Whether it’s for your own personal security, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, being certain your headlamp bulbs are all the time effective is very important. In reality, bulbs are wearing parts that will predictably burn out as time passes and consequently need to be swapped out. You’re perhaps on this website because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re wanting to know how to change your Mini Countryman 2’s license plate bulb, we’ve written and published this content to help you do it on your own and not have to go to your technician. Firstly, we will take a look at 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 Mini Countryman 2.
How to replace the license plate bulb on your Mini Countryman 2 coming from the outside
This approach is the simplest of the two, in fact, for this one you will simply have to remove 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 take some time on in the second section of this article to explain the method.
So let’s begin with changing the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Mini Countryman 2. Whether it’s the front or the back of your motor vehicle the procedure will be identical.
Here are a few simple actions to follow to carry out this maintenance tasks:
- With the engine 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 specified for this purpose (in general on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Mini Countryman 2
- Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its placement, in the event that you are afraid of breaking 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 test the light to validate the success of the operation.
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How to replace the number plate bulb on your Mini Countryman 2 without outside access
Second section of our content, swap this license plate bulb on your Mini Countryman 2 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 Mini Countryman 2
To replace the one on the front plate, nothing could be less difficult, you will have to position yourself under the motor vehicle (preferably 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, in general held by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both simultaneously, then once you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Take out 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 (take extra care not to exert too much force otherwise you will break the plastic cover), and you will simply have to remove the burnt-out license plate bulb and swap it with the new , then check and reassemble the whole thing.
How to replace the rear license plate bulb on my Mini Countryman 2
Finally last option, you must replace the bulb on the backplate of your Mini Countryman 2, but you cannot really open the cover from the outside of your motor vehicle. In such a case, here is the technique to operate this operation:
- Unplug the battery from your Mini Countryman 2
- Find the location 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 delicately on all the frame of the trunk to remove it.
- Once found, 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 Mini Countryman 2, test 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 techniques for changing license plate bulbs on your car, take notice 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 hesitate to go to your garage it would be a shame to break a part of your Mini Countryman 2. If you want to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Mini Countryman 2 or the low beam bulbs on Mini Countryman 2, don’t hesitate to browse our articles which demonstrate you the operation to follow.
To discover more tips on the Mini Countryman 2, take a look at the Mini Countryman 2 category.
