How To Replace Headlights & Bulbs 07-13 Chevy Silverado
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1A Auto shows you how to repair, install, fix, change or replace the broken, damaged, cracked, faded, cloudy, or chipped headlights. This video is applicable to the Chevy Silverado, model years 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, and 13.
This process should be similar on the following vehicles:
2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2012 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2013 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
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Very helpful video if you are trying to replace the whole headlight... If you are just trying to replace the head lamp bulb, just pull the air box and you're right there. 3 min and done.
+Taylor Schmidt can you explain this a little bit to me? need to replace a bulb this weekend
Wait how?
what is the air box?
You are the reason I read a lot of the comments. Thank You, All four lamps changed out with only the hassle of not having toddler hands.
Taylor Schmidt not for the driver side
All this just to replace a bulb.
Makes me miss the easy convenience of my '06 Sierra.
If you're just replacing the bulb, you may be able to reach around the back of the headlight and remove it without removing the actual headlight. Hope this helps you out. 1aauto.com 888-844-3393
1A Auto Parts you absolutely CANNOT reach behind there. Facing this issue right now for the sole reason of changing a low beam.
The owners manual tells you the pop the airbox loose to get access to the passenger side headlight bulbs. On the driver side there is enough room for your hand to access the bulbs and change them.
I spent almost 2hours just to have access to my busted bulb, and I was unsuccessful until I saw your post. Coincidentally, it is a 2011 Silverado. It just my truck's model. Thanks for your insight on replacing the bulb/headlights. It benefited me from your post. Blessings
I actually look for your video's now. After trying to diagnose and help repair my son's 2004 Dodge Ram vi LONG DISTANCE and now our 2009 GMC SIERRA where I have to replace the Headlight bulb, Your videos are top notch! They make it really easy to follow and the confidence of getting the repair done quickly and efficiently is such a relief.
Great video and spot on instructions. On my 2013, I just reached in, grabbed the light, twisted and pulled it out. Replaced the bulb and put the socket back in. Took about 3 minutes. I used a chair to stand on. My hands aren’t huge which was helpful. Good luck!
so you could replace the bulb without having to remote the grille, whole headlight, etc.? If so, that would be awesome. A simple bulb swap shouldn't require as much effort as what's in the video.
Spent an hour the other day trying to remove the headlamp assembly to install HID conversion kit with no luck.
Thanks for the video, it was very clear and informative.
Very helpful video! Too bad GM can't just leave well enough alone. The last body style headlight replacement took about 90 seconds. Pull two pins, lens assy comes out in your hand, replace bulb, reassemble. Grr....
I have changed both of the left and the right side of my bulbs without taking off the front grill, but watching your video made me see how to get to the wiring hornest. That was exactly what I needed to see, thank you so much buddy, For getting to the wiring hornest that was adsactly what I needed to see.
Makes me glad my 99 Silverado is still running great. Headlight replacement is absurdly simple on it.
+David Doughty Thanks for the feedback!
The video was very helpful and made changing the light assemblies relatively easy. I change both assemblies in a couple hours.
Very helpful video. Thanks for posting. I have to agree though, these engineers have never tuned a wrench in their lives. What a joke.
Amen to that.
Great informative video but I don't know what dumbazz designs a vehicle where you have to pull the front of the truck down to change a simple headlight bulb!. My case is worse because I have a brush guard on to protect from front end damage so it's now a two man job.
@@sgtjameslindsey2493 I haven’t tried it on the Silverado yet (my son has one and he’s away at college so that’s why I’m watching), but I didn’t have to take the whole grill off of the Suburban, and I sure didn’t remove the whole headlight assy. I’m thinking I just went in through the wheel well
@@sgtjameslindsey2493 remove the air box on one side and the washer bottle on te other if you don't have someone with small hands to get the drivers side out.
This video is excellent! I not only saved big money on the headlight itself, but the installation process was very simple as well! Thank you so much to 1A Auto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+Doug Spatz You're welcome! Thanks for watching 1aauto.com 866-403-3393
Great video. Saved me some time getting to and locating that 10mm bolt under the driver side front wheel well. The small knife blade contact in the low beam headlight connector broke off when pulling off the old bulb. Some arching must have been occurring since that part of the connector seemed burnt. Instead of cutting and soldering a new connector on I just bought a new wiring harness for $45.00 locally and replaced it. I did notice there is a new updated design for the low beam headlight connector on this new wiring harness. Keeps the bulb from unsnapping thus illuminating the arching due to a loose connection. This has solved my driver side low beam headlight from intermittently functioning. Took me about two hours to complete this repair and just took my time. No mechanic experience. Going to replace the passenger side wiring harness when I get some time to ensure that low beam headlight connector is up to date as well. Sure beats paying $270.00 at a dealership for this type of repair. Price of labor these days will kill you.
