No matter it’s for your own safety, for roadworthiness testing or for your budget, making sure your headlight bulbs are actually functioning is fundamental. In reality, bulbs are wearing parts that will inevitably burn out in the long run and as a consequence need to be changed. You’re almost certainly here because one of your headlights is burnt out and you’re wondering how to change the bulb of the fog lights on your Volkswagen Atlas, we’ve written this content to help you do this procedure on your own and not need to go to your auto technician. To start with ,, we will look at chaging the front fog light bulb of your Volkswagen Atlas and secondly, how to change the rear fog light bulb on your car.
How to change the front fog light bulb of my Volkswagen Atlas?
We are going to commence this content with the swapping the front fog light bulb of your Volkswagen Atlas, take note that according to the year and the finish of your car it may not be the same process to use, that’s why we are going to give you the two most traditional solutions to replace the front fog light bulb of your vehicle.
Change the front fog light bulb of your Volkswagen Atlas without removing the bumper.
First option, we will change the bulb without taking out the bumper of your car. Nevertheless this process is the least difficult, there is no guarantee that you can perform it on your car. In reality, in accordance with the options and the year, on some models there will not be enough room for you to change the bulb using this method. Here are the two different techniques to change the front fog lamp bulb of your Volkswagen Atlas:
- By passing under the bumper of your Volkswagen Atlas: First technique, you will put yourself under your car, don’t hesitate to raise it with a jack if you don’t have enough room under the bumper. Once under the car, all you have to do is to remove the clips of the plastic shoe that covers your engine and that rests on your bumper, you will have access to the fog light block of your Volkswagen Atlas 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 swap the front fog light bulb of your Volkswagen Atlas
- By removing the wheel arch: Second alternative, you can remove the wheel arch of your car to have access to the fog lamp block of your car. To do this, jack your car up, remove the front wheels, then remove your wheel arch using the clips provided for this purpose and accomplish the same procedure as mentioned above to change the bulb of the fog light of your Volkswagen Atlas.
How to change the front fog light bulb of your Volkswagen Atlas by removing the bumper?
We will at this point check out the case where you are obliged by lack of room on your car model to remove the bumper of your Volkswagen Atlas to be able to gain access to the front fog light bulb of your car. To do this, you will first of all have to remove the front bumper of your Volkswagen Atlas, do not be reluctant to read our complete instruction to know the exact technique, know to summarize, that you will need torx wrench, and that you will have to remove screws under your cover, in your wheel arches and under your car. Once the bumper has been taken off, you will only need to access the front fog lamp block and change the fog lamp bulb on your Volkswagen Atlas in the same procedure as mentioned above.
How to change the rear fog light bulb on your Volkswagen Atlas?
At last, if you wish to change the rear fog bulb of your car the process is much simpler, here are the different steps to follow 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 Volkswagen Atlas.
- After discovering the rear fog light bulb on your car, remove the burnt-out bulb
- Insert your new rear fog light bulb into the headlamp block of your Volkswagen Atlas
- Put everything back again
Check that your fog lights are working properly again before you hit the road and you’re done.
If you have any additional questions about the Volkswagen Atlas, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Atlas category.
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