Whether it’s for your own personal security, for roadworthiness tests or to avoid a fine, making sure your headlamp bulbs are in every case functional is really important. In fact, bulbs are wearing parts that will inevitably burn out after a while and therefore need to be replaced. You’re most certainly here because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re struggling with how to change your Chevrolet Bolt’s license plate bulb, we’ve created this content page to help you do it without any help and not have to go to your auto mechanic. 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 Chevrolet Bolt.
How to swap the license plate bulb on your Chevrolet Bolt coming from the outside
This option is the quickest of the two, in reality, for this one you will only require to take away 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 a moment on in the second section of this article content to demonstrate the method.
So let’s begin with changing the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Chevrolet Bolt. Whether it’s the front or the back of your vehicle the technique will be the same.
Here are a few simple actions to stick to to execute this maintenance:
- 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 (commonly on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Chevrolet Bolt
- Use your screwdriver or knife to remove the bulb from its place, 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 step, before reassembling, reconnect your battery and verify the light to validate the success of the procedure.
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How to replace the number plate bulb on your Chevrolet Bolt without outside access
Second section of our content page, change this license plate bulb on your Chevrolet Bolt 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 swap the front license plate bulb on my Chevrolet Bolt
To swap the one on the front plate, nothing could be much easier, you will have to put 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, commonly held by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both simultaneously, 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 attentive not to put in too much pressure otherwise you will break the plastic cover), and you will only have to take away the burnt-out license plate bulb and swap it with the new , then check and reassemble the whole thing.
How to swap the rear license plate bulb on my Chevrolet Bolt
Finally last option, you must swap the bulb on the backplate of your Chevrolet Bolt, but you cannot really open the cover from the outside of your vehicle. In this instance, here is the solution to carry out this operation:
- Unplug the battery from your Chevrolet Bolt
- Locate the location of your light bulbs from the outside.
- From the inside of the trunk, you have to remove the lining of the trunk, held 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 less difficult access.
- Using a screwdriver, lever the two plastic parts to remove the bulb holder
- Change the burnt-out license plate bulb on your Chevrolet Bolt, verify it and reassemble it, paying attention to the clips on the trunk liner
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There you have it, you have found out the main techniques for changing license plate bulbs on your car, bear in mind that on some models the methodology 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 mechanic it would be a shame to break a part of your Chevrolet Bolt. If you need to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Chevrolet Bolt or the low beam bulbs on Chevrolet Bolt, don’t hesitate to consult our content articles which demonstrate you the procedure to follow.
If you wish more tutorials on the Chevrolet Bolt, go to our Chevrolet Bolt category.