Thanks for this great video. What a pain they made this into. My '99 Silverado had 2 pins you pulled out and the whole assembly popped out. Thanks again for the great instruction
Awesome video. Step by step instruction was on point and my bulb was replaced in no time. Thx!
I could not think of a way to make this video any better. Great job guys, and thank you!!
+Zach Murray Thanks for the kind words. For anyone else looking to replace their headlights, 1A Auto carries the parts here: www.1aauto.com/1A/HeadLights/Chevy/Silverado1500/1ALHP00710?CZcams&CTA%20Comment&ATony
DANG. I tried on the weekend to do this on a nice sunny day. Got the parts all off including the grill and couldn't for the life of me find those dang screws in behind the wheel liner. Put it all back together thinking I was taking too many parts off, oh well, maybe next weekend. It must have taken a GM engineer many hours to figure how to frig up a simple job like replacing a bulb. Thanks for your help.
I took the truck all apart again and loosened the bolts under the fender liner. I did not re-tighten them when I was done. Two bolts should be sufficient to hold a light in place.
Great video helped me out of a jam. Instructions are spot on thanks a lot
You guys are the best. I buy everything from you just because you make installation videos.
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Good video 1A auto!! Way to go GM.. should've kept it simple like the 99-06 models.. 😑 now I have to take the front end apart to get to some bulbs
+immapimpslapyou Thanks for the feedback!
I would never of got the headlight out without watching the video.
+Ed Hounshell We're glad the video helped you out. Thanks for watching. 1aauto.com 866-403-3393
Once again, a 1A Auto hot to video saves the day! Please don't stop making these!
+Jerry Tozer We love making informative videos to help you out. Have a great day! 1aauto.com
wish I would have watched this 2 hours ago.changed the low beam drivers side on my 2012 sierra.removed the extra battery tray and pulled the washer fluid tank forward and it was still a tight spot for my hand.will follow this how to and do the other 3.thanks for this.
very helpful video, just like many others you have posted, thanks.
the parts I have bought from 1aauto have also been top notch.
my 2013 Silverado LT had.
- 6 clips behind the grill
- 2 (1 each side) shim/spacers headlight in place on top.
Hey guys I'm wrapping a 2014 Chevrolet 2500 HD and l watched this video and another to remove the door handles. I just wanted to thank you for posting this video. It made my job a lot easier :)
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Thanks for this video A1 Auto. When I need something I will buy from you guys.
very helpful, I changed out my headlights on my 2008 Silverado today
Thanks for your how to video followed your instructions and I was done in no time thank you very much
Thanks for the video. A little different for the 2012. Has 6 clips on the grill and the wheel well liner has screws to remove to get to the back of the headlamp.
all of yalls videos are helpful.... thanks guys
Successfully installed thanks to your great video! Much appreciated
Congratulations on the successful repair. We're glad the video helped you out. 1aauto.com 866-403-3393
Thank you!!!! Just did this today. Did the other headlight just because my luck would have it that next week the other one would go out and i would have to rip all this stuff out again. The right headlight was a little harder to get out due to that bottom screw behind the wheel well being obstructed by a bar. Good times. Thanks again
+matthew feldman Congratulations on the successful repair. We're glad the video helped you out. 1aauto.com 866-403-3393
Truly Awsome, Thank you!
Just as described, thanks for the help! I didn't have to loosen the bolt behind the wheelwell, was able to wiggle the light out without that step.
+St. Croix Thank you! We love empowering our customers and showing how to perform DIY auto repairs with our high-quality auto parts. 1AAuto.com
Very good! Thanks so much for posting this video, it was a big help!
Thanks a lot. Clear and easy 👌
Thank you for the video and the connection to A1 Auto. The A1 Auto web site was very user friendly. The instruction was easy to follow and worked really well for my 2008 Z71 Silverado 1500.
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Thank you! Very helpful!
