Regardless whether it’s for your specific safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, being sure your headlamp bulbs are in every case working is necessary. Indeed, bulbs are wearing parts that will undoubtedly burn out after awhile and as a consequence need to be swapped out. You’re most certainly here because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re wanting to know how to change your Suzuki Swift’s license plate bulb, we’ve written this document to help you do it without any help and not have to go to your technician. Firstly, we will look at changing the license plate bulb from the outside, secondly, how to replace the license plate bulb without outside access, and thirdly, how to replace the rear license plate bulb of your Suzuki Swift.
How to change the license plate bulb on your Suzuki Swift through the outside
This solution is the fastest of the two, in truth, for this one you will only have to remove the protective covers of the bulbs. Regrettably on some years or packages of car these covers do not open from the outside and if this is the situation we will take a moment on in the second section of this content page to explain the approach.
So let’s start with swapping the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Suzuki Swift. Regardless whether it’s the front or the back of your motor vehicle the method will be identical.
Here are a few simple actions to follow to perform this maintenance tasks:
- With the engine turned off, unplug 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 intent (in general on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Suzuki Swift
- Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its location, if you are afraid of destroying something, you can as well 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 confirm the successfulness of the operation.
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How to replace the number plate bulb on your Suzuki Swift without outside access
Second section of our content page, swap this license plate bulb on your Suzuki Swift without external access. Most often you will be able to access it, but some series (often at the rear does not allow this access).
How to change the front license plate bulb on my Suzuki Swift
To change the one on the front plate, nothing could be easier, you will have to position yourself under the motor vehicle (preferably 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, in general kept 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 cautious not to put in too much pressure 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 change the rear license plate bulb on my Suzuki Swift
Finally last option, you must change the bulb on the backplate of your Suzuki Swift, but you simply cannot open the cover from the outside of your motor vehicle. In this case, here is the process to accomplish this operation:
- Disconnect the battery from your Suzuki Swift
- Locate 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 carefully on all the frame of the trunk to remove it.
- Once found, before removing the bulb holders, unplug 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 Suzuki Swift, 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, remember that on some models the technique may be a bit different but you should be able to realize it following the explanation of this article. If you can’t do it, don’t hesitate to go to your mechanic it would be a shame to break a part of your Suzuki Swift. If you want to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Suzuki Swift or the low beam bulbs on Suzuki Swift, don’t hesitate to consult our articles which explain you the process to follow.
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