2014 ZRE182R Corolla Hatch Brake Light Replacement

[Jaytee23]

Hi All

Hoping someone can help.

How do you access the brake light bulbs on the boot lid? I can see the access panel for the reverse lights but there should be another bulb

in there for the brake lights. The lights on the rear corners are the indicator and taillights only.

There is no reference to these lights at all in the manual or internet.

thanks guys

[Hiro]

Pretty sure the hatch light is purely for reverse, and the red is just a reflector.  The rear corner lights are combination lights covering both brake- and tail-lights (two filaments in a single bulb) along with the indicator.

 

EDIT: Confirmed when I went shopping last night.  Parked behind an Ascent and left the carpark behind a Levin (both pre-facelift) and neither had any red bulb in the hatch light (and both had combination brake/tail-lights in the corners).  It's different on the facelift models where they have a single-filament brake bulb (in the corner light) and LED light-pipes for the tail-lights in both the corner light and the hatch light.