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1ed
Explorer
Apr 17, 2021

How to remove tail light from 2020. Rock wood mini lite

I have a 2020 Rochwood mini lite and the right turn signal does not flash. All other functions work on both sides of the trailer. Can not figure out how to remove the lens so I can replace bulb. The tail light has caluking around it and there is a small black thing on the bottom of the light. I am not sure how to get this puppy off so I can replace the bulb.Ed
  • LED lights are sealed and the LEDs inside the assembly are not "replaceable".

    To fix, you must replace the entire fixture.

    You might wish to do some troubleshooting before replacing the fixture..

    Clean all the contacts on the plug from the trailer and the socket on the vehicle, the connections tend to get corroded. You can use some sandpaper rolled up a few layers and flattened out size it to fit in the plug contacts to scrub the contacts shiny.

    Vehicles often have fuses on stop/turn/running lights, make sure those fuses are good, read your vehicles manual to find out the location of those fuses.

    Your trailer may also have fuses, if so those may be located near the tongue, follow the tow vehicle to trailer cable to see if you can find a junction and fuse box..

    Barring all that, pull the tail lights, move the known working one to the side that isn't working.. If the good tail light works then you know you need to replace the bad one..

    If you don't wish to go to the work of troubleshooting you can just throw money at it and buy a new replacement and hope that is the fix to the problem..

    If they look like these..



    They use a rubber grommet that surrounds the light..

    You can pry the light out of the grommet or the grommet out of the RV body..

    Although it is possible that if there is caulking around the fixture the caulking may be hiding the screw holes so you will want to remove the caulking ans see what is under it..
  • It is the new type LED. NOt sure how to post picture but it is round and LED.
    Thanks for your input. Ed
  • Post a photo of the light se we can see what it looks like. There's dozens of various tail lights used y RV manufacturers
  • wnjj's avatar
    wnjj
    Explorer II
    Can you see that it has a bulb or being that new is it possibly an LED assembly? If the latter, you may have to remove caulking and replace.