Whether it’s for your own personal safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, ensuring that your headlamp bulbs are always operational is very important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing parts that will obviously burn out after awhile and consequently need to be changed. You’re likely in this article because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re struggling with how to change your Acura TSX’s license plate bulb, we’ve written and published this content page to help you do it without any help and not have to go to your auto technician. Firstly, we will take a look at changing the license plate bulb from the outside, secondly, how to replace the license plate bulb without outside access, and thirdly, how to replace the rear license plate bulb of your Acura TSX.

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How to replace the license plate bulb on your Acura TSX coming from the outside

This tactic is the easiest of the two, actually, for this one you will only have to take off the protective covers of the bulbs. Sadly on some years or packages of car these covers do not open from the outside and if this is the situation we will dedicate some time on in the second part of this article to explain the way.
So let’s begin with swapping the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Acura TSX. Whether it’s the front or the back of your vehicle the technique will be the same.
Here are a few simple steps to follow to perform this maintenance tasks:

  • With the engine off, unplug the battery terminals from your car
  • Position yourself in front of your license plate and use a flat screwdriver or knife to place the flat part into the notch supplied for this intent (in most cases on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Acura TSX
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  • Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its placement, in the event you are afraid of breaking something, you can as well do it with your fingers.
  • Finally, position the new license plate light bulb
  • Last step, before reassembling, reconnect your battery and test the light to validate the successfulness of the task.

How to replace the number plate bulb on your Acura TSX without outside access

Second part of our article, swap this license plate bulb on your Acura TSX without external access. Most often you will be able to access it, however some series (often at the rear does not allow this access).

How to replace the front license plate bulb on my Acura TSX

To replace the one on the front plate, nothing could be easier, you will have to position yourself under the vehicle (preferably positioned on candles to give you some space), and, going through the rear of the bumper, you will have to unclip the license plate bulb block, in most cases kept by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both simultaneously, then now that you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Remove the plastic that acts as a seal, then with a thin screwdriver, on one side you will find a small notch, use a lever to open the plastic cover (be mindful not to put in too much force otherwise you will break the plastic cover), and you will just have to take off the burnt-out license plate bulb and change it with the new , then test and reassemble the whole thing.

How to replace the rear license plate bulb on my Acura TSX

Finally last option, you must replace the bulb on the backplate of your Acura TSX, but you cannot open the cover from the outside of your vehicle. In such a case, here is the tactic to accomplish this operation:

  • Disconnect the battery from your Acura TSX
  • Find the position of your light bulbs from the outside.
  • From the inside of the trunk, you have to remove the lining of the trunk, kept by clips, you will have to lever carefully on all the frame of the trunk to remove it.
  • Once found, before removing the bulb holders, unplug the holders for easier access.
  • Using a screwdriver, lever the two plastic parts to remove the bulb holder
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  • Change the burnt-out license plate bulb on your Acura TSX, test it and reassemble it, watching the clips on the trunk liner

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There you have it, you have discovered the main tactics for swapping license plate bulbs on your car, remember that on some models the technique may be a bit different but you should be able to do it following the outline of this document. If you can’t do it, don’t hesitate to go to your mechanic it would be a shame to break a part of your Acura TSX. If you want to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Acura TSX or the low beam bulbs on Acura TSX, don’t hesitate to read our content articles which demonstrate you the operation to follow.

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