Regardless for your own safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, ensuring your turn signal bulbs are always operational is necessary. In fact, bulbs are wearing parts that will undoubtedly burn out as time passes and consequently need to be replaced. You’re likely in this article 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 S5, we’ve written this content to help you do it by yourself and not have to go to your mechanic. In a first part, we will examine the checking a burnt-out front turn signal bulb on your Audi S5 and in a second part, how to change the front turn signal bulb on your car..

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How to know if the front turn signal bulb on your Audi S5 is burnt out or needs to be replaced?

When you drive your motor vehicle you don’t always have the possibility to verify all the safety features of your Audi S5. In fact, you are in general in a rush and tend to get 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 therefore relevant to take the time to sometimes verify the condition of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a front turn signal on your Audi S5, but that you didn’t become aware of it. Here are the two simple ways to examine 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 examine that they are functional.
  • By hearing to the sound of your blinkers. In fact, there is an audible sign on each car that signals you of a front turn indicator bulb burnt out on your Audi S5, you will identify 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 verify and check which one is burnt out by a visual examine as on the first procedure shown above.

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 substitution.

Changing the front turn signal bulb on your Audi S5

Now let’s go to the most essential part of this content, how to replace the front turn signal bulb of your Audi S5? Please note that this procedure is quite simple, you will have to access, from the inside of your bonnet, through the wheel arch, or through your bumper to your headlight unit, open it and replace the burnt out front turn signal bulb of your Audi S5. If it is a bulb on your rear turn signal, see our specific content. However, here are the details of the guidelines to stick to in order to conduct this action correctly depending on the solution you wish to choose.

Replace front turn signal bulb on your Audi S5 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 S5 by the new one (ensure to verify if it’s an orange or transparent bulb).
  • Reassemble and test that the new front turn signal bulb is effective.

    • Replace the front turn signal bulb of your Audi S5 through the wheel arch:

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

    • Lift your car, and take away the front wheel on the side you want to work 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.

    Change the front turn signal bulb of your Audi S5 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 technique, we will explain them now:

    • Put your Audi S5 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 mindful with the plastic staples which can be vulnerable.
    • Take away your headlight block and replace the front turn indicator bulb of your Audi S5 following the steps seen in the parts seen earlier.
    • Put the whole thing back together again.

    If you want more guides on the Audi S5, go to our Audi S5 category.