It doesn’t matter if it’s for your own safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, making sure your headlamp bulbs are all the time functional is very important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing auto parts that will undoubtedly burn out after some time and as a result need to be replaced. You’re perhaps on this site because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re worried about how to change your Citroen Jumpy’s license plate bulb, we’ve written this document to help you do it without any help 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 Jumpy.
How to change the license plate bulb on your Citroen Jumpy through the outside
This option is the least difficult 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 some time on in the second part of this article to demonstrate the approach.
So let’s start with swapping the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Citroen Jumpy. It doesn’t matter if it’s the front or the back of your vehicle the technique will be the same.
Here are a few simple steps to stick to to conduct this service:
- With the engine turned off, unplug 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 goal (commonly on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Citroen Jumpy
- Use your screwdriver or knife to remove the bulb from its place, if you are scared of destroying anything, 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 confirm the achievement of the operation.
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How to replace the number plate bulb on your Citroen Jumpy without outside access
Second part of our document, swap this license plate bulb on your Citroen Jumpy without external access. In most cases you will be able to access it, however some series (often at the rear does not allow this access).
How to change the front license plate bulb on my Citroen Jumpy
To change the one on the front plate, nothing could be less hard, you will have to put yourself under the vehicle (preferably positioned 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 simultaneously, then right after you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Remove 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 apply 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 verify and reassemble the whole thing.
How to change the rear license plate bulb on my Citroen Jumpy
Finally last possibility, you must change the bulb on the backplate of your Citroen Jumpy, but you simply cannot open the cover from the outside of your vehicle. In this case, here is the approach to conduct this operation:
- Unplug the battery from your Citroen Jumpy
- Locate the spot 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 carefully 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
- Change the burnt-out license plate bulb on your Citroen Jumpy, verify it and reassemble it, watching the clips on the trunk liner
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There you have it, you have discovered the main approaches for swapping license plate bulbs on your car, be aware that on some models the method may be a bit different but you should be able to do it following the outline of this article. 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 Jumpy. If you need to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Citroen Jumpy or the low beam bulbs on Citroen Jumpy, don’t hesitate to read our articles which describe you the procedure to follow.
If you have any additional questions about the Citroen Jumpy, do not hesitate to consult our Citroen Jumpy category.
