Whether it’s for your specific safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, being sure your headlamp bulbs are all the time operational is extremely important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing units that will obviously burn out with time and consequently need to be changed. You’re quite likely in this article because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re wondering how to change your Fiat Panda 2’s license plate bulb, we’ve written and published this document to help you do it all on your own 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 Fiat Panda 2.

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How to replace the license plate bulb on your Fiat Panda 2 through the outside

This solution is the simplest of the two, in reality, for this one you will just have 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 take some time on in the second section of this content to teach you the way.
So let’s begin with changing the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Fiat Panda 2. Whether it’s the front or the back of your vehicle the technique will be identical.
Here are a few simple steps to follow to carry out this service:

  • With the engine 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 provided for this purpose (almost always on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Fiat Panda 2
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  • Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its placement, if you are worried of damaging anything, you can as well do it with your fingers.
  • Finally, put the new license plate light bulb
  • Last stage, before reassembling, reconnect your battery and verify the light to validate the successfulness of the task.

How to change the number plate bulb on your Fiat Panda 2 without outside access

Second section of our content page, replace this license plate bulb on your Fiat Panda 2 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 Fiat Panda 2

To replace the one on the front plate, nothing could be much easier, 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, almost always kept by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both at once, then now that 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 (take care not to exert 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 replace it with the new , then test and reassemble the whole thing.

How to replace the rear license plate bulb on my Fiat Panda 2

Finally last possibility, you must replace the bulb on the backplate of your Fiat Panda 2, but you are not able to open the cover from the outside of your vehicle. In this case, here is the technique to perform this task:

  • Unplug the battery from your Fiat Panda 2
  • Find 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 established, 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
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  • Replace the burnt-out license plate bulb on your Fiat Panda 2, verify it and reassemble it, paying attention to the clips on the trunk liner

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There you have it, you have learned the main methods for changing license plate bulbs on your car, take notice that on some models the method may be a bit different but you should be able to accomplish it following the outline of this article. If you can’t do it, don’t hesitate to go to your garage it would be a shame to break a part of your Fiat Panda 2. If you want to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Fiat Panda 2 or the low beam bulbs on Fiat Panda 2, don’t hesitate to read our articles which describe you the operation to follow.

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