It doesn’t matter if for your own security, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, being certain your turn signal bulbs are always operational is very important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing parts that will definitely burn out after a while and therefore need to be changed. You’re most certainly on the website 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 Fiat Scudo, we’ve created this content to help you do it by yourself and not have to go to your auto technician. In a first section, we will take a look at controling a burnt-out front turn signal bulb on your Fiat Scudo and in a second section, 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 Fiat Scudo is burnt out or needs to be changed?

When you drive your car you don’t always have the possibility to check all the security features of your Fiat Scudo. Indeed, you are in many cases in a rush and tend to enter into your car, make your journey and put it down immediately without taking the time to do an regular 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 Fiat Scudo, but that you didn’t become aware of it. Here are the two simple options to examine if a front turn signal is burnt out or if you need to swap 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 operational.
  • By hearing to the sound of your blinkers. Indeed, there is an audible indication on each car that warns you of a front turn indicator bulb burnt out on your Fiat Scudo, 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 check which one is burnt out by a visual examine as on the first procedure shown previously.

You may have an additional 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 do this substitution.

Changing the front turn signal bulb on your Fiat Scudo

Now let’s go to the most essential section of this content, how to replace the front turn signal bulb of your Fiat Scudo? Please note that this technique is very simple, you will require 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 Fiat Scudo. If it is a bulb on your rear turn signal, see our specific content. On the other hand, here are the details of the steps to follow in order to accomplish this action correctly according to the solution you wish to choose.

Replace front turn signal bulb on your Fiat Scudo 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 Fiat Scudo by the new one (be sure to check if it’s an orange or transparent bulb).
  • Reassemble and test that the brand-new front turn signal bulb operates.

    • Replace the front turn signal bulb of your Fiat Scudo through the wheel arch:

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

    • Lift your car, and take off 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 guidelines as on the part previously seen.

    Change the front turn signal bulb of your Fiat Scudo 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 procedure, we will point them now:

    • Put your Fiat Scudo 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 fragile.
    • Take out your headlight block and swap the front turn indicator bulb of your Fiat Scudo following the steps seen in the parts seen earlier.
    • Put the whole thing back together again.

    If you wish more guides on the Fiat Scudo, go to our Fiat Scudo category.