o/s side light help

I've got a 2001 Xsara Picasso, the sidelight bulb holder twists out anticlockwise and the bulb, a 501, just pulls out. I'm just about to replace mine with LED's, we'll see if they melt.....

TonyB

LED is what?....

Anyway, surely if either Citroen or MIRA (or country equivalent) thought LEDs were required they would either fit them at the factory and/or issue a recall notice?...

Light Emitting Diode. The technology has come on leaps and bounds since the Xsara was first designed and they are now avaialble to replace sidelights and the like....at a price. They do last oodles longer and are used in BMWs and suchlike as standard nowadays. Incandescent technology however is perfectly adequate which is why no manufacturer will issue a recall notice.

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Malc - you should know better - he was having a moment's apostroplexy.

LED's = The LED is doing something LEDs = Many Light Emitting Diodes

Hello Guy, considering a Citroen?

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DKUATB - I bought a Xantia a few weeks ago.

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The exception being Greengrocer's = Many greengrocers.

Can't think how that apostrophe got in there, not like me at all, except in photo's of course. TonyB

Greengrocer's = of the/belonging to the greengrocers.

Not that I am being in any way pedantic, you understand. :)

So.................nobody knows how to change the side light then.....think i'll get a ford....?

I had a Xsara II a couple of years ago, and remember that it was a bit tight to get at the back of the lights. You may need a small mirror to help. You take off the big round black cover off the back of the unit. If yours has twin bulbs, which I think they did, then there will be two of these. Remove the one behind the sidelight. Inside you will be able to see the back of the sidelight, and it either just pulls out or twists 90 degrees to get it out. Hope this helps.

Could always buy a Peugeot....

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That's not how greengrocer's use it.

Cheers Brian i'll try that... cannot understand why they have made it so difficult...?

i hate this motor... had nothing but trouble with it from day one...grrrrrr

It's no more difficult than many other motor cars, in fact I can think of far more difficult / awkward car to change bulbs on than a Xsara.

That might be so but that doesn't make it correct! :~)

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That's why it's called the greengrocers apostrophe - "Lemon's" and "Cauli's".