Need quick help, rear license plate light replacement

Your first stop is YouTube "prius license plate bulb"

 

Bulb types are in the owner's manual

 

00234-00192

That said, if you just walk into a dealership parts department and ask for the bulb, they'll figure it out.

Open the hatch and look on the inside, there's a couple of pop-out panels: bulbs screw in behind there. Owner's Manual has something too I think, but really you just need to follow your nose.

 

I had great results with this, it may only work one way, so test before you put everything back.

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FO249HS

 

One $1 bulb??

They have a bin of those at any dealership, lol.

 

Super simple to do.

 

Yeah main thing is to avoid handling with bare hands, getting skin oil on it. To make sure give it a wipe with a cloth dampened with isopropyl alchohol, last thing before install. Though maybe this more important with headlight bulbs??

 

Yes, those are plain ole incandescents, not halogens.

 

So not that important, don't get that hot?

 

Back when most household 120-v light bulbs were regular incandescents, did you use gloves to replace every burnt-out bulb?

 

No...

 

If I can segue into the same subject, but a different year car. How do you change the license plate lights in a newer Prius Prime (2019). I have checked YouTube, the manual, googled it and can find nothing for the newer Prius. There are no cut-outs in the rear hatch like the older Priuses where you can access the bulb. Thank you in advance!

 

Owners manual?

 

Nothing in manual

 

Your 2019 Prime is not a gen 3, so it is possible you will get more informed discussion with n the gen 4 forum or the Prime forum.