Whether it’s for your personal safety, for roadworthiness tests or to avoid a fine, making sure your headlamp bulbs are always functional is really important. In reality, bulbs are wearing units that will obviously burn out over the years and therefore need to be swapped out. You’re almost certainly on the website because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re wondering how to change your Toyota Auris’s license plate bulb, we’ve written this content to help you do it on your own and not have to go to your auto mechanic. 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 Toyota Auris.
How to change the license plate bulb on your Toyota Auris through the outside
This tactic is the least difficult of the two, in fact, for this one you will simply need to take away 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 dedicate some time on in the second section of this article to teach you the way.
So let’s start with changing the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Toyota Auris. Whether it’s the front or the back of your motor vehicle the process will be the same.
Here are a few simple guidelines to stick to to carry out this maintenance tasks:
- With the engine turned 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 supplied for this goal (generally on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Toyota Auris
- Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its location, if you are worried of damaging 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 test the light to validate the success of the task.
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How to replace the number plate bulb on your Toyota Auris without outside access
Second section of our content, replace this license plate bulb on your Toyota Auris 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 Toyota Auris
To change the one on the front plate, nothing could be much easier, 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, generally held by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both at the same time, then right after you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Take off 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 put in too much pressure or you will break the plastic cover), and you will just have to take away the burnt-out license plate bulb and replace it with the new , then test out and reassemble the whole thing.
How to change the rear license plate bulb on my Toyota Auris
Finally last possibility, you must change the bulb on the backplate of your Toyota Auris, but you are not able to open the cover from the outside of your motor vehicle. In this instance, here is the solution to perform this task:
- Unplug the battery from your Toyota Auris
- Find the spot 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, 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 Toyota Auris, test it and reassemble it, watching the clips on the trunk liner
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There you have it, you have discovered the main approaches for changing license plate bulbs on your car, take note that on some models the methodology may be a bit different but you should be able to realize it following the outline of this article. 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 Toyota Auris. If you need to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Toyota Auris or the low beam bulbs on Toyota Auris, don’t hesitate to read our articles which explain you the procedure to follow.
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