It doesn’t matter if it’s for your own personal safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, ensuring your headlamp bulbs are all the time functional is really important. In fact, bulbs are wearing units that will obviously burn out as time passes and consequently need to be changed. You’re quite likely on the website because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re questioning how to change your hyundai i30’s license plate bulb, we’ve created this content to help you do it all on your own and not have to go to your auto technician. Firstly, we will examine 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 hyundai i30.
How to change the license plate bulb on your hyundai i30 throughout the outside
This solution is the fastest of the two, in fact, for this one you will just need to take away 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 take some time on in the second section of this article to demonstrate the approach.
So let’s start with swapping the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your hyundai i30. It doesn’t matter if it’s the front or the back of your car the procedure will be the same.
Here are a few simple actions to stick to to carry out this routine service:
- 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 assigned for this purpose (in general on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your hyundai i30
- 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, position the new license plate light bulb
- Last stage, before reassembling, reconnect your battery and check the light to validate the success of the procedure.
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How to change the number plate bulb on your hyundai i30 without outside access
Second section of our article, swap this license plate bulb on your hyundai i30 without external access. In most cases you will be able to access it, but some series (often at the rear does not allow this access).
How to change the front license plate bulb on my hyundai i30
To change the one on the front plate, nothing could be less difficult, you will have to position yourself under the car (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, in general kept by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both at once, 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 care not to exert too much force otherwise you will break the plastic cover), and you will just have to take away the burnt-out license plate bulb and change it with the new , then test and reassemble the whole thing.
How to change the rear license plate bulb on my hyundai i30
Finally last solution, you must change the bulb on the backplate of your hyundai i30, but you cannot open the cover from the outside of your car. In this instance, here is the technique to execute this operation:
- Disconnect the battery from your hyundai i30
- 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 delicately 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
- Replace the burnt-out license plate bulb on your hyundai i30, check it and reassemble it, paying attention to the clips on the trunk liner
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There you have it, you have discovered the main solutions for swapping license plate bulbs on your car, be aware that on some models the method 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 workshop it would be a shame to break a part of your hyundai i30. If you need to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your hyundai i30 or the low beam bulbs on hyundai i30, don’t hesitate to consult our content articles which describe you the process to follow.
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