Whether for your own safety, 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 undoubtedly burn out over the years and therefore need to be replaced. You’re most likely here 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 Nissan Micra 5, we’ve created this document to help you do it without help and not have to go to your auto mechanic. In a first part, we will look at the checking a burnt-out front turn signal bulb on your Nissan Micra 5 and in a second part, 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 Nissan Micra 5 is burnt out or needs to be replaced?

When you drive your vehicle you don’t constantly have the possibility to check all the safety components of your Nissan Micra 5. In reality, you are often times in a hurry and tend to enter into your vehicle, make your journey and put it down instantly without taking the time to do an periodic check-up. It is therefore relevant 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 Nissan Micra 5, but that you didn’t detect it. Here are the two simple ways to control 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 control that they are operational.
  • By listening to the sound of your blinkers. In reality, there is an audible sign on each car that warns you of a front turn indicator bulb burnt out on your Nissan Micra 5, you will recognise that the time between each “click” is much shorter, this means that you will have to replace the front turn signal bulb or before. It’s up to you to check and make sure which one is burnt out by a visual control as on the first process shown earlier mentioned.

You may have another bulb to replace, like the one of your low beam or your position lights, don’t be reluctant to consult our content articles to help you to carry out this replacing.

Changing the front turn signal bulb on your Nissan Micra 5

Now let’s go to the most important part of this document, how to change the front turn signal bulb of your Nissan Micra 5? You should be aware that this task is really easy, 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 change the burnt out front turn signal bulb of your Nissan Micra 5. If it is a bulb on your rear turn signal, see our dedicated document. On the other hand, here are the details of the simple steps to stick to in order to conduct this act accurately depending on the solution you desire to choose.

Change front turn signal bulb on your Nissan Micra 5 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 Nissan Micra 5 by the new one (be sure to check if it’s an orange or transparent bulb).
  • Reassemble and check that the brand-new front turn signal bulb works.

    • Change the front turn signal bulb of your Nissan Micra 5 through the wheel arch:

    This tactic is specially effective when you don’t have enough space in the hood 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 Nissan Micra 5 through the bumper:

    On some years or finishes, depending 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 process, we will point them right now:

    • Put your Nissan Micra 5 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 vulnerable.
    • Take out your headlight block and replace the front turn indicator bulb of your Nissan Micra 5 following the steps seen in the parts seen earlier.
    • Put the whole thing back together again.

    If perhaps you have any further questions about the Nissan Micra 5, do not hesitate to consult our Nissan Micra 5 category.