It doesn’t matter if it’s for your own security, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, being certain your headlamp bulbs are in every case working is very important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing units that will obviously burn out after a while and therefore need to be changed. You’re perhaps in this article because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re worried about how to change your Renault Twingo’s license plate bulb, we’ve made this document to help you do it 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 Renault Twingo.
How to swap the license plate bulb on your Renault Twingo coming from the outside
This process is the quickest of the two, in truth, for this one you will just have to take out 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 a moment on in the second section of this content to explain the way.
So let’s start with changing the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Renault Twingo. It doesn’t matter if it’s the front or the back of your motor vehicle the operation will be identical.
Here are a few simple steps to stick to to execute this maintenance:
- With the engine off, unplug the battery terminals from your car
- Face your license plate and use a flat screwdriver or knife to place the flat part into the notch assigned for this purpose (commonly on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Renault Twingo
- Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its spot, if you are afraid of destroying anything, you can as well do it with your fingers.
- Finally, put the new license plate light bulb
- Last stage, before reassembling, reconnect your battery and verify the light to validate the successfulness of the task.
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How to replace the number plate bulb on your Renault Twingo without outside access
Second section of our item, change this license plate bulb on your Renault Twingo without external access. In most cases 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 Renault Twingo
To swap the one on the front plate, nothing could be simpler, you will have to put yourself under the motor vehicle (ideally 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, commonly kept 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 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 care not to exert too much pressure otherwise you will break the plastic cover), and you will only have to take out 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 Renault Twingo
Finally last option, you must swap the bulb on the backplate of your Renault Twingo, but you are not able to open the cover from the outside of your motor vehicle. In such a case, here is the method to execute this task:
- Unplug the battery from your Renault Twingo
- Find the position 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 gently 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 Renault Twingo, verify it and reassemble it, watching the clips on the trunk liner
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There you have it, you have discovered the main methods for changing license plate bulbs on your car, remember that on some models the methodology may be a bit different but you should be able to realize it following the explanation of this content page. 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 Twingo. If you need to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Renault Twingo or the low beam bulbs on Renault Twingo, don’t hesitate to consult our content articles which demonstrate you the operation to follow.
To find more tips on the Renault Twingo, take a look at the Renault Twingo category.
