Whether it’s for your own safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, being certain your headlamp bulbs are always operational is important and vital. In fact, bulbs are wearing parts that will definitely burn out after some time and therefore need to be replaced. You’re probably in this article because one of your position lamp is burnt out and you’re wondering how to change the bulb of my Kia Carens parking light, we’ve written this article to help you do this process on your own and not need to go to your mechanic. In a first part, we will take a look at changing the front daytime running light bulb of your car and in a second art, how to change the rear daytime running light.
How to change the front parking light bulb of my Kia Carens?
We will begin this article with replacing the front daytime running light bulb of your Kia Carens, remember that based on the year and finish of your car it may not be quite the same method to use. In fact, whether or not the position of your bulb is not going to change, the access may be more or less difficult based on the features of your car.
First method, we will accomplish the bulb change of your daytime running light without removing the headlight of your Kia Carens. Although this process is the most simple, it is not guaranteed that you will be in a position to execute it on your car without encumbrance. In fact, 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 methods to change the bulb of the front parking light of your Kia Carens:.
- Going through the bonnet of your car: First solution, you will simply go through the bonnet of your car to access your headlight unit. This is the most rational solution but it is not always easy to do to achieve, sometimes because of secondary auto 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 step has been done, you will need to access the back of your headlight unit to change the daytime running light bulb on your Kia Carens. You may perhaps need to take out the battery for easier access. In such a case, you will need to open the bulb protection cap on your headlight (¼ generally does the job), then you will need to take out the bulb socket from its area. To achieve this, pull delicately on the socket and not on the wires (you risk damaging them), finally when the socket is out, you can change your parking lamps bulb, being vigilant not to damage the wires and use a cloth to avoid dirtying your new bulb. Once carried out, reassemble the assembly, reconnect your battery and do a check test before taking to the road.
- By removing the crosshair grill and the headlight:
- Second solution, you can remove the headlight of your Kia Carens if the access through the engine block seems too obstructed. To do this, you just have to open your bonnet, take out the front grill held by only a few torx screws, then take out the headlight in question. Once these actions are done you will only have to stick to the same method as on the previous part to change the front daytime running light bulb of your Kia Carens
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How to change the rear parking light bulb on your Kia Carens
To conclude, if you need to change the rear parking light bulb of your Kia Carens the approach is much simpler, here are the different basic steps to stick to to allow you to change 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.
- Put in your new parking light bulb into the headlamp assembly on your car
- Reassemble the whole thing.
Verify that your parking lights are functioning properly again before you set off again and you’re done. If you want to change the fog light bulb on your Kia Carens, please browse our specific content to learn how to do it.
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