Replacing the license plate lights

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by C Clay, May 10, 2026 at 12:51 PM.

  1. C Clay

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    It looks like this could be a lengthy job, I can't seem to find any YouTube posts of this being done, which makes me think perhaps it isn't done that much on a 7 year old Prius- yet here I am needing to change the lights. However, I will check to see if new lights work with existing wiring before taking off the Back Door Outside Garnish

    I was staring at this job with the back door trim removed and looking at those 10 bolts thinking that they should be removed, but it was getting dusk so I stopped. So the steps are pretty much
    1. remove inside trim
    2. remove bolts that hold the outside "garnish"/trim
    3. remove the outside garnish/trim?

    This would be a good time to replace those clips- does anyone know the part number?
     

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  2. Mendel Leisk

    Mendel Leisk MMX GEN III

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    3rd gen has a couple of small access panels you can pop out, you're not seeing anything like that?
     
    #2 Mendel Leisk, May 10, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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