How do I change low beam bulbs?

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garland8402
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I've already researched and have seen videos on how to change the bulbs for the high and low beam. However when I untwist and remove the piece where the low bulb is, there is no bulb at the end (just a plastic knob?). Is there something I'm not doing? Can someone please post a video or picture on replacing just the low beam bulbs on a 2012 Nissan Rogue?

Thank you in advance,

Garland


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I’m confused. There’s no bulb to change? I assume your car has halogen bulbs? I’m not familiar with a 2012 but I switched my wife’s 18 to led’s and I was able to access everything from the top. My 09 Altima requires going through the wheel well. If the bulb is burnt out and worked at 1 time then there has to be a bulb there unless it fell out and is in the housing.

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D1dad wrote:
Mon Jul 26, 2021 4:00 am
I’m confused.
Me too. Even if you have xenons there's still a bulb, it just attaches differently. Maybe you can post a pic of what you're looking at?

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garland8402 wrote:
Mon Jul 26, 2021 3:15 am
I've already researched and have seen videos on how to change the bulbs for the high and low beam. However when I untwist and remove the piece where the low bulb is, there is no bulb at the end (just a plastic knob?). Is there something I'm not doing? Can someone please post a video or picture on replacing just the low beam bulbs on a 2012 Nissan Rogue?

Thank you in advance,

Garland
Yeah, there's something amiss here. Until you post a video or picture(s) we're working blind. Is yours equipped with HID or Xenon?

Here's a discussion with a video on replacing a bad HID ballast on a 2010. If that's possibly what's wrong with yours then the replacement procedure will be EXACTLY the same for your 2012.
2010 Rogue replace HID ballast

And here's another discussion on replacing the low beam on a first gen (which is what you own).
HID low beam bulb replace 2010 Rogue

Also for fist gen Rogue - DIY: HID / Xenon Lights Install

garland8402
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Sorry for the confusion and no pics but the video posted by Rogue One was what I needed (the video about the 2010 Nissan Rouge low beam bulb replacement). Thank you everyone!


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