Do not go to all this trouble! THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO NEED TO REMOVE YOUR HEADLIGHT. There is a clip in front of the fuse box, unclip it. Pull the plastic cover off (it will slide out). This is the same as you might have seen on the drivers side, the job is no different. Reach underneath into the headlight and feel for the first wires, follow to the bulb. Give it a wiggle and look at the bulb through the headlight and you will see it moving. Carefully wiggle the block connector and tease it out. The bulb will come out connected to the wire. Remove the bulb. Put the new one in. Do the steps previous in reverse. Literally the hardest part of this job is to put the plastic cover back on when you're finished. Takes about 60 seconds when you know how. (Corsa D 1.4 Sxi 2011 owner)
Thanks for this comment man! The haynes manual is even worse, says I have to remove the front bumper plus all this stuff in the video just to change the pissing headlight bulb?! Your comment saved a whole bunch of time. Thanks man!
I find it's a much easier job to just keep the old bulbs and replace the rest of the car with one which has sensible, easy access to commonly needed areas. Seriously, though, you can do it with just the fuse box top removal and small hands. To replace the plastic cover on the back of the headlamp housing, you may have to slightly lever the hinge claws into place on the hinge, whilst holding the cover as ajar as you can get it.
Excellent, thanks. Even a mechanichal numpty like me can follow this guide. It grieves me to pay garage fees for something as trivial as a light bulb. There should be a law against this type of design engineering. Admiral Halsey
Well just had a go at this and got the bulb changed successfully so thanks a lot. I first took off the fuse cover and was able to pop open the bulb cover and remove the blown bulb in about a minute. Great thinks me, this is gonna be easy. Popped the bulb back in the holder and tried to get it back into position in the lamp. This is when it all went to pieces as I just couldn't get it into position because I wasn`t sure of the position of the little lug on the new bulb within the lamp so it would all slot together. After a while I had to resort to the whole process described in this excellent video and got the new bulb installed. If you know where the lug is you may be able to push the lamp back in without dismantling everything if you are lucky. It goes at the top.
I done what you did first time without removing the light I was lucky BUT! the second time round wasn't so lucky I exploded! Lol thought to do this as there wasn't a video for this side of the car, now I can keep calm and replace the bulb lol glad this helped 👍
I'm still trying my hardest to believe this .This is the kind of thing we use to laugh and make jokes about years ago , that you have to take your whole car to bits just to change a lightbulb , it appears here that it's true LOL . 😂🤣😂🤣😂😭😭
I had to do this very fix recently. It Infuriates me how hard they make this job. They have to be doing this on purpose. There is absolutely no reason to make accessing the bulbs this difficult. Just imagine having to do this in the dark on the side of the road. This sort of design is bordering on criminal
Lol your telling me I actually had to its happened to be 3 times its a pain the ass, hence making this video saving a lot a people time and money do it so you have to call out recovery or take it to a garage I'm a tight ass lol
Thanks for posting this ! Initially I thought , what a palavour , especially when the handbook says " just remove the fusebox cover and take off the top of the washer bottle ". Should have watched this first. Managed to replace the bulb ok but couldn't replace the cover on the back of the light so ended up removing the light to do it. If there area any other amateurs out there like me ....save yourself time and follow this video ! Thanks again.
Its good that you made the effort to make the video but on my Vauxhall Corsa 2010 you can just unclip, reach inside with fingers, give it a firm wiggle and pull it out to replace it. Previous comments posted on here thankfully stopped me dismantling everything and gave me a simpler solution so I commend your video as it inadvertently helped me.
I cannot thank you enough my friend. I'm not too good with keeping my patience and nearly kicked the bloody head light in trying to do this myself then found this video. All done in ten minutes. Again, Thank you so much Damien :-)
+Damien Morris My neighbour came out to see what was going on think she thought I was killing someone yesterday morning. I was swearing my head off my hands were real sore I was jamiming them between fuse box but I couldn't do it. Found your video while I was at work last night. Came home this morning and sorted thanks to you :-)
+Philip Barratt haha I was the same couldn't understand why the dam light wouldn't come out and I have fat hands just about get my finger behind it lol but now people can stop booting the car now hahaha
As I don't have pixie fingers the easy option was never going to work, having seen this video the job was done in twenty minutes, daughter happy - Halfords had spent 40 minutes trying the 'easy' method and gave up - If only they had watched your RUclips vid. Great video.
