Whether it’s for your personal safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, being sure your headlamp bulbs are all the time operational is very important. In fact, bulbs are wearing auto parts that will obviously burn out with time and therefore need to be swapped out. You’re likely on this site because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re wondering how to change your Mercedes C class’s license plate bulb, we’ve made this content to help you do it on your own and not have to go to your auto 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 Mercedes C class.
How to swap the license plate bulb on your Mercedes C class through the outside
This solution is the most simple of the two, actually, for this one you will just have to take off 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 spend some time on in the second section of this article content to clarify the approach.
So let’s start with replacing the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Mercedes C class. Whether it’s the front or the back of your vehicle the process will be similar.
Here are a few simple guidelines to follow to carry out this routine service:
- With the engine off, unplug the battery terminals from your car
- Position yourself in front of your license plate and use a flat screwdriver or knife to insert the flat part into the notch assigned for this intent (usually on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Mercedes C class
- Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its spot, in the event that you are scared of destroying a thing, 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 check the light to confirm the successfulness of the operation.
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How to change the number plate bulb on your Mercedes C class without outside access
Second section of our article, change this license plate bulb on your Mercedes C class 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 swap the front license plate bulb on my Mercedes C class
To swap the one on the front plate, nothing could be less hard, you will have to put yourself under the vehicle (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, usually kept by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both simultaneously, then right after you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Take out the plastic that operates 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 pressure otherwise you will break the plastic cover), and you will only have to take off the burnt-out license plate bulb and swap it with the new , then verify and reassemble the whole thing.
How to swap the rear license plate bulb on my Mercedes C class
Finally last option, you must swap the bulb on the backplate of your Mercedes C class, but you simply cannot open the cover from the outside of your vehicle. In this instance, here is the solution to operate this task:
- Disconnect the battery from your Mercedes C class
- Locate 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 softly on all the frame of the trunk to remove it.
- Once found, before removing the bulb holders, unplug the holders for less difficult access.
- Using a screwdriver, lever the two plastic parts to remove the bulb holder
- Change the burnt-out license plate bulb on your Mercedes C class, check it and reassemble it, watching the clips on the trunk liner
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There you have it, you have discovered the main tactics 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 do it following the explanation of this content. If you can’t do it, don’t be reluctant to go to your garage area it would be a shame to break a part of your Mercedes C class. If you need to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Mercedes C class or the low beam bulbs on Mercedes C class, don’t be reluctant to browse our content articles which demonstrate you the operation to follow.
If you need more guides on the Mercedes C class, go to our Mercedes C class category.
