Regardless it’s for your specific safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, ensuring your headlamp bulbs are in every case operational is very important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing units that will obviously burn out over the years and consequently need to be swapped out. You’re quite likely on this site because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re worried about how to change your Citroen C1’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 examine 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 Citroen C1.
How to change the license plate bulb on your Citroen C1 through the outside
This technique is the least difficult of the two, in reality, for this one you will simply require to remove the protective covers of the bulbs. Regrettably on some years or packages of car these covers do not open from the outside and if this is the situation we will take some time on in the second part of this document to describe the approach.
So let’s begin with replacing the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Citroen C1. Regardless it’s the front or the back of your vehicle the procedure will be similar.
Here are a few simple actions to stick to to perform this routine service:
- With the engine turned 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 assigned 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 Citroen C1
- Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its place, if you are scared of destroying 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 successfulness of the process.
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How to replace the number plate bulb on your Citroen C1 without outside access
Second part of our document, change this license plate bulb on your Citroen C1 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 Citroen C1
To change the one on the front plate, nothing could be simpler, 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, in most cases held by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both at once, then now that you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Take out 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 careful not to put in too much force otherwise you will break the plastic cover), and you will simply have to remove the burnt-out license plate bulb and change it with the new , then test and reassemble the whole thing.
How to change the rear license plate bulb on my Citroen C1
Finally last option, you must change the bulb on the backplate of your Citroen C1, but you simply cannot open the cover from the outside of your vehicle. In this instance, here is the solution to conduct this operation:
- Unplug the battery from your Citroen C1
- 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, held by clips, you will have to lever gently on all the frame of the trunk to remove it.
- Once established, before removing the bulb holders, unplug 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 Citroen C1, check 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 methods for replacing license plate bulbs on your car, take notice that on some models the methodology may be a bit different but you should be able to do it following the outline of this content. If you can’t do it, don’t be reluctant to go to your workshop it would be a shame to break a part of your Citroen C1. If you want to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Citroen C1 or the low beam bulbs on Citroen C1, don’t be reluctant to browse our content articles which explain you the procedure to follow.
If you want more guides on the Citroen C1, go to our Citroen C1 category.
