It doesn’t matter if it’s for your personal safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, ensuring that your headlamp bulbs are always functioning is extremely important. In reality, bulbs are wearing parts that will surely burn out as time passes and consequently need to be swapped out. You’re most likely in this article because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re struggling with how to change your Ram P/U’s license plate bulb, we’ve made this content page to help you do it on your own and not have to go to your technician. 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 Ram P/U.
How to change the license plate bulb on your Ram P/U through the outside
This process is the fastest of the two, in truth, for this one you will just 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 case we will spend a moment on in the second part of this article content to demonstrate the way.
So let’s begin with swapping the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Ram P/U. It doesn’t matter if 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 conduct this routine service:
- With the engine turned off, unplug the battery terminals from your car
- Face your license plate and use a flat screwdriver or knife to insert the flat part into the notch provided for this intent (usually on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Ram P/U
- Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its placement, in the event you are scared of destroying something, you can also do it with your fingers.
- Finally, position the new license plate light bulb
- Last step, 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 Ram P/U without outside access
Second part of our article, change this license plate bulb on your Ram P/U without external access. Most often you will be able to access it, however some series (often at the rear does not allow this access).
How to change the front license plate bulb on my Ram P/U
To change the one on the front plate, nothing could be much easier, you will have to position yourself under the motor vehicle (preferably 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, usually held by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both at the same time, 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 (be careful not to put in 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 test and reassemble the whole thing.
How to change the rear license plate bulb on my Ram P/U
Finally last possibility, you must change the bulb on the backplate of your Ram P/U, but you simply cannot open the cover from the outside of your motor vehicle. In this case, here is the approach to do this operation:
- Unplug the battery from your Ram P/U
- 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 established, before removing the bulb holders, unplug the holders for less complicated access.
- Using a screwdriver, lever the two plastic parts to remove the bulb holder
- Replace the burnt-out license plate bulb on your Ram P/U, 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, be aware that on some models the methodology 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 hesitate to go to your workshop it would be a shame to break a part of your Ram P/U. If you desire to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Ram P/U or the low beam bulbs on Ram P/U, don’t hesitate to consult our content articles which explain you the operation to follow.
If you have any further questions about the Ram P/U, do not hesitate to consult our Ram P/U category.
