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 operational is very important. In reality, bulbs are wearing auto parts that will obviously burn out as time passes and therefore need to be replaced. You’re most certainly in this article because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re wanting to know how to change your Fiat 500 L’s license plate bulb, we’ve written and published this document to help you do it by yourself 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 change the license plate bulb without outside access, and thirdly, how to change the rear license plate bulb of your Fiat 500 L.
How to change the license plate bulb on your Fiat 500 L through the outside
This process is the least difficult of the two, actually, for this one you will simply have 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 section of this document to describe the approach.
So let’s begin with swapping the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Fiat 500 L. It doesn’t matter if it’s the front or the back of your car the process will be similar.
Here are a few simple actions to follow to carry out this maintenance tasks:
- With the engine turned off, unplug 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 supplied for this intent (in most cases on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Fiat 500 L
- Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its place, in the event you are afraid of damaging anything, you can as well 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 success of the operation.
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How to change the number plate bulb on your Fiat 500 L without outside access
Second section of our document, swap this license plate bulb on your Fiat 500 L 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 change the front license plate bulb on my Fiat 500 L
To change the one on the front plate, nothing could be less difficult, you will have to put yourself under the car (ideally 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, in most cases kept by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both simultaneously, then now that you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Take off 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 mindful not to apply too much force otherwise you will break the plastic cover), and you will just have to take off the burnt-out license plate bulb and replace it with the new , then check and reassemble the whole thing.
How to change the rear license plate bulb on my Fiat 500 L
Finally last solution, you must change the bulb on the backplate of your Fiat 500 L, but you are not able to open the cover from the outside of your car. In this case, here is the approach to execute this task:
- Unplug the battery from your Fiat 500 L
- 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, 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, unplug 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 Fiat 500 L, 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 tactics for swapping license plate bulbs on your car, remember that on some models the methodology may be a bit different but you should be able to realize it following the explanation of this content page. If you can’t do it, don’t be reluctant to go to your mechanic it would be a shame to break a part of your Fiat 500 L. If you desire to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Fiat 500 L or the low beam bulbs on Fiat 500 L, don’t be reluctant to consult our content articles which demonstrate you the procedure to follow.
If you wish more tutorials on the Fiat 500 L, go to our Fiat 500 L category.
