Whether it’s for your personal safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, ensuring that your headlamp bulbs are in every case functional is extremely important. In reality, bulbs are wearing parts that will obviously burn out over time and as a consequence need to be changed. You’re most certainly here because one of your parking lights is burnt out and you’re wanting to know how to change your Volkswagen T-roc’s license plate bulb, we’ve made this content to help you do it without any help and not have to go to your 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 T-roc.
How to replace the license plate bulb on your Volkswagen T-roc through the outside
This solution is the easiest of the two, in fact, for this one you will just need to take out the protective covers of the bulbs. Unfortunately on some years or packages of car these covers do not open from the outside and if this is the situation we will dedicate a moment on in the second section of this article content to teach you the method.
So let’s start with replacing the number plate bulb by going through the outside of your Volkswagen T-roc. Whether it’s the front or the back of your motor vehicle the method will be the same.
Here are a few simple steps to stick to to execute this routine service:
- With the engine turned off, unplug the battery terminals from your car
- Face your license plate and use a flat screwdriver or knife to insert the flat part into the notch assigned for this goal (almost always on the transparent cover) and lever on the plastic window to open the license plate bulb slot of your Volkswagen T-roc
- Use your screwdriver or knife to eject the bulb from its spot, if you are afraid of destroying anything, you can also do it with your fingers.
- Finally, put the new license plate light bulb
- Last step, before reassembling, reconnect your battery and check the light to validate the successfulness of the operation.
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How to replace the number plate bulb on your Volkswagen T-roc without outside access
Second section of our content page, replace this license plate bulb on your Volkswagen T-roc 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 replace the front license plate bulb on my Volkswagen T-roc
To replace the one on the front plate, nothing could be less complicated, 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, almost always kept by two soft plastic tabs by pressing on both at once, then right after you have your license plate bulb block in hand, Take away 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 simply have to take out the burnt-out license plate bulb and replace it with the new , then test out and reassemble the whole thing.
How to replace the rear license plate bulb on my Volkswagen T-roc
Finally last possibility, you must replace the bulb on the backplate of your Volkswagen T-roc, but you cannot really open the cover from the outside of your motor vehicle. In such a case, here is the method to execute this operation:
- Unplug the battery from your Volkswagen T-roc
- Find 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 gently on all the frame of the trunk to remove it.
- Once found, before removing the bulb holders, unplug the holders for less difficult access.
- Using a screwdriver, lever the two plastic parts to remove the bulb holder
- Change the burnt-out license plate bulb on your Volkswagen T-roc, check it and reassemble it, paying attention to 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 technique may be a bit different but you should be able to do it following the outline of this content. If you can’t do it, don’t be reluctant to go to your mechanic it would be a shame to break a part of your Volkswagen T-roc. If you wish to change other bulbs like the position light bulbs on your Volkswagen T-roc or the low beam bulbs on Volkswagen T-roc, don’t be reluctant to browse our articles which explain you the process to follow.
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