It doesn’t matter if it’s for your own safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, ensuring that your headlamp bulbs are always effective is very important. In fact, bulbs are wearing auto parts that will inevitably burn out after a while and as a result need to be changed. You’re perhaps on this site because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re worried about how to change your Audi Q7’s license plate bulb, we’ve written this content to help you do it all on your own and not have to go to your auto technician. 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 Q7.
How to replace the license plate bulb on your Audi Q7 coming from the outside
This solution is the quickest of the two, in reality, for this one you will only require to take out 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 spend a moment on in the second section of this content page to demonstrate the way.
So let’s begin with swapping the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Audi Q7. It doesn’t matter if it’s the front or the back of your vehicle the method will be similar.
Here are a few simple actions to follow to carry out this routine service:
- With the engine turned off, disconnect the battery terminals from your car
- Position yourself in front of your license plate and use a flat screwdriver or knife to insert the flat part into the notch specified for this purpose (usually on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Audi Q7
- Use your screwdriver or knife to remove the bulb from its placement, in the event you are afraid of destroying something, you can also do it with your fingers.
- Finally, position the new license plate light bulb
- Last stage, before reassembling, reconnect your battery and check the light to confirm the achievement of the procedure.
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How to replace the number plate bulb on your Audi Q7 without outside access
Second section of our content page, swap this license plate bulb on your Audi Q7 without external access. In most cases you will be able to access it, nevertheless some series (often at the rear does not allow this access).
How to replace the front license plate bulb on my Audi Q7
To replace the one on the front plate, nothing could be less hard, you will have to position yourself under the vehicle (preferably 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, usually kept by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both at once, then now that you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Take away the plastic that works 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 pressure otherwise you will break the plastic cover), and you will only have to take out the burnt-out license plate bulb and replace it with the new , then test and reassemble the whole thing.
How to replace the rear license plate bulb on my Audi Q7
Finally last option, you must replace the bulb on the backplate of your Audi Q7, but you cannot open the cover from the outside of your vehicle. In this instance, here is the tactic to carry out this operation:
- Unplug the battery from your Audi Q7
- 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 delicately on all the frame of the trunk to remove it.
- Once located, before removing the bulb holders, disconnect the holders for easier access.
- Using a screwdriver, lever the two plastic parts to remove the bulb holder
- Change the burnt-out license plate bulb on your Audi Q7, check it and reassemble it, watching the clips on the trunk liner
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There you have it, you have discovered the main methods for swapping license plate bulbs on your car, bear in mind that on some models the technique may be a bit different but you should be able to do it following the explanation of this content page. 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 Q7. If you need to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Audi Q7 or the low beam bulbs on Audi Q7, don’t hesitate to consult our content articles which explain you the process to follow.
If you wish more tutorials on the Audi Q7, go to our Audi Q7 category.
