This saved me from hearing my wife's attitude. Simple and great video. Don't understand why these engineers are making the simple things so difficult on these new cars.

Just replaced the bulb in my 2014 Traverse. The Dealer wanted to "remove the bumper" to get to the bulb. $120.00 in labor. You saved me a lot of cash! Thanks for making this post. Greatly appreciated.

The bungee cord to hold the wheel well liner is genius!! Makes a huge difference. Thank you for sharing.

I am a 69 year old female widow. My mechanic told me it is a 2 hour job. Lol I watched your video and did it myself in 15 minutes. I didn’t have a bungee cord so I stuck a Gatorade bottle in between the black cover and wheel cover!Thank you!

The shop quoted my wife $80 to $100 dollars! It only cost me the cost of the headlight $14.99 the cost of the bungee cord $2.99 and less than 4mins and 56 seconds. Great video thank you!

Oh my God! You just save me $200, the dealership wanted to charge me $200! I only spent about $45 for everything I needed and changed it in 20 minutes thanks for your video!!!!✊🏾🙏🏾💯💯💯💯

Thank you. Double thumbs up. I knew exactly what I was doing with the help of this video. The tarp strap trick is a life saver. The basic bulbs are rated for more than twice the life as the fancier ones. Crank the wheel to the inside. Use T20 bit to remove two screws. Pull the cover back and hold with tarp strap run through the wheel spokes. Undo (counterclockwise) the lid behind the bulb. Remove the bulb (counterclockwise) Unclip the bulb. Wrap the new bulb with paper towel to prevent hand grease. Make sure it is in the same orientation as the old one was so when you reach the new one back in, you don't need to fiddle. Clip the wire back on and make sure the clip is fully engaged. Remove the paper towel and twist the bulb back into the hole without touching the glass. Make sure the bulb is sat all the way in again before fastening it back home (10 o'clock to 12 o'clock) Release the tarp strap and refasten the shroud with the two screws. Test and pat yourself on the back. Give this video a thumbs up.

This was the BEST video ever!! The bungee cord idea worked like a charm. I bought a T-20 screwdriver from O’Rileys for $6.99 and the bulbs for about $47. I did both headlights for under $60 and in under 30 minutes for both headlights! Thank you so very much!

TweekerDan, You are great! I just replaced a headlight on my daughter's 2012 Chevy Traverse. It had been out for a LONG time and either we were sold the wrong bulb or couldn't find anyone to take it to on short notice. We were all waiting for the problem to fix itself when I finally said "I guess it's going to be me." So I bought more bulbs and yours was the first video I pulled up. I had really done nothing more under the hood of a car than replace windshield wiper fluid and check oil. An hour later I had fixed her headlight! I'm proud of myself, but I couldn't have done it without you. Thanks!

The bungee cord tip was excellent. Wouldn't have thought of that. I'll use that tip. I have a bulb to change .

Excellent tutorial! The tip about using a bungee cord to hold the plastic guard back was extremely helpful. I was able to replace the headlight very easily using this as a guide. Thank you!!

I hope you understand how helpful this really is. My husband is sick and he usually does this stuff for me. But with this you explained and shown everything I needed to know to get it changed! I appreciate you for this! 🙏

Thank you! Just saved $110 in labor for each side. Took me 5 minutes! I replaced them both while I was at it. Your video was super easy to follow, thanks again.

Man thank you for this video. I was told I had to completely remove the tire on my wife’s traverse to change the bulb so you’ve made it a hell of a lot quicker and easier for me!!!

Thank you for making your video short and simple! Straight to the point. People want short and straight to the point.

5 minutes and I fixed mine. The shop wanted $40 to do this! WTF!? Thanks for the video. I owe you a beer. LOL!

Just did both sides on mine less than 15 minutes total - thanks for the great video

Oh my god. This literally was the best video of them all. Thank you!

Thanks for sharing ! Simple and to the point, it cost me $15 for the headlamp, and one latex glove to protect the bulb. 10 minutes and done.

What a fantastic guide, for real. Not touching the bulb is a great tip, I never would have thought that it would make a difference.

Your video was the best that I have ever seen on KZfaq! You explained the steps very well! Especially when talking about the bulb! In that, you should never, ever touch the bulb with your ungloved finger, due to the oils that are naturally occurring on your finger & hand! They will containminate the bulb and make it burn out sooner!

I just replaced the low beam bulb for my wife’s traverse 2017 Lt last night. Just before it got dark outside I finished. I did buy the bulb on Amazon along with a rachet kit with a torx 20 bit which helped. Took me 45 minutes…I used mechanics wire to hold tire wheel well cover back. Thanks

Thanks. Couldn’t have changed my sisters light bulb without you.

Dealer wanted 450 to replace a bulb. Followed your video, changed both in 20 minutes. Thank you!

Thanks for this video! Done in under 5 minutes! One thing - on my 2012 Traverse it was a T-15 torx bit. That was the only difference! Thanks again!

