Regardless it’s for your personal safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, being sure your headlamp bulbs are all the time operational is very important. In reality, bulbs are wearing parts that will obviously burn out over the years and consequently need to be changed. You’re probably on this website because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re struggling with how to change your Toyota Tundra’s license plate bulb, we’ve written and published this article content to help you do it without any help and not have to go to your motor mechanic. Firstly, we will 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 Toyota Tundra.

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How to replace the license plate bulb on your Toyota Tundra through the outside

This solution is the easiest of the two, in fact, for this one you will just have to take away 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 part of this document to teach you the way.
So let’s start with swapping the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Toyota Tundra. Regardless it’s the front or the back of your vehicle the procedure will be the same.
Here are a few simple guidelines to follow to execute 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 place the flat part into the notch assigned for this intent (almost always on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Toyota Tundra
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  • Use your screwdriver or knife to remove the bulb from its placement, if you are scared of destroying something, you can also do it with your fingers.
  • Finally, position the new license plate light bulb
  • Last step, before reassembling, reconnect your battery and check the light to validate the success of the procedure.

How to change the number plate bulb on your Toyota Tundra without outside access

Second part of our document, swap this license plate bulb on your Toyota Tundra 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 replace the front license plate bulb on my Toyota Tundra

To replace the one on the front plate, nothing could be less hard, you will have to position yourself under the 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, almost always kept by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both at once, then now that you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Remove 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 (be cautious not to apply too much force otherwise you will break the plastic cover), and you will just have to take away the burnt-out license plate bulb and swap it with the new , then test out and reassemble the whole thing.

How to replace the rear license plate bulb on my Toyota Tundra

Finally last possibility, you must replace the bulb on the backplate of your Toyota Tundra, but you cannot open the cover from the outside of your vehicle. In this instance, here is the approach to perform this task:

  • Disconnect the battery from your Toyota Tundra
  • 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, kept by clips, you will have to lever delicately on all the frame of the trunk to remove it.
  • Once located, 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
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  • Change the burnt-out license plate bulb on your Toyota Tundra, check it and reassemble it, watching the clips on the trunk liner

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There you have it, you have discovered the main solutions 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 do it following the explanation of this content page. If you can’t do it, don’t hesitate to go to your garage area it would be a shame to break a part of your Toyota Tundra. If you want to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Toyota Tundra or the low beam bulbs on Toyota Tundra, don’t hesitate to read our articles which demonstrate you the procedure to follow.

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