Whether it’s for your personal security, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, being sure your headlamp bulbs are always operational is pretty important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing parts that will inevitably burn out as time passes and as a consequence need to be changed. You’re likely here because one of your position lamp is burnt out and you’re wondering how to change the bulb of my Audi A3 parking light, we’ve made this article to help you do this procedure without hiring somebody and not need to go to your auto mechanic. In a first step, we will take a look at swapping the front daytime running light bulb of your motor vehicle and in a second step, how to change the rear daytime running light.

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How to change the front parking light bulb of my Audi A3?

We will start this document with exchanging the front daytime running light bulb of your Audi A3, take notice that based on the year and finish of your motor vehicle it may not be quite the same approach to use. Indeed, whether or not the position of your bulb is not going to change, the access may be more or less complicated based on the features of your car.

First approach, we will conduct the bulb change of your daytime running light without taking out the headlight of your Audi A3. Although this process is the most basic, it is not assured that you will be in a position to perform it on your vehicle without encumbrance. Indeed, dependant on the versions and the year, on some versions there will not be enough space for you to change the bulb that way. Here are the two different solutions to change the bulb of the front parking light of your Audi A3:.

  • Going through the bonnet of your car: First technique, you will only go through the bonnet of your vehicle to direct access your headlight unit. This is the most wise process but it is not always easy to do to achieve, often because of secondary parts that will block your access. To achieve this, here are the simple steps to follow. First, with the engine off, disconnect the terminals of your battery to avoid any short circuit or risk of electrocution. Once this stage has been finished, you will need to access the back of your headlight unit to change the daytime running light bulb on your Audi A3. You may perhaps need to remove the battery for easier access. In this instance, you will need to open the bulb protection cap on your headlight (¼ in most cases does the job), then you will need to remove the bulb socket from its position. To achieve this, pull delicately on the socket and not on the wires (you risk damaging them), at last when the socket is out, you can change your parking lamps bulb, being cautious not to damage the wires and use a cloth to avoid dirtying your new bulb. Once carried out, reassemble the system, reconnect your battery and do a check test before taking to the road.
  • By taking out the crosshair grill and the headlight:
  • Second solution, you can remove the headlight of your Audi A3 if it turns out the access through the engine block seems too challenging. To accomplish this, you just have to open your bonnet, remove the front grill held by only a few torx screws, then remove the headlight in question. Once these steps are achieved you will only have to stick to the same methodology as on the previous section to change the front daytime running light bulb of your Audi A3

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How to change the rear parking light bulb on your Audi A3

Finally, if you want to swap the rear parking light bulb of your Audi A3 the method is much easier, here are the different guidelines to stick to to allow you to swap this bulb:

  • Disconnect your battery
  • Get the floorboards out of the trunk.
  • Unscrew the back cover of the headlight unit from your car.
  • After finding the rear position lamps bulb on your car, remove the burnt-out bulb.
  • Place your brand-new parking light bulb into the headlamp assembly on your car
  • Reassemble the whole thing.

Verify that your parking lights are operating properly again before you set off again and you’re done. If you want to change the fog light bulb on your Audi A3, please go through our dedicated article to find out how to do it.

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