Whether it’s for your own security, for roadworthiness tests or for your wallet, being sure your headlight bulbs are always functioning is imperative. In fact, bulbs are wearing parts that will unavoidably burn out along with time and as a result need to be changed. You’re almost certainly on this page because one of your headlights is burnt out and you’re concerned about how to change the bulb of the fog lights on your Mercedes Benz GL Class, we’ve written and published this article to help you do this procedure on your own and not need to go to your mechanic. Firstly, we will look at chaging the front fog light bulb of your Mercedes Benz GL Class and secondly, how to change the rear fog light bulb on your car.
How to change the front fog light bulb of my Mercedes Benz GL Class?
We are gonna begin this article with the swapping the front fog light bulb of your Mercedes Benz GL Class, bear in mind that depending on the year and the finish of your car it may not be the same method to use, that’s why we are going to give you the two most classical solutions to change the front fog light bulb of your vehicle.
Change the front fog light bulb of your Mercedes Benz GL Class without removing the bumper.
First solution, we will change the bulb without removing the bumper of your car. Although this approach is the simplest, there is no guarantee that you can carry it out on your vehicle. In fact, determined by the options and the year, on some models there will not be enough room for you to change the bulb by doing this. Here are the two different solutions to change the front fog lamp bulb of your Mercedes Benz GL Class:
- By passing under the bumper of your Mercedes Benz GL Class: First technique, you will position yourself under your vehicle, don’t be reluctant to raise it with a jack if you don’t have enough room under the bumper. Once under the vehicle, all you have to do is to remove the clips of the plastic shoe that protects your engine motor and that rests on your bumper, you will have access to the fog light block of your Mercedes Benz GL Class and you will not have any more (if you have enough space) remove the plastic cover, disconnect the plug, press on the metal part to take out the bulb and finally change the front fog light bulb of your Mercedes Benz GL Class
- By removing the wheel arch: Second solution, you can remove the wheel arch of your car to have access to the fog lamp block of your car. To accomplish this, jack your vehicle up, remove the front wheels, then remove your wheel arch using the clips provided for this purpose and execute the same procedure as detailed above to change the bulb of the fog light of your Mercedes Benz GL Class.
How to change the front fog light bulb of your Mercedes Benz GL Class by removing the bumper?
We will now check out the case where you are obliged by lack of room on your car model to remove the bumper of your Mercedes Benz GL Class to be able to gain access to the front fog light bulb of your car. To do so, you will initially have to remove the front bumper of your Mercedes Benz GL Class, do not be reluctant to browse our complete article to know the exact operation, know to summarize, that you will need torx wrench, and that you will have to remove screws under your hood, in your wheel arches and under your vehicle. Once the bumper has been taken off, you will only need to access the front fog lamp block and replace the fog lamp bulb on your Mercedes Benz GL Class in the same manner as mentioned above.
How to change the rear fog light bulb on your Mercedes Benz GL Class?
At last, if you wish to change the rear fog bulb of your car the method is much simpler, here are the different steps to follow to allow you to replace this bulb:
- By the trunk, remove the floor covering from your trunk.
- Unscrew the back cover of the headlight unit from your Mercedes Benz GL Class.
- After finding the rear fog light bulb on your car, remove the burnt-out bulb
- Place your new rear fog light bulb into the headlamp block of your Mercedes Benz GL Class
- Put everything back again
Check that your fog lights are working correctly again before you hit the road and you’re done.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the Mercedes Benz GL Class, do not hesitate to consult our Mercedes Benz GL Class category.
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