ok, another type of question. Forgive me if im asking something tooo noobish, but the BULB itself wont come out, it is like attached to the white cord. Im pulling the bulb out but it just wont come out due to the fact it is stuck to this wire. anyone have an idea?

 

when you unclip that little metal piece that was circled in red above the bulb should pop right out. it should also still be connected to that white wire because it's all one piece. the bulb/wire plug in where you see that little plastic slip cover along the wire. if the bulb doesn't come right out you might need to take a tiny screwdriver to loosen it, but once it's unclipped you should just be able to hold the foglight and pull on that white woven piece to get it out.

 

it is connected to a wired coming from the white protective wrap. Also, the wire is connected to a spring like structure. any ideaS?

 

slide that protective woven tubing down. underneath this tube is where the wire that connects the fog light to the plug. essentially, the foglight bulb is the male end and the wiring harness is the female end. The foglight bulb does not look like your typical headlight bulb with a huge pluge at the end of it. this thin wire that is at the end of your bulb is the wiring harness. hope this made sense.

check out this picture to see what the bulb connection actually looks like:
http://www.nopionline.com/nopistore/...c=L9470710.jpg

-Steve

 

well, thanks. The pic was worth a thousand words. =)

 

sorry to bump and old thread, but, I was unscrewing the "bolt" holding my passenger side fog light and it snapped... .. it snapped more or less flush with the base it screws into.. anyone have suggestions how I can remove that remaining 1/2 screw?

thanks
KL