It doesn’t matter if it’s for your own personal safety, for roadworthiness tests or to avoid a fine, ensuring that your headlamp bulbs are constantly operational is extremely important. In reality, bulbs are wearing parts that will obviously burn out after some time and consequently need to be changed. You’re probably in this article because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re wanting to know how to change your Peugeot 406’s license plate bulb, we’ve written and published this document to help you do it all on your own and not have to go to your auto 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 Peugeot 406.

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How to swap the license plate bulb on your Peugeot 406 coming from the outside

This tactic is the simplest of the two, actually, for this one you will simply have to take away 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 situation we will dedicate a moment on in the second part of this content page to teach you the method.
So let’s begin with swapping the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Peugeot 406. It doesn’t matter if it’s the front or the back of your vehicle the method will be the same.
Here are a few simple actions to follow to carry out this maintenance:

  • 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 assigned 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 Peugeot 406
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  • Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its spot, in the event that you are worried of damaging anything, you can also do it with your fingers.
  • Finally, put the new license plate light bulb
  • Last step, before reassembling, reconnect your battery and verify the light to confirm the successfulness of the procedure.

How to replace the number plate bulb on your Peugeot 406 without outside access

Second part of our content, replace this license plate bulb on your Peugeot 406 without external access. In most cases you will be able to access it, nevertheless some series (often at the rear does not allow this access).

How to swap the front license plate bulb on my Peugeot 406

To swap the one on the front plate, nothing could be less hard, you will have to put yourself under the 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 most cases kept by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both at once, then right after you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Remove 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 careful not to put in too much pressure otherwise you will break the plastic cover), and you will only have to take away the burnt-out license plate bulb and replace it with the new , then test and reassemble the whole thing.

How to swap the rear license plate bulb on my Peugeot 406

Finally last solution, you must swap the bulb on the backplate of your Peugeot 406, but you are not able to open the cover from the outside of your vehicle. In such a case, here is the method to execute this operation:

  • Unplug the battery from your Peugeot 406
  • 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 delicately on all the frame of the trunk to remove it.
  • Once established, before removing the bulb holders, disconnect the holders for less complicated 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 Peugeot 406, 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 approaches for swapping license plate bulbs on your car, take note that on some models the technique may be a bit different but you should be able to do it following the outline of this content page. If you can’t do it, don’t be reluctant to go to your garage it would be a shame to break a part of your Peugeot 406. If you need to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Peugeot 406 or the low beam bulbs on Peugeot 406, don’t be reluctant to browse our articles which demonstrate you the operation to follow.

In the event that you have any further questions about the Peugeot 406, do not hesitate to consult our Peugeot 406 category.