XC60 high level 3rd brake light replacement

[@intergalactic2011]

I get a huge amount of satisfaction doing jobs like this. My Volvo garage want best part of £200 for a new one, to pass the MOT in Sept. Got a new one for about £80 delivered from a well known auction site. Don't use the Lithuanian ones, they say standard postage gets held up, but miraculously, if you pay extra, it will get through ok!! I didn't notice the prob with the fourth hole, so will disassemble in a couple of days, and seal the extra hole, though, I'll be surprised if there isn't water inside the tailgate already from seals leaking, and sweating etc over the last 12 years, and this fourth hole is not exactly going to funnel loads in. But I will do it, as it's now a tic in my head! The middle nut is quite awkward, and you need exactly the right combination of socket, extension, ratchet etc. When I saw the tutorial, and you went to your MASSIVE selection of sockets, my heart sank, but my two Bahco sets covered it. One of them is magnetic, and while not deep enough to either start to remove or tighten the nut fully, was invaluable at the last bit of getting it out, and the first part of putting it back. And those pesky grommets, just a small wipe with washing up liquid, and they push back in, easy as. Really great tutorial, and thanks to guys like you that help us d.i.y.ers with some clever hacks. Cheers.😂

[@Stu-SB]

I've just done mine, a couple of tips for anyone doing the same. 1. The centre nut comes out easily, I used a deep 10 mil 3/8 drive socket, using the socket and a pair of pliers, locate the socket onto the nut by hand, support it with one hand and turn the socket with the pliers, a turn or so and you can ditch the pliers and remove by hand, do the same in reverse for the install. 2. My LED assembly also came without the spigot for that fourth hole/mount, I cut a square from a milk carton and used some silicone to stick it over the hole and applied silicone ontop, I doubt any water will penetrate at that point. Job time around 40 minutes to figure it out and install. I could probably do it in half the time now. Don't bother taking off rear window trim, It gives no further access to any of the points in question..

[@williamcotter2507]

Thank You for this. Huge Help.

[@markuseriksson6836]

Great video, just what I need. Big thanks!

[@davewendydanathome9099]

got one to do myself, 2010 xc60 d5 a single led is out , going to try resolder or replace the strip or the the SMD Led. reckon water and corrosion gets into them

[@intergalactic2011]

So finding myself with what I thought would be enough time to deal the 'fourth hole', I started to take apart. Two side ones were fine, but for some reason, the middle one wasn't coming undone. I thought perhaps the thread had stripped, but it was metal to metal, so should have been ok. I had been doing everything to date from inside. So I close the hatch and lifted the light off, to reveal that the middle 'bolt' had unscrewed itself from the light fitting. This then become a complete arse to get out single handed. So I put some mole grips on the outside, and went back inside. As the nut came undone, the grips had more play, so started to turn, so I had to keep gripping the bolt further down the thread. Did this about four times, and got the little #### out. I was then worried that when I refitted it and tightened it, it would strip the thread, as this is indeed, metal bolt into plastic fitting. So I put a tiny bit of gaffa tape on the thread, and used the fitting nut to screw it into the fitting. I covered the fourth hole with some gaffa tape, and put a piece of closed cell foam in between the fitting and the bodywork. Screwed it all in, tested, job's a good 'un. But what I thought would take 20 minutes took an hour. Moral of story, bung hole up on first fitting.

[@tomrugar]

What year model is this XC60? I have a 2016 T5, the plastic housing below (Alarm-FM long range antenna housing) the 3rd break light is cracked and I need to fully disassamble the hole top portion of it to get it replaced :(

[@prichawarin]

I got all the way to the part where I need to attach the bolt to the middle screw and I just can't seem to get it to attach. Any tips?

[@jamiemyates]

Small mirror and just a long socket as per my vid at 13mins. And some good luck 😉

[@prichawarin]

@@jamiemyates You're a better man than me.. I thought I had it and the bolt stuck but as soon as I got my socket on it it fell off. Had to use a magnet to get it out of the hole.

[@admirmesic5241]

only a long socket . normal change under 5 min

[@Stu-SB]

That centre one looks impossible to get the nut back on I'm doing my 2010 just now ....any tips ?

[@jamiemyates]

Little hands, or rent a child, or Gspot practise ;)

[@Stu-SB]

@Jamie Yates haha. G spot practice, I'll go for that... now where the hell is she !

[@jamiemyates]

@@Stu-SB I dare you to tell her why your doing it, mid way through……

[@johnny5240]

do you have a volvo part number for the light ramp?

[@eenink03]

I need a part number too. Can't find it aftermarket at all. Mine is miraculously broken, including the red reflection. Maybe because of the storm something fell on it.

[@joey20218]

31420367 i think

[@johnny5240]

@@joey20218 Thank you :)

[@atomikrobot300099]

I just had mine fail. The Housing separated on the seam just like yours.

[@prichawarin]

Thanks for the vdo.

[@ThinkingOutLoudly]

Ta saved me a bit of time

[@jinxed_jinxed_3443]

Thanks

[@atomikrobot300099]

AN IMPORTANT PSA. The new light you just installed does not seal one of the holes. Go compare in your video the old part vs the new part. It's missing a white seal and retaining clip. Water is probably leaking into your tailgate. I had to seal the hole on my new brake light.

[@jamiemyates]

I took the missing one off the old.

[@atomikrobot300099]

@@jamiemyates You're totally right about transfering the parts, however, if you look closer, it's actually an entire hole that doesn't have a plug on the new model. Unless you cut the plastic off and glued it on the new one, it's not plugging the hole. There's a post on the swedespeed XC60 P3 form that shows how to fix the problem and what's going on old vs new via a side-by-side comparison.

[@atomikrobot300099]

The thread with the photo comparison is called: "PSA - Extra step required when replacing rear third/high mount LED brake light - water leak without an extra fix - 31395081 vs 31420367"

[@Stu-SB]

@@atomikrobot300099 my post above should help people with the missing 4th spigot..

[@TheMetrefekseli]

Waw a 60 euro light bulb ,from 1 euro normal filament to led strip,Well done Volvo

[@jamiemyates]

Every car manufacturer does this now

[@jennifermedyuk1744]

I was so confident I could do it until he got that last bolt. I needed all those attachments. Sigh