Regardless whether it’s for your personal security, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, making sure your headlamp bulbs are constantly operational is very important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing auto parts that will predictably burn out after a while and therefore need to be changed. You’re probably here because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re struggling with how to change your Fiat Stilo’s license plate bulb, we’ve written this document to help you do it all on your own and not have to go to your mechanic. 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 Fiat Stilo.
How to replace the license plate bulb on your Fiat Stilo throughout the outside
This approach is the fastest of the two, actually, for this one you will just have to take out 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 part of this article content to demonstrate the way.
So let’s start with swapping the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Fiat Stilo. Regardless whether it’s the front or the back of your automobile the technique will be identical.
Here are a few simple actions to stick to to conduct this maintenance tasks:
- 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 supplied for this goal (commonly on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Fiat Stilo
- Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its placement, if you are worried of breaking a thing, you can also do it with your fingers.
- Finally, put the new license plate light bulb
- Last stage, before reassembling, reconnect your battery and test the light to confirm the successfulness of the task.
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How to change the number plate bulb on your Fiat Stilo without outside access
Second part of our item, change this license plate bulb on your Fiat Stilo without external access. Most often you will be able to access it, however some series (often at the rear does not allow this access).
How to replace the front license plate bulb on my Fiat Stilo
To replace the one on the front plate, nothing could be less difficult, you will have to put yourself under the automobile (ideally 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 at the same time, 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 (be mindful not to apply too much force otherwise you will break the plastic cover), and you will simply have to take out the burnt-out license plate bulb and change it with the new , then test out and reassemble the whole thing.
How to replace the rear license plate bulb on my Fiat Stilo
Finally last solution, you must replace the bulb on the backplate of your Fiat Stilo, but you cannot really open the cover from the outside of your automobile. In this instance, here is the process to conduct this operation:
- Unplug the battery from your Fiat Stilo
- Find the position 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 located, 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
- Replace the burnt-out license plate bulb on your Fiat Stilo, test 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 ways for swapping license plate bulbs on your car, bear in mind that on some models the methodology 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 garage it would be a shame to break a part of your Fiat Stilo. If you wish to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Fiat Stilo or the low beam bulbs on Fiat Stilo, don’t be reluctant to consult our articles which describe you the procedure to follow.
If you wish more guides on the Fiat Stilo, go to our Fiat Stilo category.
