It doesn’t matter if for your own security, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, making sure your turn signal bulbs are always functional is very important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing parts that will undoubtedly burn out in the future and as a result need to be replaced. You’re likely on the website 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 Citroen C-crosser, we’ve created this article to help you do it on your own and not have to go to your mechanic. In a first step, we will have a look at the checking a burnt-out front turn signal bulb on your Citroen C-crosser and in a second step, 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 Citroen C-crosser is burnt out or needs to be swapped out?

When you drive your vehicle you don’t always have the possibility to verify all the security features of your Citroen C-crosser. Indeed, you are mostly in a hurry and tend to enter into your vehicle, make your trip and put it down right away without taking the time to do an periodic check-up. It is therefore fundamental to take the time to occasionally verify the condition of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a front turn signal on your Citroen C-crosser, but that you didn’t detect it. Here are the two simple ways to check if a front turn signal is burnt out or if you need to replace 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 check that they are working.
  • By hearing to the sound of your blinkers. Indeed, there is an audible indicator on each car that signals you of a front turn indicator bulb burnt out on your Citroen C-crosser, you will perceive that the time between each “click” is much closer, this suggests that you will have to change the front turn signal bulb or before. It’s up to you to verify and verify which one is burnt out by a visual check as on the first technique shown earlier mentioned.

You may have an additional bulb to replace, like the one of your low beam or your position lights, don’t be reluctant to read our articles to help you to complete this replacing.

Replacing the front turn signal bulb on your Citroen C-crosser

Now let’s go to the main step of this article, how to replace the front turn signal bulb of your Citroen C-crosser? Take note that this process is fairly simple, you will require 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 Citroen C-crosser. If it is a bulb on your rear turn signal, see our specific article. On the other hand, here are the details of the actions to stick to to be able to carry out this act efficiently dependant on the method you desire to choose.

Replace front turn signal bulb on your Citroen C-crosser 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 Citroen C-crosser by the new one (ensure to verify 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 Citroen C-crosser through the wheel arch:

    This approach 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 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 guidelines as on the part previously seen.

    Change the front turn signal bulb of your Citroen C-crosser 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 point them right now:

    • Put your Citroen C-crosser 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 out your headlight block and replace the front turn indicator bulb of your Citroen C-crosser following the steps seen in the parts seen previously.
    • Put the whole thing back together again.

    If you wish more guides on the Citroen C-crosser, go to our Citroen C-crosser category.