It doesn’t matter if it’s for your personal security, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, being sure your headlamp bulbs are in every case functioning is really important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing units that will obviously burn out after some time and as a consequence need to be swapped out. You’re almost certainly here because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re wanting to know how to change your Citroen Jumper’s license plate bulb, we’ve written this content page to help you do it on your own and not have to go to your 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 Jumper.
How to replace the license plate bulb on your Citroen Jumper coming from the outside
This process is the fastest of the two, in truth, for this one you will just need to remove 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 some time on in the second section of this article to demonstrate the method.
So let’s begin with changing the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Citroen Jumper. It doesn’t matter if it’s the front or the back of your car the technique will be similar.
Here are a few simple guidelines to stick to to conduct 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 supplied for this purpose (generally on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Citroen Jumper
- Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its location, in the event you are scared of breaking something, you can as well 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 validate the achievement of the procedure.
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How to replace the number plate bulb on your Citroen Jumper without outside access
Second section of our content page, replace this license plate bulb on your Citroen Jumper 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 Jumper
To replace the one on the front plate, nothing could be easier, you will have to position yourself under the car (preferably put 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, generally 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 acts 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 or you will break the plastic cover), and you will just have to remove the burnt-out license plate bulb and replace it with the new , then check and reassemble the whole thing.
How to replace the rear license plate bulb on my Citroen Jumper
Finally last solution, you must replace the bulb on the backplate of your Citroen Jumper, but you are not able to open the cover from the outside of your car. In this case, here is the solution to operate this task:
- Disconnect the battery from your Citroen Jumper
- Identify 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 gently on all the frame of the trunk to remove it.
- Once located, before removing the bulb holders, disconnect 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 Jumper, 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 tactics for changing license plate bulbs on your car, bear in mind that on some models the method 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 be reluctant to go to your workshop it would be a shame to break a part of your Citroen Jumper. If you need to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Citroen Jumper or the low beam bulbs on Citroen Jumper, don’t be reluctant to read our content articles which explain you the process to follow.
If you have any additional questions about the Citroen Jumper, do not hesitate to consult our Citroen Jumper category.
