It doesn’t matter if it’s for your personal security, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, ensuring your headlamp bulbs are all the time operational is very important. In fact, bulbs are wearing parts that will surely burn out in the future and therefore need to be swapped out. You’re perhaps on the website because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re worried about how to change your Mercedes Sprinter 2’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 motor mechanic. 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 Mercedes Sprinter 2.
How to change the license plate bulb on your Mercedes Sprinter 2 coming from the outside
This approach is the fastest of the two, actually, for this one you will simply 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 case we will take a moment on in the second part of this content to clarify the method.
So let’s begin with changing the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Mercedes Sprinter 2. It doesn’t matter if it’s the front or the back of your vehicle the technique will be the same.
Here are a few simple steps to follow to execute this maintenance tasks:
- With the engine turned off, disconnect 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 supplied for this goal (in most cases on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Mercedes Sprinter 2
- Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its place, in the event you are afraid of destroying something, 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 process.
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How to replace the number plate bulb on your Mercedes Sprinter 2 without outside access
Second part of our article, replace this license plate bulb on your Mercedes Sprinter 2 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 Mercedes Sprinter 2
To change the one on the front plate, nothing could be easier, you will have to put 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, in most cases kept by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both at once, then now that you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Take off 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 attentive not to apply too much pressure or 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 check and reassemble the whole thing.
How to change the rear license plate bulb on my Mercedes Sprinter 2
Finally last option, you must change the bulb on the backplate of your Mercedes Sprinter 2, but you simply cannot open the cover from the outside of your vehicle. In such a case, here is the method to perform this task:
- Disconnect the battery from your Mercedes Sprinter 2
- Identify 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 located, before removing the bulb holders, disconnect the holders for much easier access.
- Using a screwdriver, lever the two plastic parts to remove the bulb holder
- Change the burnt-out license plate bulb on your Mercedes Sprinter 2, verify it and reassemble it, watching the clips on the trunk liner
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There you have it, you have found out the main techniques for changing license plate bulbs on your car, remember that on some models the method may be a bit different but you should be able to realize it following the outline of this content. 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 Mercedes Sprinter 2. If you want to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Mercedes Sprinter 2 or the low beam bulbs on Mercedes Sprinter 2, don’t hesitate to read our articles which describe you the procedure to follow.
If you wish more guides on the Mercedes Sprinter 2, go to our Mercedes Sprinter 2 category.
