It doesn’t matter if it’s for your own security, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, ensuring your headlamp bulbs are all the time working is really important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing units that will undoubtedly burn out in the future and as a consequence need to be swapped out. You’re perhaps on this site because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re wanting to know how to change your Nissan Note’s license plate bulb, we’ve written this content to help you do it all on your own and not have to go to your 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 Nissan Note.

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How to swap the license plate bulb on your Nissan Note coming from the outside

This solution is the quickest of the two, in truth, for this one you will only need 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 case we will spend a moment on in the second part of this document to describe the approach.
So let’s begin with replacing the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Nissan Note. It doesn’t matter if it’s the front or the back of your vehicle the operation will be identical.
Here are a few simple guidelines to stick to to carry out this 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 place the flat part into the notch supplied for this intent (almost always on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Nissan Note
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  • Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its location, in the event that you are worried of destroying something, you can as well do it with your fingers.
  • Finally, position the new license plate light bulb
  • Last stage, before reassembling, reconnect your battery and verify the light to validate the successfulness of the procedure.

How to change the number plate bulb on your Nissan Note without outside access

Second part of our content page, replace this license plate bulb on your Nissan Note without external access. Most often you will be able to access it, but some series (often at the rear does not allow this access).

How to swap the front license plate bulb on my Nissan Note

To swap the one on the front plate, nothing could be much easier, you will have to position 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, almost always kept by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both simultaneously, then now that you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Remove 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 pressure or 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 swap the rear license plate bulb on my Nissan Note

Finally last option, you must swap the bulb on the backplate of your Nissan Note, but you simply cannot open the cover from the outside of your vehicle. In this case, here is the tactic to perform this task:

  • Disconnect the battery from your Nissan Note
  • Locate the spot 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 much 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 Nissan Note, verify 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 techniques for replacing license plate bulbs on your car, bear in mind that on some models the methodology may be a bit different but you should be able to accomplish it following the outline 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 Nissan Note. If you want to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Nissan Note or the low beam bulbs on Nissan Note, don’t be reluctant to browse our content articles which explain you the operation to follow.

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