Hi - I've removed all the screws and can unclip almost everything except for at the top of the wheel arch. It seems as though something is still attached. By the higher star shaped screw there's another screw going horizontally through the front bumper and the grey mudguard that surrounds the wheel. I think this is preventing me from taking it off - did you have the same problem?
cheers mate, just changed a bulb following your vid. got big hands but managed with just a few scratches. never had to go to so much trouble to change a bulb before. the designer needs some basic lessons in common sense
It is shameful that car manufacturers make it so difficult to complete basic maintenance tasks. I can only imagine that they do this to deter car owners from changing the bulbs and to encourage them to use their own (over priced) workshops. Perhaps somebody from GM/Vauxhall would like to offer an explanation? To be fair, it isn't just Vauxhall, as there are many other manufacturers who do the same.
A Great job done the headlight bulbs for these cars cost about 11 or 12 pounds from Halfords if you go to the range their cost about 2.50 for the same bulb.
changed passenger side light bulb without removing bumper.pull out filler neck to washer bottle ,better access, remove cover on rear of lights use small mirror and long nose pliers pull out blown bulb ,wedge type refit /replace took approx 10 minutes.
Come on... I have just replaced the same light bulb in left side on my Corsa CDTI 1,7 130 Sport, without demounting other parts than the fuse box lid and the cover lid on the back of the head lamp. I admit that it wasn't easy to fit my man hand down there, but succeeded without scratches on my hand ;) It can be done without demounting the whole lamp!
Well you are lucky... I couldn't get my hands in at all and cut the back of a finger trying. Thanks to this video and an impact driver to undo the bolts quickly I had it done in no time. Piss poor design...
Just completed this and took around 30 minutes. Will be much quicker if you have the tools ready. I tried the quick method below but the light bulb would not move so I pulled very hard and broke the light so I had to do the long method. Yes I agree that is it absurd that they make these cars so difficult to do basic maintenance task such as changing a bulb. All they had to do was to put in a mechanism to twist out the bulb as it is very difficult to pull it out with the 1 inch space that they give. So shame on you Vauxhall, get this sorted out for your future models.
I did it today too, swearing like a lunatic on a street with a sound of ratchet and car parts getting off. This design is so stupid one who created this should be changing them on this car for the rest of his miserable life. Of course in the night... I just simply wanted to check if there was easier way here, but sure there is not. I could not even put fingers there, not to see what am i doing. I only disassembled upper two headlight screws as i did not want to remove the bottom one due to obvious reasons. Got a little extra room to wiggle my hand there...
You don't have to do this. If doing Offside front bulb, remove airbox and undo metal clip on bulb cover and pull cover off and then remove bulb by pulling. Easy as that! Near side, just remove fuse box cover to give you a bit more room and the process is the same. This long process as in video is totally unecessary!
No need to remove the headlight unit, remove cover for fuses. Then remove rear access panel of light unit, you can then access the bulb which tends to come out attached to cable, I find it best to connect the cable to new bulb & put into position. Then simply replace rear access cover & the fuse box cover.
I tried this on my first attempt no problem but the second time round it wasn't happening just couldn't get my hand in so made this a little simpler for people with larger hands lol
No pleasing everyone may you need English lessons or something allot of people have successfully done it thanks to this stop trolling and get a life!!!!!!!
Way overkill i have a cosa d and just did this bulb with out all this fuss, just release the cover clip slide cover out, wiggle bulb plug(use mirror to make sure not to pull headlight motor out), out it comes, put new bulb in connector slip it in, look in headlight to ensure its centured, now press bulb holder into head light, lastly replace cover and do up clip, done in 5min!.
"girly fingers" NO im like desperate dan, and you dont have to get your hand in just two fingers, how to do it in 5min guide here.......... www.vxronline.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?218476-How-To-Change-Dipped-Beam-Bulbs-Without-Dropping-Bumper
Terrible Vauxhall design. Just been trying to replace the dipped beam on my grand daughters 2014 Corsa and gave up. My 2007 Ford Focus, undo one screw and the whole headlight assembly pulls out!!
Do not go to all this trouble! THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO NEED TO REMOVE YOUR HEADLIGHT.
There is a clip in front of the fuse box, unclip it. Pull the plastic cover off (it will slide out). This is the same as you might have seen on the drivers side, the job is no different. Reach underneath into the headlight and feel for the first wires, follow to the bulb. Give it a wiggle and look at the bulb through the headlight and you will see it moving. Carefully wiggle the block connector and tease it out. The bulb will come out connected to the wire. Remove the bulb. Put the new one in. Do the steps previous in reverse. Literally the hardest part of this job is to put the plastic cover back on when you're finished. Takes about 60 seconds when you know how. (Corsa D 1.4 Sxi 2011 owner)
"Replacing the Corsa H7 headlight bulb the easy way " see above ☝☝
Gavin C You are completely right.
