It doesn’t matter if for your own safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, being sure your turn signal bulbs are always operational is extremely important. In reality, bulbs are wearing parts that will definitely burn out with time and as a result need to be changed. You’re likely on this site because one of your front turn signals is burnt out and you’re questioning how to change the bulb of a front turn signal on your Audi E-Tron, we’ve created this article to help you do it on your own and not have to go to your auto mechanic. In a first part, we will examine controling a burnt-out front turn signal bulb on your Audi E-Tron and in a second part, how to change the front turn signal bulb on your car..

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How to recognise if the front turn signal bulb on your Audi E-Tron is burnt out or needs to be replaced?

When you drive your motor vehicle you don’t always have the possibility to check all the safety features of your Audi E-Tron. In reality, you are in many cases 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 occasional check-up. It is consequently crucial to take the time to in some cases check the condition of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a front turn signal on your Audi E-Tron, but that you didn’t realize it. Here are the two simple techniques to verify if a front turn signal is burnt out or if you need to replace it quickly:

  • 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 functional.
  • By hearing to the sound of your blinkers. In reality, there is an audible signal on each car that alerts you of a front turn indicator bulb burnt out on your Audi E-Tron, you will recognize that the time between each “click” is much closer, this means that you will have to swap 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 procedure shown earlier mentioned.

You may have another bulb to replace, like the one of your low beam or your position lights, don’t hesitate to consult our content articles to help you to complete this replacing.

Changing the front turn signal bulb on your Audi E-Tron

Now let’s go to the most essential part of this article, how to replace the front turn signal bulb of your Audi E-Tron? You should be aware 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 Audi E-Tron. If it is a bulb on your rear turn signal, see our dedicated article. However, here are the details of the actions to follow to be able to carry out this act properly according to the solution you want to choose.

Replace front turn signal bulb on your Audi E-Tron 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 Audi E-Tron by the new one (be sure to check if it’s an orange or transparent bulb).
  • Reassemble and check that the new front turn signal bulb works.

    • Replace the front turn signal bulb of your Audi E-Tron through the wheel arch:

    This procedure is especially valuable when you don’t have enough space in the bonnet to access the front turn signal on your car:

    • Lift your car, and take out 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 replace the front turn signal bulb on your car following the same procedures as on the part previously seen.

    Replace the front turn signal bulb of your Audi E-Tron through the bumper:

    On some years or finishes, dependant on the options the only simple access you will have to replace 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 explain them right now:

    • Put your Audi E-Tron 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. Beware with the plastic staples which can be fragile.
    • Take away your headlight block and replace the front turn indicator bulb of your Audi E-Tron following the steps seen in the parts seen previously.
    • Put the whole thing back together again.

    If you have any further questions about the Audi E-Tron, do not hesitate to consult our Audi E-Tron category.