Whether for your personal security, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, making sure your turn signal bulbs are always operational is imperative. In fact, bulbs are wearing parts that will undoubtedly burn out over the years and therefore need to be replaced. You’re likely on this site 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 Jaguar F-Type, we’ve created this content page to help you do it without help and not have to go to your technician. In a first part, we will have a look at controling a burnt-out front turn signal bulb on your Jaguar F-Type 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 Jaguar F-Type is burnt out or needs to be changed?

When you drive your car you don’t always have the possibility to verify all the security equipments of your Jaguar F-Type. In fact, you are most of the time in a hurry and tend to get into your car, make your journey and put it down instantly without taking the time to do an periodic check-up. It is as a result 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 Jaguar F-Type, but that you didn’t become aware of it. Here are the two simple methods to examine if a front turn signal is burnt out or if you need to change it fairly 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 functioning.
  • By listening to the sound of your blinkers. In fact, there is an audible indicator on each car that warns you of a front turn indicator bulb burnt out on your Jaguar F-Type, you will recognise 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 verify and check which one is burnt out by a visual examine as on the first methodology shown previously.

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

Changing the front turn signal bulb on your Jaguar F-Type

Now let’s go to the most essential part of this content page, how to replace the front turn signal bulb of your Jaguar F-Type? Take note that this process is quite 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 Jaguar F-Type. If it is a bulb on your rear turn signal, see our special content page. Nevertheless, here are the details of the simple steps to follow in order to execute this act accurately depending on the technique you wish to choose.

Change front turn signal bulb on your Jaguar F-Type 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 Jaguar F-Type by the new one (make certain to verify if it’s an orange or transparent bulb).
  • Reassemble and test that the new front turn signal bulb functions.

    • Change the front turn signal bulb of your Jaguar F-Type through the wheel arch:

    This process is specially 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 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 change 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 Jaguar F-Type through the bumper:

    On some years or finishes, depending on the options the only simple access you will have to change 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 describe them right now:

    • Put your Jaguar F-Type 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 cautious with the plastic staples which can be breakable.
    • Remove your headlight block and change the front turn indicator bulb of your Jaguar F-Type following the steps seen in the parts seen above.
    • Put the whole thing back together again.

    If you need more guides on the Jaguar F-Type, go to our Jaguar F-Type category.