Thanks for this comment man! The haynes manual is even worse, says I have to remove the front bumper plus all this stuff in the video just to change the pissing headlight bulb?! Your comment saved a whole bunch of time. Thanks man!
GREAT TIP GAVIN Took me about 5 mins to replace my bulb CHEERS........................
In his defence I have the same car and there was no way I could get my hand in to get the bulbs out.
Thank you. My dad has been puzzled with this bulb for quite some time now. All the other videos that I have seen is for the drivers side. Thank you.
I find it's a much easier job to just keep the old bulbs and replace the rest of the car with one which has sensible, easy access to commonly needed areas.
Seriously, though, you can do it with just the fuse box top removal and small hands. To replace the plastic cover on the back of the headlamp housing, you may have to slightly lever the hinge claws into place on the hinge, whilst holding the cover as ajar as you can get it.
Excellent, thanks. Even a mechanichal numpty like me can follow this guide. It grieves me to pay garage fees for something as trivial as a light bulb. There should be a law against this type of design engineering.
Admiral Halsey
Well just had a go at this and got the bulb changed successfully so thanks a lot. I first took off the fuse cover and was able to pop open the bulb cover and remove the blown bulb in about a minute. Great thinks me, this is gonna be easy. Popped the bulb back in the holder and tried to get it back into position in the lamp. This is when it all went to pieces as I just couldn't get it into position because I wasn`t sure of the position of the little lug on the new bulb within the lamp so it would all slot together. After a while I had to resort to the whole process described in this excellent video and got the new bulb installed. If you know where the lug is you may be able to push the lamp back in without dismantling everything if you are lucky. It goes at the top.
I done what you did first time without removing the light I was lucky BUT! the second time round wasn't so lucky I exploded! Lol thought to do this as there wasn't a video for this side of the car, now I can keep calm and replace the bulb lol glad this helped 👍
Cheers for this guide, by far the most useful I've come across, managed to do it myself with the most basic of tools!
Excellent, searched all the forums for this explanation, FYI this works for the VXR also.
Brilliant I'm glad it work for you also thank you again.
I'm still trying my hardest to believe this .This is the kind of thing we use to laugh and make jokes about years ago , that you have to take your whole car to bits just to change a lightbulb , it appears here that it's true LOL . 😂🤣😂🤣😂😭😭
Cheers mate just done mine there, couldn’t of done it without watching this. Top man
I had to do this very fix recently. It Infuriates me how hard they make this job. They have to be doing this on purpose. There is absolutely no reason to make accessing the bulbs this difficult. Just imagine having to do this in the dark on the side of the road. This sort of design is bordering on criminal
Lol your telling me I actually had to its happened to be 3 times its a pain the ass, hence making this video saving a lot a people time and money do it so you have to call out recovery or take it to a garage I'm a tight ass lol
I've just done this very job in the dark. quality video mate, just what I needed.
+Jack Choppin fair play cheeky in day light let alone the dark lol
Jan Hoppenbrouwers ignore all the dislikes this video was extremely helpful!, I just changed my bulbs on my corsa vxr and it helped me allot.
I couldnt agree more. I have just done my wife's car. Its pathetic really. Next it will be a hour to change a window wiper 😠😠😠
Thanks for posting this ! Initially I thought , what a palavour , especially when the handbook says " just remove the fusebox cover and take off the top of the washer bottle ". Should have watched this first. Managed to replace the bulb ok but couldn't replace the cover on the back of the light so ended up removing the light to do it. If there area any other amateurs out there like me ....save yourself time and follow this video ! Thanks again.
Its good that you made the effort to make the video but on my Vauxhall Corsa 2010 you can just unclip, reach inside with fingers, give it a firm wiggle and pull it out to replace it. Previous comments posted on here thankfully stopped me dismantling everything and gave me a simpler solution so I commend your video as it inadvertently helped me.
I cannot thank you enough my friend. I'm not too good with keeping my patience and nearly kicked the bloody head light in trying to do this myself then found this video. All done in ten minutes. Again, Thank you so much Damien :-)
Glad it was a great help to you seeing a few people liking this so I'm chuffed I've done it 👍
+Damien Morris My neighbour came out to see what was going on think she thought I was killing someone yesterday morning. I was swearing my head off my hands were real sore I was jamiming them between fuse box but I couldn't do it. Found your video while I was at work last night. Came home this morning and sorted thanks to you :-)
+Philip Barratt haha I was the same couldn't understand why the dam light wouldn't come out and I have fat hands just about get my finger behind it lol but now people can stop booting the car now hahaha
Great video mate been driving myself crazy trying to work it out!
