It doesn’t matter if it’s for your personal safety, for roadworthiness tests or to avoid a fine, ensuring that your headlamp bulbs are in every case effective is fundamental. Indeed, bulbs are wearing auto parts that will inevitably burn out after awhile and consequently need to be replaced. You’re almost certainly here because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re wanting to know how to change your Ford Flex’s license plate bulb, we’ve created this content page to help you do it by yourself and not have to go to your auto mechanic. Firstly, we will examine 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 Ford Flex.

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How to replace the license plate bulb on your Ford Flex through the outside

This solution is the easiest of the two, actually, for this one you will only require to take out the protective covers of the bulbs. Regrettably 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 section of this article to explain the way.
So let’s begin with replacing the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Ford Flex. It doesn’t matter if it’s the front or the back of your vehicle the process will be the same.
Here are a few simple steps to follow to carry out this maintenance tasks:

  • With the engine off, unplug 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 (usually on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Ford Flex
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  • Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its placement, in the event that you are worried of destroying a thing, you can as well do it with your fingers.
  • Finally, position the new license plate light bulb
  • Last step, before reassembling, reconnect your battery and check the light to validate the success of the task.

How to change the number plate bulb on your Ford Flex without outside access

Second section of our article, replace this license plate bulb on your Ford Flex 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 replace the front license plate bulb on my Ford Flex

To replace the one on the front plate, nothing could be less complicated, you will have to position yourself under the vehicle (ideally 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, usually held by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both at the same time, then once you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Take out 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 (take extra care not to put in too much force otherwise you will break the plastic cover), and you will just have to take out the burnt-out license plate bulb and replace it with the new , then test out and reassemble the whole thing.

How to replace the rear license plate bulb on my Ford Flex

Finally last possibility, you must replace the bulb on the backplate of your Ford Flex, but you cannot open the cover from the outside of your vehicle. In this instance, here is the solution to accomplish this operation:

  • Unplug the battery from your Ford Flex
  • Find the spot 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 carefully on all the frame of the trunk to remove it.
  • Once located, before removing the bulb holders, unplug the holders for easier 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 Ford Flex, check 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 solutions for replacing license plate bulbs on your car, take note that on some models the method may be a bit different but you should be able to accomplish it following the explanation of this content page. If you can’t do it, don’t be reluctant to go to your workshop it would be a shame to break a part of your Ford Flex. If you wish to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Ford Flex or the low beam bulbs on Ford Flex, don’t be reluctant to browse our content articles which demonstrate you the process to follow.

If you need more tutorials on the Ford Flex, go to our Ford Flex category.