It doesn’t matter if it’s for your personal safety, for roadworthiness tests or to avoid a fine, ensuring that your headlamp bulbs are always functional is extremely important. In reality, bulbs are wearing parts that will surely burn out after some time and as a result need to be replaced. You’re most likely on the website because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re questioning how to change your Audi Q2’s license plate bulb, we’ve created this document to help you do it all on your own and not have to go to your motor mechanic. Firstly, we will examine 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 Audi Q2.
How to change the license plate bulb on your Audi Q2 through the outside
This option is the fastest of the two, in truth, for this one you will just 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 spend a moment on in the second section of this article to teach you the way.
So let’s start with swapping the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Audi Q2. It doesn’t matter if it’s the front or the back of your vehicle the process will be similar.
Here are a few simple actions to stick to to perform this maintenance:
- With the engine off, disconnect 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 assigned for this goal (in most cases on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Audi Q2
- Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its placement, in the event that you are scared of breaking something, you can also do it with your fingers.
- Finally, put the new license plate light bulb
- Last stage, before reassembling, reconnect your battery and check the light to validate the achievement of the task.
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How to replace the number plate bulb on your Audi Q2 without outside access
Second section of our content, change this license plate bulb on your Audi Q2 without external access. Generally you will be able to access it, but some series (often at the rear does not allow this access).
How to change the front license plate bulb on my Audi Q2
To change the one on the front plate, nothing could be less complicated, you will have to put yourself under the vehicle (ideally placed 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 at once, then right after you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Remove the plastic that operates 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 exert too much pressure or you will break the plastic cover), and you will just have to take off the burnt-out license plate bulb and replace it with the new , then verify and reassemble the whole thing.
How to change the rear license plate bulb on my Audi Q2
Finally last possibility, you must change the bulb on the backplate of your Audi Q2, but you cannot open the cover from the outside of your vehicle. In this case, here is the process to perform this task:
- Disconnect the battery from your Audi Q2
- Identify the location 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 softly on all the frame of the trunk to remove it.
- Once found, before removing the bulb holders, disconnect the holders for much easier access.
- Using a screwdriver, lever the two plastic parts to remove the bulb holder
- Replace the burnt-out license plate bulb on your Audi Q2, check it and reassemble it, watching the clips on the trunk liner
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There you have it, you have found out the main tactics for swapping license plate bulbs on your car, be aware that on some models the technique may be a bit different but you should be able to do it following the explanation of this article. If you can’t do it, don’t hesitate to go to your workshop it would be a shame to break a part of your Audi Q2. If you want to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Audi Q2 or the low beam bulbs on Audi Q2, don’t hesitate to browse our articles which explain you the operation to follow.
If you need more tutorials on the Audi Q2, go to our Audi Q2 category.