I'm glad it worked for you, trust me I have a short temper I know how you feel lol
Thank you kind sir - saved me £7 fitting at Halfords!
Every little helps 👍
Thank you very much Damien. I would not have made it without your video!
Haha brilliant I'm glad it's working a treat! Trust me I'm more grey then ever lol
Many thanks for putting the vid on you tube, saved me a lot of trouble, very helpful cheers
Not a problem I'm glad it was a help, seems to be doing everyone pretty well! 👍
As I don't have pixie fingers the easy option was never going to work, having seen this video the job was done in twenty minutes, daughter happy - Halfords had spent 40 minutes trying the 'easy' method and gave up - If only they had watched your RUclips vid. Great video.
Thanks for the valuable advice. Merry Christmas!
Not a problem thank you Merry Christmas to you to 👍
Many thanks ..... It good people like you that make life so much easier for "Joe public" ultimately saving them a fortune !
Thanks for this video - just saved me a mechanic's bill!
It's a pleasure every little helps 👍
Thanks for this video - just saved me a mechanic's bill
Thank you for this video and the effort you took to do it. It helped me no end to sort out a bulb replacement.
Spot on Instructions, even Halfords refused to change my bulb!
Hi - I've removed all the screws and can unclip almost everything except for at the top of the wheel arch. It seems as though something is still attached. By the higher star shaped screw there's another screw going horizontally through the front bumper and the grey mudguard that surrounds the wheel. I think this is preventing me from taking it off - did you have the same problem?
Thanks bra, now I can look like a genius when I change my friends bulbs which he just wouldn't even bother an attempt at it.
Thanks Damien, saved me loads of hassle.
cheers mate, just changed a bulb following your vid. got big hands but managed with just a few scratches. never had to go to so much trouble to change a bulb before. the designer needs some basic lessons in common sense
Pleasure, glad people do appreciate the video 👍🏻
Great tutorial...I was really desperate. Thanks a lot. :)
I assume this process is the same for the facelift headlights?
Excellent video thank you.
It is shameful that car manufacturers make it so difficult to complete basic maintenance tasks. I can only imagine that they do this to deter car owners from changing the bulbs and to encourage them to use their own (over priced) workshops. Perhaps somebody from GM/Vauxhall would like to offer an explanation? To be fair, it isn't just Vauxhall, as there are many other manufacturers who do the same.
great video. just one question, once you have the bolts under the wheel arch out how do you remove the panel like you did to get to that last bolt?
Thank you, its held on by clips so you can just pull the bumper back without any damage :)
thanks for this mate! a would have never known to take half the bumper off haha saved me getting pulled over and getting a fine or something lol
Thanks Damien, that's really helpful.
Thanks Damien helped me no end .
Thanks for the video, just one question... How do you detach the actual bulb? Just pull? Twist? Thanks.
just pull, to be honest this is better than doing it with the light in
Excellent video , couldn't have done it without having watched it, thanks 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
You sir, are a legend! Thankyou!
Thank you glad it was a help to you please share 👍
great video! what kind of ratchet are you using?
Really helpful, thanks for taking the time to make this for us.
thanks mate that was a great help
Really helped me out. Thanks.
A Great job done the headlight bulbs for these cars cost about 11 or 12 pounds from Halfords if you go to the range their cost about 2.50 for the same bulb.
changed passenger side light bulb without removing bumper.pull out filler neck to washer bottle ,better access, remove cover on rear of lights use small mirror and long nose pliers pull out blown bulb ,wedge type refit /replace took approx 10 minutes.
Worked for me, thanks!
Thanks for this. I dropped that long bolt down into the bloody radiator :-(
Thank you for your video, it was really helpful
i did this, did you notice the lug beside the top tab snagged on the wing
fantastic video great
Brilliant video. Thank you
It's a pleasure thank you
Come on... I have just replaced the same light bulb in left side on my Corsa CDTI 1,7 130 Sport, without demounting other parts than the fuse box lid and the cover lid on the back of the head lamp. I admit that it wasn't easy to fit my man hand down there, but succeeded without scratches on my hand ;) It can be done without demounting the whole lamp!
Good effort 👍
Well you are lucky... I couldn't get my hands in at all and cut the back of a finger trying. Thanks to this video and an impact driver to undo the bolts quickly I had it done in no time. Piss poor design...
Flintstone118 right!
Just completed this and took around 30 minutes. Will be much quicker if you have the tools ready. I tried the quick method below but the light bulb would not move so I pulled very hard and broke the light so I had to do the long method. Yes I agree that is it absurd that they make these cars so difficult to do basic maintenance task such as changing a bulb. All they had to do was to put in a mechanism to twist out the bulb as it is very difficult to pull it out with the 1 inch space that they give. So shame on you Vauxhall, get this sorted out for your future models.
cheers for uploading this
What a pain in the arse. Thanks dude
great vid , helped me alot
Thanks a lot buddy!
