It doesn’t matter if it’s for your personal safety, for roadworthiness tests or to avoid a fine, making sure your headlamp bulbs are all the time functioning is necessary. In reality, bulbs are wearing units that will obviously burn out with time and as a result need to be replaced. You’re most likely in this article because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re questioning how to change your Ds Ds 7 Crossback’s license plate bulb, we’ve written this content 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 Ds Ds 7 Crossback.

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How to swap the license plate bulb on your Ds Ds 7 Crossback coming from the outside

This technique is the quickest of the two, in fact, for this one you will only require to take away 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 case we will take a moment on in the second section of this document to clarify the approach.
So let’s start with swapping the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Ds Ds 7 Crossback. It doesn’t matter if it’s the front or the back of your motor vehicle the process will be similar.
Here are a few simple guidelines to follow to conduct this service:

  • 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 assigned for this goal (commonly on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Ds Ds 7 Crossback
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  • Use your screwdriver or knife to remove the bulb from its location, if you are afraid of damaging something, you can also do it with your fingers.
  • Finally, position the new license plate light bulb
  • Last stage, before reassembling, reconnect your battery and verify the light to validate the success of the process.

How to change the number plate bulb on your Ds Ds 7 Crossback without outside access

Second section of our article, change this license plate bulb on your Ds Ds 7 Crossback 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 swap the front license plate bulb on my Ds Ds 7 Crossback

To swap the one on the front plate, nothing could be less complicated, you will have to position 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 held by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both at the same time, then now that you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Take off 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 (take care not to put in too much pressure or you will break the plastic cover), and you will simply have to take away the burnt-out license plate bulb and replace it with the new , then verify and reassemble the whole thing.

How to swap the rear license plate bulb on my Ds Ds 7 Crossback

Finally last solution, you must swap the bulb on the backplate of your Ds Ds 7 Crossback, but you are not able to open the cover from the outside of your motor vehicle. In such a case, here is the solution to perform this task:

  • Unplug the battery from your Ds Ds 7 Crossback
  • Locate the location 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 less complicated access.
  • Using a screwdriver, lever the two plastic parts to remove the bulb holder
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  • Change the burnt-out license plate bulb on your Ds Ds 7 Crossback, 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 methods for swapping license plate bulbs on your car, take note that on some models the methodology may be a bit different but you should be able to realize it following the outline of this article. If you can’t do it, don’t hesitate to go to your mechanic it would be a shame to break a part of your Ds Ds 7 Crossback. If you want to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Ds Ds 7 Crossback or the low beam bulbs on Ds Ds 7 Crossback, don’t hesitate to consult our articles which explain you the operation to follow.

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