Thank you for posting this! You saved us $200 and it only took me about 30 minutes to replace both headlight bulbs. Thanks!!!

Thanks, man! Simple and straight to the point 👍🏽

Been waiting on my husband to get to fixing it for me but I got tired of waiting. Wish I'd just done it sooner. Thanks for your vid

I've changed my share of headlight bulbs and NEVER would have thought to come at it through the fender! Excellent video! I owe you 1¹½ hours of time saved!

Great camera work in a tight space! I've done this once before, and forgot the steps.The bungee cord trick is genius.

Wow bro just changed mine in 5 minutes thanks bro way simpler than other videos

Thanks to your video, I was 20 minutes start to finish both sides. The binge cord was nothing but genius!

This was amazing. Changed it 10 minutes and I'm not mechanically inclined. PepBoys said that I would need to leave the car, it would take 1hr labor and cost $280. They insisted I couldn't do it myself. Then light bulb was $12, the t-20 screwdriver $10. It was so easy to change! Easier than video made it look. Super easy to reach. Thank you!

Great video! Took me longer to find the correct tork bit in my toolbox than to do the actual job! Thank You

OMG Thank you 🙏🏼 this is the best video! I am a woman and don’t have anyone to do it for me so now I can do it easily.

This video was great because it covered two things most others left out. The tab orientation (hard to see when doing it) and the need to not touch the bulb. I was having trouble finding the large tab location but it's easy to see here. Nice job on the details. Thank you.

I had almost given up and was going to take it somewhere before I watched your video. The bungee cord trick worked perfectly. I was then able to access the housing and change out the bulb. Thank you, saved me so much money!

Great video! I bought my used 2012 traverse a few months ago and the drivers headlight went out last week. I have absolutely zero experience with fixing car lights so I was a bit nervous to do this. Very good explanations that made it easy even for a novice such as myself. Saved me time and money and a possible ticket from the police! Liked and subbed 👍

Great video. I’m not incompetent but not great with cars. Watched this one time - had the new bulb installed in 5 mins. Appreciate ya!

I replaced mine once and it took me more than an hour because I removed all of the rivets securing the plastic inner wheel well cover. Now I see it's just those 2 screws and pulling it back with the help of a bungee cord! Thank God!

Thanks so much!!! This girl had no problem quickly changing the headlight !! 🎉 Thankfully I had a set of bits in my car that was exactly what I needed. I finished one headlight as quickly as I watched this video. Well done, thanks so much! 😊 DIY this one. Idk why the car designers make so much difficult … well for money. Love when I can conquer something myself.

OK, my 2013 did not have the "squeeze clips..." it had some little detent tab inside the housing for the socket to stick in. Just in case someone finds these "squeeze clips" absent. It is a bear reaching in there and seeing- no idea how you did such a great job of illuminating and filming this operation. Despite the difference i cited above, this video was the best of three i watched, because you lit up the job so well!

Dude thanks! The bungee cord trick is a lifesaver

Everything worked just like the video said. The only thing I would add is that my arms were too big to get both of them in the opening provided by removing the 2 screws. If you are strong enough and dexterous enough to can remove the old light bulb and install the new with one hand. Thank you for the great video!

Great video! Detailed instructions. Changed the bulb myself saving time and money. Love the bungee cord tip!

This worked perfectly for my 2016 Traverse, Didn’t have a bungee so I used a piece of coat hanger wire to tie back to the wheel. Thanks so much for the video!

Thanks for this easy tutorial. Took me about 10 minutes to change mine.

I followed your way of doing the low beam headlamp much easier I started to take the front of the traverse apart to change them then I came across for channel thank you bro a 1-2 hour job easily was done in 10 minutes WTF are these engineers thinking about that’s so everybody has to bring them in thank you again brother

Thanks for the great video My newer model had a single tab holding the bulb to the harness which required a small screwdriver to release

Not sure if you will see this but i just finished this replacement and your video made it go so smooth. its cold here and I wanted to get this done before dark, i gave myself an hour. the T-20 helped get the right tool quickly and the bungee cord was in valuable, thanks!

Thanks, good video. I had my 13-year-old watch it and he changed the buld by himself, as easily as you did.

Thank you! It was a simple fix after I showed my husband the video.

Dude, that bungie cord trick helped a ton. Thank you. Took no more than 5-10min to change.

The bungy cord was genius. Made it so much easier

You are a LIFE SAVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great tutorial man, very detailed and well explained. The only thing I would add is that if you happen to touch the bulb, clean it with rubbing alcohol before installing.

Great - bungee cords were a huge help. The comment on the location of the wider notch was also helpful. It might be helpful also to look in through the headlamp lens to see exactly where the notches are.

Thanks! The bungi cord idea was a big help!

Loved the Bunjee Chord Idea and actually telling us the screw size was a T20!

Great video! Nice touch using the bungee. Provided easy access and plenty of working space.

Tweeker Dan!! This is the best video Ever!! I was about to take shit apart under the hood!! 🤦🏼‍♂️Saved me so much time and swearing!! Thanks sooo much!

