Regardless whether it’s for your own personal safety, for roadworthiness tests or to avoid a fine, being certain your headlamp bulbs are constantly working is extremely important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing parts that will obviously burn out as time passes and consequently need to be changed. You’re almost certainly here because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re wanting to know how to change your Renault Scenic’s license plate bulb, we’ve written this article to help you do it all on your own and not have to go to your motor mechanic. 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 Renault Scenic.
How to swap the license plate bulb on your Renault Scenic throughout the outside
This method is the quickest of the two, actually, for this one you will just have to take off 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 spend some time on in the second section of this article content to show you the approach.
So let’s start with changing the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Renault Scenic. Regardless whether it’s the front or the back of your car the method will be identical.
Here are a few simple guidelines to follow to conduct 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 (generally on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Renault Scenic
- Use your screwdriver or knife to remove the bulb from its placement, in the event you are scared of destroying anything, you can as well 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 achievement of the process.
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How to change the number plate bulb on your Renault Scenic without outside access
Second section of our content page, change this license plate bulb on your Renault Scenic without external access. Most often 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 Renault Scenic
To swap the one on the front plate, nothing could be less complicated, you will have to put yourself under the car (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, generally kept by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both simultaneously, then now that you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Take out 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 (take extra care not to exert too much pressure or you will break the plastic cover), and you will just have to take off the burnt-out license plate bulb and change it with the new , then test and reassemble the whole thing.
How to swap the rear license plate bulb on my Renault Scenic
Finally last option, you must swap the bulb on the backplate of your Renault Scenic, but you cannot open the cover from the outside of your car. In this instance, here is the approach to execute this task:
- Disconnect the battery from your Renault Scenic
- Identify 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 carefully on all the frame of the trunk to remove it.
- Once established, before removing the bulb holders, disconnect the holders for less difficult access.
- Using a screwdriver, lever the two plastic parts to remove the bulb holder
- Replace the burnt-out license plate bulb on your Renault Scenic, verify 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 solutions for changing license plate bulbs on your car, remember that on some models the technique 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 Renault Scenic. If you want to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Renault Scenic or the low beam bulbs on Renault Scenic, don’t hesitate to browse our articles which explain you the process to follow.
If you need more guides on the Renault Scenic, go to our Renault Scenic category.
