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Installation Procedure

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  1. Clean any tape residue from the liftgate and the high mounted stop lamp bezel with a 50/50 mixture by volume of isopropyl alcohol and water.
  2. Use a clean lint-free cloth to wipe dry the liftgate, the high mounted stop lamp, and the bezel.
  3. Install the high mounted stop lamp to the bezel.
    4. NOTE: Refer to Fastener Notice .
  4. Install the fasteners that secure the high mounted stop lamp to the bezel.

    Tighten:  Tighten the high mounted stop lamp fasteners to 2 N.m (18 lb in).

  5. Peel back the protective cover to expose the bezel side adhesive tape edge of the new rear edge weatherstrip.
  6. Position the notches on the new rear edge weatherstrip to the high mounted stop lamp bezel.
  7. Press the new rear edge weatherstrip onto the high mounted stop lamp bezel.
    8. Fig 1: View Of High Mounted Stop Lamp
    GM1386205Courtesy of GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
  8. Connect the high mounted stop lamp electrical connector to the wiring harness connector.
  9. Peel back the protective cover to expose the liftgate side adhesive tape edge of the new rear edge weatherstrip on the high mounted stop lamp bezel.
  10. Position the high mounted stop lamp bezel to the liftgate.
  11. Press the rear edge of the high mounted stop lamp bezel onto the liftgate.
  12. Install the fasteners securing the high mounted stop lamp bezel to the liftgate.

    Tighten:  Tighten the bezel fasteners to 3 N.m (27 lb in).

  13. Install the liftgate. Refer to Liftgate Replacement .
  14. Use a small flat-bladed tool to work the upper window seal out from under the high mounted stop lamp bezel.
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