Whether it’s for your personal safety, for roadworthiness tests or to avoid a fine, ensuring your headlamp bulbs are in every case effective is extremely important. In reality, bulbs are wearing auto parts that will inevitably burn out as time passes and therefore need to be swapped out. You’re probably on this site because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re struggling with how to change your Volkswagen Golf 5’s license plate bulb, we’ve created this document to help you do it by yourself 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 change the license plate bulb without outside access, and thirdly, how to change the rear license plate bulb of your Volkswagen Golf 5.
How to swap the license plate bulb on your Volkswagen Golf 5 throughout the outside
This solution is the simplest of the two, actually, for this one you will just have to take off 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 dedicate some time on in the second section of this document to teach you the way.
So let’s begin with replacing the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Volkswagen Golf 5. Whether it’s the front or the back of your vehicle the method will be similar.
Here are a few simple actions to stick to to perform this service:
- 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 insert the flat part into the notch provided for this goal (usually on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Volkswagen Golf 5
- Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its placement, in the event that you are worried of damaging a thing, you can as well do it with your fingers.
- Finally, position the new license plate light bulb
- Last stage, before reassembling, reconnect your battery and test the light to validate the success of the process.
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How to replace the number plate bulb on your Volkswagen Golf 5 without outside access
Second section of our document, change this license plate bulb on your Volkswagen Golf 5 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 swap the front license plate bulb on my Volkswagen Golf 5
To swap 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, usually kept by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both at once, then now that you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Take off the plastic that operates 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 pressure otherwise you will break the plastic cover), and you will simply have to take off the burnt-out license plate bulb and change it with the new , then verify and reassemble the whole thing.
How to swap the rear license plate bulb on my Volkswagen Golf 5
Finally last option, you must swap the bulb on the backplate of your Volkswagen Golf 5, but you cannot really open the cover from the outside of your vehicle. In this instance, here is the technique to carry out this operation:
- Unplug the battery from your Volkswagen Golf 5
- Find the location 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 established, 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
- Replace the burnt-out license plate bulb on your Volkswagen Golf 5, test it and reassemble it, watching the clips on the trunk liner
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There you have it, you have learned the main ways for replacing license plate bulbs on your car, remember that on some models the method may be a bit different but you should be able to realize it following the explanation of this document. If you can’t do it, don’t be reluctant to go to your workshop it would be a shame to break a part of your Volkswagen Golf 5. If you need to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Volkswagen Golf 5 or the low beam bulbs on Volkswagen Golf 5, don’t be reluctant to consult our articles which explain you the process to follow.
If you need more guides on the Volkswagen Golf 5, go to our Volkswagen Golf 5 category.
