Regardless whether it’s for your own personal safety, for roadworthiness tests or to avoid a fine, ensuring your headlamp bulbs are always functioning is necessary. Indeed, bulbs are wearing parts that will obviously burn out after awhile and as a result need to be swapped out. You’re most likely in this article because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re wondering how to change your Citroen C4 Picasso’s license plate bulb, we’ve created this article to help you do it 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 replace the license plate bulb without outside access, and thirdly, how to replace the rear license plate bulb of your Citroen C4 Picasso.
How to replace the license plate bulb on your Citroen C4 Picasso throughout the outside
This process is the easiest of the two, in reality, for this one you will simply have to take out 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 section of this content to describe the method.
So let’s start with changing the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Citroen C4 Picasso. Regardless whether it’s the front or the back of your automobile the operation will be the same.
Here are a few simple actions to stick to to carry out this maintenance:
- With the engine turned off, disconnect the battery terminals from your car
- Face your license plate and use a flat screwdriver or knife to insert the flat part into the notch provided for this intent (usually on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Citroen C4 Picasso
- Use your screwdriver or knife to remove the bulb from its placement, in the event that you are worried of damaging anything, you can also do it with your fingers.
- Finally, position the new license plate light bulb
- Last step, before reassembling, reconnect your battery and verify the light to confirm the success of the task.
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How to replace the number plate bulb on your Citroen C4 Picasso without outside access
Second section of our document, change this license plate bulb on your Citroen C4 Picasso without external access. Most often 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 Citroen C4 Picasso
To replace the one on the front plate, nothing could be much easier, you will have to position yourself under the automobile (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 held by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both simultaneously, then now that you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Take out 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 cautious 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 swap it with the new , then test and reassemble the whole thing.
How to replace the rear license plate bulb on my Citroen C4 Picasso
Finally last solution, you must replace the bulb on the backplate of your Citroen C4 Picasso, but you cannot open the cover from the outside of your automobile. In such a case, here is the tactic to perform this operation:
- Disconnect the battery from your Citroen C4 Picasso
- 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, 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 Citroen C4 Picasso, 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 accomplish it following the outline of this content page. If you can’t do it, don’t hesitate to go to your garage area it would be a shame to break a part of your Citroen C4 Picasso. If you want to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Citroen C4 Picasso or the low beam bulbs on Citroen C4 Picasso, don’t hesitate to consult our content articles which explain you the process to follow.
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