Regardless it’s for your personal safety, for roadworthiness testing or for your wallet, ensuring your headlight bulbs are actually operational is imperative. In fact, bulbs are wearing parts that will inevitably burn out with time and as a consequence need to be changed. You’re probably here because one of your headlights is burnt out and you’re wanting to know how to change the bulb of the fog lights on your Tesla Model S, we’ve posted this article to help you do this process on your own and not need to go to your auto technician. First of all, we will look at chaging the front fog light bulb of your Tesla Model S and subsequently, how to change the rear fog light bulb on your car.
How to change the front fog light bulb of my Tesla Model S?
We are gonna start this article with the changing the front fog light bulb of your Tesla Model S, remember that depending on the year and the finish of your car it may not be the same technique to utilise, that’s why we are going to give you the two most classical techniques to change the front fog light bulb of your vehicle.
Change the front fog light bulb of your Tesla Model S without removing the bumper.
First solution, we will swap the bulb without dismantling the bumper of your car. Even though this technique is the simplest, there is no guarantee that you can carry it out on your automobile. In fact, based on the options and the year, on some models there will not be enough space for you to change the bulb by doing this. Here are the two different methods to change the front fog lamp bulb of your Tesla Model S:
- By going under the bumper of your Tesla Model S: First approach, you will position yourself under your automobile, don’t be reluctant to raise it with a jack if you don’t have enough space under the bumper. Once under the automobile, 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 Tesla Model S and you will not have any more (if you have enough space) remove the plastic cover, detach the plug, press on the metal part to take out the bulb and at last change the front fog light bulb of your Tesla Model S
- By removing the wheel arch: Second option, you can remove the wheel arch of your car to have access to the fog lamp block of your car. To get this done, jack your automobile up, remove the front wheels, then remove your wheel arch using the clips provided for this purpose and conduct the same process as explained previously to change the bulb of the fog light of your Tesla Model S.
How to change the front fog light bulb of your Tesla Model S by removing the bumper?
We will at this point take a look at the case where you are obliged by lack of space on your car model to remove the bumper of your Tesla Model S to be able to access the front fog light bulb of your car. To do this, you will initially have to remove the front bumper of your Tesla Model S, do not hesitate to browse our complete article to know the exact process, know to summarize, that you will need torx wrench, and that you will have to remove screws under your bonnet, in your wheel arches and under your automobile. Once the bumper has been removed, you will only need to access the front fog lamp block and change the fog lamp bulb on your Tesla Model S in the same technique as described previously.
How to change the rear fog light bulb on your Tesla Model S?
Finally, if you desire to change the rear fog bulb of your car the technique is much easier, here are the different steps to stick to to allow you to change this bulb:
- By the trunk, remove the floor covering from your trunk.
- Unscrew the back cover of the headlight unit from your Tesla Model S.
- After discovering 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 Tesla Model S
- Put everything back in place
Verify that your fog lights are working correctly again before you hit the road and you’re done.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Tesla Model S, do not hesitate to consult our Tesla Model S category.
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