Regardless whether for your own security, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, being sure your turn signal bulbs are always functional is important. In reality, bulbs are wearing parts that will inevitably burn out over time and therefore need to be changed. You’re most likely 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 Mitsubishi Eclipse, we’ve written and published this content to help you do it without help and not have to go to your repair shop. In a first section, we will look at controling a burnt-out front turn signal bulb on your Mitsubishi Eclipse and in a second section, how to change the front turn signal bulb on your car..

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How to discover if the front turn signal bulb on your Mitsubishi Eclipse is burnt out or needs to be swapped out?

When you drive your car you don’t always have the opportunity to examine all the security features of your Mitsubishi Eclipse. In reality, you are in general in a hurry and tend to enter into your car, make your trip and put it down immediately without taking the time to do an occasional check-up. It is as a result relevant to take the time to sometimes examine the condition of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a front turn signal on your Mitsubishi Eclipse, but that you didn’t notice it. Here are the two simple options to verify if a front turn signal is burnt out or if you need to change it rather 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 operational.
  • By listening to the sound of your blinkers. In reality, there is an audible sign on each car that signals you of a front turn indicator bulb burnt out on your Mitsubishi Eclipse, you will recognise that the time between each “click” is much shorter, this means that you will have to change the front turn signal bulb or before. It’s up to you to examine and check out which one is burnt out by a visual verify 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 hesitate to read our blog posts to help you to achieve this substitution.

Changing the front turn signal bulb on your Mitsubishi Eclipse

Now let’s go to the main section of this content, how to change the front turn signal bulb of your Mitsubishi Eclipse? Please be aware that this procedure is quite 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 change the burnt out front turn signal bulb of your Mitsubishi Eclipse. If it is a bulb on your rear turn signal, see our specific content. Nevertheless, here are the details of the simple steps to follow in order to execute this action properly according to the solution you want to choose.

Change front turn signal bulb on your Mitsubishi Eclipse 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 Mitsubishi Eclipse by the new one (be sure to examine if it’s an orange or transparent bulb).
  • Reassemble and check that the new front turn signal bulb works.

    • Change the front turn signal bulb of your Mitsubishi Eclipse through the wheel arch:

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

    • Lift your car, and remove 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 change the front turn signal bulb on your car following the same guidelines as on the part previously seen.

    Replace the front turn signal bulb of your Mitsubishi Eclipse through the bumper:

    On some years or finishes, according to 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 process, we will explain them right now:

    • Put your Mitsubishi Eclipse 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 delicate.
    • Take away your headlight block and change the front turn indicator bulb of your Mitsubishi Eclipse following the steps seen in the parts seen previously.
    • Put the whole thing back together again.

    If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Mitsubishi Eclipse, do not hesitate to consult our Mitsubishi Eclipse category.