Regardless whether for your own safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, being certain your turn signal bulbs are always working is very important. In fact, bulbs are wearing parts that will definitely burn out over time and as a consequence need to be changed. You’re quite likely here because one of your front turn signals is burnt out and you’re wondering how to change the bulb of a front turn signal on your Alfa Romeo 156, we’ve created this document to help you do it all on your own and not have to go to your technician. In a first section, we will have a look at controling a burnt-out front turn signal bulb on your Alfa Romeo 156 and in a second section, how to change the front turn signal bulb on your car..

change-front-turn-bulb-alfa-romeo-156

How to find out if the front turn signal bulb on your Alfa Romeo 156 is burnt out or needs to be swapped out?

When you drive your motor vehicle you don’t always have the opportunity to check all the safety components of your Alfa Romeo 156. In fact, you are often in a hurry and tend to enter into your motor vehicle, make your journey and put it down right away without taking the time to do an regular check-up. It is as a result relevant to take the time to occasionally check the condition of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a front turn signal on your Alfa Romeo 156, but that you didn’t realize it. Here are the two simple methods to verify if a front turn signal is burnt out or if you need to swap it promptly:

  • When you stop, turn on the ignition on your car, then alternately turn on your left and right front turn signals and get out of the car to verify that they are operational.
  • By listening to the sound of your blinkers. In fact, there is an audible signal on each car that signals you of a front turn indicator bulb burnt out on your Alfa Romeo 156, you will notice that the time between each “click” is much shorter, this suggests that you will have to replace the front turn signal bulb or before. It’s up to you to check and verify which one is burnt out by a visual verify as on the first process shown above.

You may have another bulb to swap, like the one of your low beam or your position lights, don’t hesitate to read our blog posts to help you to perform this replacement.

Replacing the front turn signal bulb on your Alfa Romeo 156

Now let’s go to the most essential section of this document, how to replace the front turn signal bulb of your Alfa Romeo 156? Please note that this technique is fairly simple, you will need to access, from the inside of your bonnet, through the wheel arch, or simply by your bumper to your headlight unit, open it and replace the burnt out front turn signal bulb of your Alfa Romeo 156. If it is a bulb on your rear turn signal, see our dedicated document. However, here are the details of the actions to stick to to be able to execute this action accurately dependant on the solution you wish to adopt.

Replace front turn signal bulb on your Alfa Romeo 156 through the bonnet:

  • Open your bonnet and clear access to your headlight pods.
  • Use a torx tip to open the headlight unit on your car
  • Unscrew the front turn signal bulb from your car by turning it a quarter turn counterclockwise
  • Replace the front flasher bulb of your Alfa Romeo 156 by the new one (make sure to check if it’s an orange or transparent bulb).
  • Reassemble and check that the brand-new front turn signal bulb works.

    • Replace the front turn signal bulb of your Alfa Romeo 156 through the wheel arch:

    This solution is specially useful when you don’t have enough space in the bonnet to access the front turn signal on your car:

    • Lift your car, and remove the front wheel on the side you want to operate on.
    • Take out your wheel arch with a torx bit.
    • Go to your headlamp block and swap the front turn signal bulb on your car following the same steps as on the part previously seen.

    Replace the front turn signal bulb of your Alfa Romeo 156 through the bumper:

    On some years or finishes, based on the options the only simple access you will have to swap the front turn signal bulb of your car will be to pass under your front bumper, there are only a few steps that change from the full process, we will detail them right now:

    • Put your Alfa Romeo 156 on a jack or a candle.
    • Remove the screws of the motor shoe of your car(plastic part under your motor) and your shock absorber. Be careful with the plastic staples which can be breakable.
    • Take away your headlight block and swap the front turn indicator bulb of your Alfa Romeo 156 following the steps seen in the parts seen previously.
    • Put the whole thing back together again.

    In the event that you have any additional questions about the Alfa Romeo 156, do not hesitate to consult our Alfa Romeo 156 category.