Thank Yall this video helped out, except I have 6 clips behind the grill lol
Thank you so much for the video. Fixed my headlight smooth and quick without headache or stress.
Gosha Congratulations on the successful repair. We're glad the video helped you out. 1aauto.com 866-403-3393
Great video, very illustrative. Thank you.
Exactly what I needed to see! Thanks!
Thanks for the video. What a PITA! Replacing the bulbs in my 2005, literally took 5 minutes, tops.
This and the transmission pan makes me wonder what the hell the engineers were thinking.
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video was very helpful thanks!
OMG ! Had no idea what a pain best of luck to my old man ,Thank you for the video helped me understand .
+Laura Thompson Thanks for watching. If any of our viewers needs to make this repair, we carry the auto repair part shown in this video on our website. Here is a link to them www.1aauto.com/1A/HeadLights/Chevy/Silverado1500/1ALHP00710?CZcams&CTA+Comment&KyanoXa70
Helped a lot thanks. Only left out the tabs at the bottom of the grill that attach to the bumper. But I figured it out
I'm a Chevrolet guy and always will be but this is a pain to replace a bulb. But now days the designs are different and most people won't do all of this. But I still work on my own vehicles and will do it!
Great video! Much appreciated
Great video. Love the 1aauto videos. Very helpful and the website is great for ordering parts. Surprised you dont have to also pull the engine and drain the transmission to change the bulb. Thanks Chevy. Keep on burying those consumable components!
+true.dat Thank you! We love empowering our customers and showing how to perform DIY auto repairs with our high-quality auto parts. 1AAuto.com
To replace the headlights just reach behind the headlight on the driver side and replace it without having to remove nothing. The passenger side just take out the air filter and reach in again and replace. Done it many times on my ‘12 Silverado
Best instructional video ever thanks
Excellent video
thank you
It's helps a lot in find the bolt in front of the tire if you turn the tire all the way to the right. Other than that the video was very helpful.
I appreciate the effort truly but I have to tell you I couldn’t find a single video including this one that said : Stick your hand in there and just twist the thing counter clockwise. Geez…it feels like you guys that make these videos are trying to discourage people from changing light bulbs so we pay a mechanic hundreds of dollars? I put it off for weeks, risked getting a ticket, or worse. Literally…stick your hand behind the wiper fluid dispenser, grab the assembly, twist it counterclockwise, lift the snap between the bulb and the wiring, replace the bulb, stick it back in and turn clockwise. Zero tools. Less than two minutes. In front of o’reilly’s. All alone. Mic drop.
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thanks for the video. I have spent hours trying to get my headlights out.. tricky third screw..
Thanks for watching. 1aauto.com 888-844-3393
Thank to god for you showing the hidden bolt under the fender plastics.
Great help. Thanks for posting. My 2009 has 6 snaps holding the grill. It may be the Z71 addition to my truck. I noticed I have different front cooling configuration than is shown in your video. The two additional snaps are located there.
My 2011 3500HD also had 6 PITA snaps, as well as 10 pushpins on the shroud instead of 8. The wheel well liner had 2 screws that needed to come out (7mm socket) to access the 3rd bolt. What maniac designed this thing??
Thanks, excellent instruction.
I had to replace all the bulbs on my father in law's 2013 GMC Sierra 1500. This video was almost spot on. The other videos that tell you to remove the air filter or others that go up from the wheel well are a joke. We tried this last time and it might be ok for a single turn signal, but I my knuckles got so beat up it was not worth it.
The only difference on the GMC was that the bumper goes across the front and is basically attached to the front grill (I did not see an easy way to separate it). To remove it, you have to take out two 7mm bolts under the wheel well on each side holding the side of the bumper on, and then pull the bumper away from the sides until you get over to the grill and then it will come off with the front grill. Then you have full access to the housings as described in this awesome video. Putting the entire thing back on was a bit of a trick because there are four spots on top of the chrome bumper where the plastic bumper piece has to align just right when you are pushing it back towards the engine block. This was a bit tricky to make sure things lined up properly.
All in all, this video is much easier than other methods that are described both on CZcams and some bulb manufacture sites. Kudos to whomever did this video.
+Matt Jenkins Thank you very much!
Thanks for the help
On the grill it has some metal retainers do they have to open inorder to take off the grill?
