License Plate Light Bulbs

[ScoobySteve]

I have the rear reflector with the lower kit and the original plate frame that it came with. One of the bulbs burnt out and I'm having a hard time figuring our two things:

1. What type / wattage bulb it is
2. How to even get the bulb out. There appears to be some plate on the back with the smallest hex head bolts I've ever seen so I'm not sure that's the rights way. There's a lens on the license plate side but it doesn't want to come out.

[CKniht90]

ahhhh... I hated this too. I couldn't find out for a while. Then I got mad and figured.. If i break it.. I'll just fix it haha. Anyways...

Open up your hatch. Locate where you see the bulbs go. Take small screw driver and put it next to the bulb holder (cant see the bulb because it's being held down by the thing your trying to unsnap) and force it up.. it should unsnap on both sides. Do the same for the other bulb holder. Sorry if this doesn't help. Once you read this and mess around with it, then you'll know what I'm talking about . GL!

[ScoobySteve]

I should have been clearer. One of my license plate lights burnt out. Not one of the ones inside the reflector.

[westwind999]

I had to change the License Plate bulb before. The tiny screws and nuts have to come off. Kinda tricky to do, to hold the nut on the inside and remove the screw from the outside but it went OK. I worried I would loose the tiny nuts, might be safer to have a helper on the inside. The bulb was easy to find at a local parts store, I think the number was printed on it or in the manual.

[CKniht90]

Well thats how you change it. on the outside right above the license plate there are 2 covers you see for the light bulbs (i have 2 on my model of car). If you wish to change the light bulb you have to open up the hatch and locate them in the inside and unsnap the plastic piece that the wire is connected to (which the plastic piece holds the bulb). You might think your going to break it by unsnapping it but you wont. I had the same worry. I was goin to try to change the bulb from the outside but I noticed how small the screws where so i thought I would try to get at it from the inside which turned out well