Hard to contort to get in there. Your video was very helpful to show me what I was doing with my hand with out being able to see. On the 2014 model it was a 1 tab socket to work it with one hand. Again Thankyou

Thank you! I was able to save $125+ in labor! I didn't have a bungee cord handy so I used weed eater string instead! It worked out better because I was able to put more leverage on the wheel well cover to get my big hands in there!

What!? Totally awesome, thank you, for saving me from taken the entire front end off in man rage.

Thank you! I watched your video and I was able to change mine. Thanks!!

Thank you. I love the Bungie cord idea!

Thank you for this video. It is so much better than the others for this process

Perfectly explained. Took very little time to complete. Thank you 🙏🏽 so very much!

Thank you for the video. Just exactly what I needed to know. I saved $$ and added DIY knowledge.

Nice and simple explanation TD 👍I have replaced quite a few bulbs on our 2011, but I still like to check if anybody has new tips/tricks, each time. I used some disposable nitrile gloves in case I accidentally touched the bulb (1). I also tried your idea of the bungee cord (2) but being the cold of winter and almost 11 years old, the plasticized cardboard - or whatever it is - liner is not as flexible and easy to deal with as shown in your video, but it was still an improvement over skinned forearms 🤪 The fact that it was far from my first attempt, I am able to do it without being able to see into the small space. So 22 minutes later, I was able to replace both lowbeam bulbs. Keep up the good work. To all the commenters about engineers making things harder than necessary ... of course they do, that's their job ! 🤔 dealerships and aftermarket shops get to make a killing🤑 because not everybody has the tools or the space or the time to be DIY'ers.

This video was extremely clear and helpful! My husband didn't think that I should try this myself and that I should take it somewhere to have the bulb professionally replaced. Well, my mechanic told me it would cost me $88 in labor PLUS the price of the new bulb. I said to forget it and that I'd do it myself. With that said, I watched YOUR video (and a couple others...but YOURS was THE BEST), got everything I needed and voila......DONE IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES!!!!! You rock! Thanks!!!

Thanks so much! Single Mom feeling like Bob the Builder ☺️💯☺️ This video saved a chick 100.00 bucks!!

Thank you!! This saved me because I was changing the high beam by mistake lol.

Amazing teacher! I don't even know how to change a tire 😂 and i just changed my own headlight in like 15 mins. Thank you

Thanks a million! Watched other video that would’ve taken me an hour. Got it done in less than ten minutes this way

This is the video I show everyone who owns a traverse.

Thank you so much! This saved us $160 from the dealership!

Excellent camera angles! Great job!

Great no-frills video! I did it exactly the same with bungee (my fender liner had phillips) and worked perfectly!

Thank you for a detailed video and easy to follow directions for me to change my bulb!

Excellent video! Use of the bungee cord was genius! Thanks for posting!

Perfect guide. Very simple once you know which angle to approach it from.

Thank you so much for this very organized and explained video

Just finished changing both headlights, second time around for this. First time I struggled getting the splash guard out of the way and hacked up my hands and forearms in the process. I saw this video and the bungee cord, great idea! I did this and it about 10 minutes for each side. Thanks for the tip!

10/25/2022 A huge thank you! Changed one light under 30min. This saved me from having to take it to the dealership to have it replaced. Awesome video! all the tips were great! - G

🎉thanks brother. I like how detailed you were. You do struts 😂👍👍👍

I need to change my light bulbs and this video is great, thank you!

The bungie idea was the best! You rock! Thank you so much, awesome video.

This video is perfect with great close-up shots and gave me all the info I needed.

I tried for hours to get my hands into the top side and trying to take the light out. Just didn’t work. I couldn’t even get to the light I was needing to get to.. so I KZfaqd it and found this video and all be dang after watching the first 2:00 minutes of the video I had the light out and replaced within a few minutes, after spending hours trying to do it the wrong way.. thanks for the video. And KZfaq

Thank you for making this video. My Mom needed her bulb changed and this made it so much smoother for me.

Thanks for the information about changing the headlights I did it Eve though I gotta some scratches on!! Thanks again! Blessing for the family!👍❤️💯👁️

Well dang …. The shop tried to charge me 400$ to change my bulb Smdh …. Glad I found this video

Great video. Very simple process. My 2010 Traverse had Philips-head screws instead of the TORX T20 ones, just for reference. Thanks! 😄

I've had mechanics tell me they had to remove bumper, or go in through the hood, in spite of me telling them I did it once myself and I was 50 then, and now 62. Yep, had this car for 12 years and changing the headlight is easy compared to the battery!

Thanks for the great video! The bungee cord idea is simply genius!!!

Excellent guidance...best I found! Thanks!

This video is so helpful! My daughter changed my bulbs. Thank you!!

I hate having to do it this way. But thanks for the video. You made it a 2 minute job.

Bungee cord idea was genius. 15 minutes from start to finish. Thank you