Whether it’s for your own personal safety, for roadworthiness tests or to avoid a fine, making sure your headlamp bulbs are always working is extremely important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing units that will predictably burn out in the future and as a consequence need to be replaced. You’re almost certainly in this article because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re worried about how to change your Audi Q5’s license plate bulb, we’ve written and published this content to help you do it all on your own and not have to go to your technician. Firstly, we will take a look at changing the license plate bulb from the outside, secondly, how to change the license plate bulb without outside access, and thirdly, how to change the rear license plate bulb of your Audi Q5.
How to change the license plate bulb on your Audi Q5 throughout the outside
This tactic is the least difficult of the two, actually, for this one you will just need to remove the protective covers of the bulbs. Unfortunately on some years or packages of car these covers do not open from the outside and if this is the case we will dedicate some time on in the second section of this content to explain the approach.
So let’s begin with replacing the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Audi Q5. Whether it’s the front or the back of your car the method will be similar.
Here are a few simple steps to follow to carry out this maintenance:
- With the engine off, unplug the battery terminals from your car
- Face your license plate and use a flat screwdriver or knife to place the flat part into the notch specified for this goal (commonly on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Audi Q5
- Use your screwdriver or knife to remove the bulb from its location, in the event that you are afraid of destroying something, you can also do it with your fingers.
- Finally, put the new license plate light bulb
- Last step, before reassembling, reconnect your battery and test the light to validate the successfulness of the process.
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How to change the number plate bulb on your Audi Q5 without outside access
Second section of our content, replace this license plate bulb on your Audi Q5 without external access. In most cases you will be able to access it, however some series (often at the rear does not allow this access).
How to change the front license plate bulb on my Audi Q5
To change the one on the front plate, nothing could be less complicated, you will have to put yourself under the car (ideally put 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, commonly 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 exert too much force or you will break the plastic cover), and you will just have to remove the burnt-out license plate bulb and swap it with the new , then check and reassemble the whole thing.
How to change the rear license plate bulb on my Audi Q5
Finally last option, you must change the bulb on the backplate of your Audi Q5, but you cannot really open the cover from the outside of your car. In this instance, here is the method to do this task:
- Disconnect the battery from your Audi Q5
- Identify the spot 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 delicately on all the frame of the trunk to remove it.
- Once established, before removing the bulb holders, unplug the holders for 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 Q5, 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 approaches for replacing license plate bulbs on your car, take notice that on some models the technique may be a bit different but you should be able to realize it following the outline of this article content. 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 Q5. If you wish to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Audi Q5 or the low beam bulbs on Audi Q5, don’t hesitate to browse our content articles which explain you the process to follow.
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