Hello everyone! I am new here and any help will be greatly appreciated. I have a 2005 Volvo V70 D5 SE AWD. The rear lights are split in to two sections and I will be talking about the lower section (The one with the reverse light in it). I have only owned the car about a month and I have noticed that the reverse light lens inside is full of dead flies, dirt, dust etc. I have taken the bulb out and tried to vacuum the mess out but it isn't working. I have also tried to put a cloth inside the lens to clean it out but to no avail. The only other option it to remove the whole bottom section and completely wash it once off the car. How do you do get the section off the car? I have noticed a few bolts but I don't want to touch any thing yet. I don't want to break anything and any help will be greatly recieved.

Looking forward to your responses....
Thanks everyone!!!!!

 

Hi, I'll guide you through this step by step.

First thing you'll need to do is remove the sockets that hold the bulbs, simply by twisting them to the left and pulling out. You can unplug them and set them aside for now.
Second those bolts you see, they holding the whole tail lamp in top and bottom. (remove all of them)
You will go ahead and remove them, using a socket wrench ( I think its a 8 or 10mm maybe 12)
Once you've done that you can push the tail light from the inside of the car with one hand and hold it with the other on the outside. The tail light should just come right out, sometimes they may be firmly in there just because of the factory install you may need to give them a slight push.

From here, I would maybe spray some water inside the dirty area and let it soak into the dirt and than rinse it would with some warm water. Let the Lamp fully dry ( a blow dryer usually helps if you have one, on a low heat setting so not to melt anything)

Then Put the lamp back in, screw all the bolts back on, and put the bulbs and sockets back in.

You should be all set.

If you need anything more help take pictures with that youre confused with and I'll gladly help you out.

 

Thanks very much for your promt reply! I will give it a go tomorrow. If I get stuck, I will let you know.

Thanks friend - Much appreciated. :-)