Whether it’s for your own safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, being sure your headlamp bulbs are in every case operational is necessary. Indeed, bulbs are wearing auto parts that will obviously burn out after some time and as a result need to be changed. You’re perhaps on this website because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re wondering how to change your Citroen C4 Picasso 2’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 technician. Firstly, we will look at 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 Citroen C4 Picasso 2.
How to replace the license plate bulb on your Citroen C4 Picasso 2 throughout the outside
This solution is the simplest of the two, actually, for this one you will just need 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 dedicate a moment on in the second part of this document to explain the approach.
So let’s start with changing the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Citroen C4 Picasso 2. Whether it’s the front or the back of your motor vehicle the procedure will be identical.
Here are a few simple steps to stick to to carry out this maintenance tasks:
- With the engine turned off, disconnect 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 supplied for this purpose (commonly on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Citroen C4 Picasso 2
- Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its location, in the event you are worried of destroying something, you can as well do it with your fingers.
- Finally, put the new license plate light bulb
- Last stage, before reassembling, reconnect your battery and test the light to confirm the successfulness of the operation.
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How to change the number plate bulb on your Citroen C4 Picasso 2 without outside access
Second part of our content, change this license plate bulb on your Citroen C4 Picasso 2 without external access. Generally you will be able to access it, however some series (often at the rear does not allow this access).
How to replace the front license plate bulb on my Citroen C4 Picasso 2
To replace the one on the front plate, nothing could be less difficult, you will have to put yourself under the motor 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 kept by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both at once, then once you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Take away 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 apply too much force otherwise you will break the plastic cover), and you will simply have to take off the burnt-out license plate bulb and change it with the new , then verify and reassemble the whole thing.
How to replace the rear license plate bulb on my Citroen C4 Picasso 2
Finally last solution, you must replace the bulb on the backplate of your Citroen C4 Picasso 2, but you cannot open the cover from the outside of your motor vehicle. In this case, here is the method to accomplish this task:
- Unplug the battery from your Citroen C4 Picasso 2
- 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 gently on all the frame of the trunk to remove it.
- Once located, before removing the bulb holders, disconnect the holders for less complicated access.
- Using a screwdriver, lever the two plastic parts to remove the bulb holder
- Replace the burnt-out license plate bulb on your Citroen C4 Picasso 2, test it and reassemble it, paying attention to the clips on the trunk liner
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There you have it, you have discovered the main approaches for changing 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 accomplish it following the outline of this article. 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 C4 Picasso 2. If you wish to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Citroen C4 Picasso 2 or the low beam bulbs on Citroen C4 Picasso 2, don’t be reluctant to consult our articles which explain you the operation to follow.
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