Difficulty in changing bulbs nowadays

wazza

A friend of mine damaged his tail light lens on his new golf so had to replace the whole unit. Asked me to help. I was unhappy to see you had to take the whole unit out just to replace the bulb. It is a fiddly job and a time-consuming job. What happened to opening a rear cover of the unit and unclip the bulb holders like on older cars. Are all cars like this nowadays where you may have to go to a garage to replace a simple bulb?

Have heard of difficulty of replacing a headlight bulb in focus's and that with renault megane you have to take the wheel off to get to the headlight bulb.

goldspanners

wazza wrote: »

Have heard of difficulty of replacing a headlight bulb in focus's and that with renault megane you have to take the wheel off to get to the headlight bulb.

the focus is easy. just some folk dont think about it first.
the renault idea of taking wheels off is ridiculous though, i think some audis are a nightmare too.

cyclonebri1

It's the price of style I'm afraid, combined with the under bonnet complexity of the modern compact car. Never had a real problem with rear lights tho' most have a couple of thumb screws that quickly let you drop the whole lamp out to replace the unit or change the bulb.

Inactive

Poor design, style over substance.:mad:

gaz_jones

Think yourself lucky you dont have an Aston Martin. The lights are sealed units so you need to get the AM garage to change them for you!!

shandypants5

gaz_jones wrote: »

Think yourself lucky you dont have an Aston Martin. The lights are sealed units so you need to get the AM garage to change them for you!!

Er.. actualy I think I would count myself lucky if I DID have an aston Martin.:D

gaz_jones

shandypants5 wrote: »

Er.. actualy I think I would count myself lucky if I DID have an aston Martin.:D

Unless you had to remortgage your house to afford it LOL

hewhoisnotintheknow

if you have an audi tt you need to remove the fuel pump!

colin79666

My Fiat Grande Puntos tail lights are replaced by removing the whole unit.
I actually found it easier as I could then take the unit inside and see properly what I was doing than trying to reach in found inside the boot.

Unstoppable_2

wazza wrote: »

What happened to opening a rear cover of the unit and unclip the bulb holders like on older cars.

You mean old cars like my Capri where you have to take off the rear light cluster to change the bulb?

gilbert_and_sullivan

Ludicrous this bulb changing fiasco, and some Vauxhalls are getting like Renaults, apparently the new Corsa/tigra requires bumper removal for some of the headlight bulbs, that'll be handy at 10pm on the motorway service area then.

Simple answer, don't buy the rubbish, they'll soon sort the situation, whilst people continue to buy on looks over use or quality, they'll turn more of the same out.