Regardless whether it’s for your specific safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, being certain your headlamp bulbs are always functional is really important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing parts that will predictably burn out after awhile and therefore need to be swapped out. You’re probably here because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re worried about how to change your seat leon’s license plate bulb, we’ve written and published this content page to help you do it by yourself and not have to go to your 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 seat leon.
How to swap the license plate bulb on your seat leon through the outside
This technique is the most simple 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 some time on in the second part of this article to clarify the approach.
So let’s start with replacing the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your seat leon. Regardless whether it’s the front or the back of your automobile the operation will be the same.
Here are a few simple guidelines to follow to carry out this maintenance:
- 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 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 seat leon
- Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its spot, in the event you are afraid of damaging a thing, 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 achievement of the procedure.
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How to change the number plate bulb on your seat leon without outside access
Second part of our article, swap this license plate bulb on your seat leon without external access. Generally 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 seat leon
To swap the one on the front plate, nothing could be less complicated, you will have to put yourself under the automobile (ideally positioned 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 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, Take off the plastic that acts 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 or you will break the plastic cover), and you will only have to remove the burnt-out license plate bulb and change it with the new , then test out and reassemble the whole thing.
How to swap the rear license plate bulb on my seat leon
Finally last solution, you must swap the bulb on the backplate of your seat leon, but you simply cannot open the cover from the outside of your automobile. In this case, here is the method to do this operation:
- Unplug the battery from your seat leon
- Identify 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 found, before removing the bulb holders, disconnect the holders for much easier access.
- Using a screwdriver, lever the two plastic parts to remove the bulb holder
- Change the burnt-out license plate bulb on your seat leon, verify it and reassemble it, watching the clips on the trunk liner
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There you have it, you have found out the main ways 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 explanation of this article content. 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 seat leon. If you wish to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your seat leon or the low beam bulbs on seat leon, don’t hesitate to consult our content articles which demonstrate you the process to follow.
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