Thank you . gonna go do this today. Now if the engineers that design these automobiles had to work on them......lol
Thank you, I am going to change my 2 head kites tomorrow, on my 2011 Silverado, 4 18 2021. Dale, will let you know.
Thanks. I left the bottom most bolt loosened but not all the way off and could easily navigate my hand to replace low beams.
Great Video. Thanks a Million.
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Excellent instruction video.
Thanks for the helpful video!
Thanks for the how to video it worked prefect
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thank you for the video. this will save me 120 in labor from the chevy dealership
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I got blessed with skinny arms. Lol... Just reached back in there and changed the bulbs. Had a friend pull back on the breatjer a little.
ZORN BRATTON My buddy and I just did the same thing in the parking lot. lol
Really helpful thanks
OMG I guess I will be taking the back roads home tonight....I didn't realize you had to take the truck apart to change the headlights! lol
Some bulbs you can get to without completely taking all apart, some you can't.
Thanx.. Thank you. Very helpful.
OK, the product was perfect! And Bonus! I got lamps in my units!
Now, the "dislike" part.
You will need 5 different pliers to find the best one to fit you for the clips, those clips are a b!ch!
The wheel well bolts will cause some cussing, so make sure there are no children around and turn up the shop music!
Before you start tightening down the bolts, wiggle the fixture around to find the "sweet" spot, and turn the headlights on to see the difference against you garage/shop wall. Don't think that you'll tighten everything down and it'll be perfect. There's a lot of wiggle room in the mounting holes.
I recommend you have;
2 - 3 hours
4 - 5 beers
~ 2 shots
a 10m socket with an extension and a universal (1/4") (for the wheelwell bolts)
loud music so the kids don't hear you cuss.
oh, and the 2010 has 6 clips on the grill, not 4.
This video was made to sell the product, not show us what we are getting into.
But, the product was nothing less than perfect! Well worth the money over the cheap ones.
Nice Job, Thank you
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Holy crap. I miss my old 1998......
Thanks, it was very helpful
+john kostanesky Thanks for watching. If any of our viewers needs to replace their headlights we carry the ones shown in this video on our website. Here's a link to them. We also offer free shipping on all orders in the US www.1aauto.com/1A/HeadLights/Chevy/Silverado1500/1ALHP00710?CZcams&CTA%20Comment&ATony
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great video...makes job very easy.
Emily Marzilli We're glad the video helped you out. Thanks for watching. 1aauto.com 866-403-3393
Very helpful video!! Can you do one for fog lights on the same truck?
Hi Robert, This video should help you out. We also sell replacement fog lights on our website. How To Install Replace Change Fog Light and Bulb 2007-13 Chevy Silverado
I have a 2013 GMC 2500HD Sierra SLE and the grill appears to be secured with additional keepers or brackets at the bottom of the grill to the bumper assembly. Am I wrong on this? the clips come free, but it's still locked in at the bottom to a plastic 'valance'. Thanks.
Great Video Thanks
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Good job guys
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Good video, what's the bulb numbers, H11 for low beam, I'm changing wiring harness, good time to change all the bulbs since the front-end is disassembled 😮
Not sure on passenger side but on the driver side you can reach your hand in and twist the back of the bulb to the left. Then pull it from the socket, grab the new bulb, and put it back in the socket. Then turn the back of the bulb to the right and you're done. Took me approxitmately about 5 min...including removing new bulb from package.
Thanks
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Do you need to disconnect the Battery for replacing bulbs?
Where is the best place to get those clips? Do you know what they are called?
Thanks for the vid.
Just saved me $80!👍👍
There needs to be a satire video about how you have to take apart your entire car to change a bulb
Is there a way to replace the passenger side bulb without removing the grill?
Hi, very helpful video, however to just replace the amber light bulbs does the lamp need to be removed?
You might be able to get your hand in the back of the housing to remove them, with out taking the unit out. If there's not enough room, you may have to remove the assembly. 1aauto.com 888-844-3393
Thanks for a great video, but should mention headlights may need to be adjusted afterward if changing the entire unit and not just a bulb.
I got a 2015 Tahoe Ppv and can’t get my DRL & horn to work. I need so help.
do you guys sell the entire headlight harness by itself ??.
Unreal!
I should have watched the video before I bought one. I guess I will take to a shop to change the bulbs
You don't have to remove the headlight to replace the bulbs. You can reach in from behind and remove and install the light. It's not that difficult.