What is that type of spanner thing called?
I did it today too, swearing like a lunatic on a street with a sound of ratchet and car parts getting off. This design is so stupid one who created this should be changing them on this car for the rest of his miserable life. Of course in the night... I just simply wanted to check if there was easier way here, but sure there is not. I could not even put fingers there, not to see what am i doing. I only disassembled upper two headlight screws as i did not want to remove the bottom one due to obvious reasons. Got a little extra room to wiggle my hand there...
All you have to do is take the fuse box lid off then you can access it quite easily even with big hands
Cheers pal!!
Thank you for this video very helpful. Paul R
thanks this helped alot 👍
Glad it was a help 👍
That's a ridiculous procedure to change a fucking bulb, shame on opel for this. Good video, did the job nicely 👍
Really handy thanks
You don't have to do this. If doing Offside front bulb, remove airbox and undo metal clip on bulb cover and pull cover off and then remove bulb by pulling. Easy as that! Near side, just remove fuse box cover to give you a bit more room and the process is the same. This long process as in video is totally unecessary!
No need to remove the headlight unit, remove cover for fuses. Then remove rear access panel of light unit, you can then access the bulb which tends to come out attached to cable, I find it best to connect the cable to new bulb & put into position. Then simply replace rear access cover & the fuse box cover.
I tried this on my first attempt no problem but the second time round it wasn't happening just couldn't get my hand in so made this a little simpler for people with larger hands lol
I have small hands & yes it was difficult, it's one of the worst designs for bulb access I've seen.
+Ian TheInventor lol yea it's not the easiest excess
Hope I never meet the person responsible for the design ;-))
I tried this method as well and ended up with very sore hands and very bad tempered.
Can anyone tell me where horn is on these corsa D's, cant find it anywhere. Dont even know if my car has one :(
thanks a lot!
Thanks great help
to me these designers are the definition of insanity.
Defiantly needs to have a word with themselfs that's for sure lol
good video, is exactly how we do it
Thank you 👍
Good one :-)
Will you go back and try and make a youtube video that one can see, hear and makes sense.
I do apologies Emma, I've not had anyone not understand it. Having up to 67 comments of people appreciating the video it must be working cheers
No pleasing everyone may you need English lessons or something allot of people have successfully done it thanks to this stop trolling and get a life!!!!!!!
Halfords changed mine never went though all that
good clip but what a long winded process.
you dont have to do all that o replace the bulb its a minute of a job on the passanger side
Thanks
Much easier option - *CHANGE THE FECKIN' CAR INSTEAD...*
Lad what are you doing!!?.
where is sound of audio mate?
Think I’ll just take it to the garage...
Halfords guy made it in 5 minutes free of charge
what a fu*k on. my passenger side headlight bulb has just gone and I thought it would be a 1 minute job, instead of removing about 10 poxy bolts.
I installed HID without removing any trim whatsoever IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO REMOVE THE BUMPER AND LIGHT REALLY!
I change mine with out open screw at all
Way overkill i have a cosa d and just did this bulb with out all this fuss, just release the cover clip slide cover out, wiggle bulb plug(use mirror to make sure not to pull headlight motor out), out it comes, put new bulb in connector slip it in, look in headlight to ensure its centured, now press bulb holder into head light, lastly replace cover and do up clip, done in 5min!.
Again if you have girly fingers clearly you have it can be done like that good effort
Again if you have girly fingers clearly you have it can be done like that good effort
Again if you have girly fingers clearly you have it can be done like that good effort
"girly fingers" NO im like desperate dan, and you dont have to get your hand in just two fingers, how to do it in 5min guide here..........
www.vxronline.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?218476-How-To-Change-Dipped-Beam-Bulbs-Without-Dropping-Bumper
I tried this afternoon for 15 minutes to get the bulb back in and gave up! Don't know where to go next!!
you can just remove the fuse box
Alot of work just to change a lightbulb😳
that's ridiculous! just remove the air filter box and change the bulb, you didn't have to remove all the front parts!
I can't see a thing
Terrible Vauxhall design. Just been trying to replace the dipped beam on my grand daughters 2014 Corsa and gave up. My 2007 Ford Focus, undo one screw and the whole headlight assembly pulls out!!
It's just as bad on a Fiat punto .
It's just as big of a twat putting it back together. bloody hate corsas even more now
No need for this ignore it
Wtf ???
Complete bollocks to do it like shown!!!!
The car is poorly designed