It doesn’t matter if for your own safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, being certain your turn signal bulbs are always functioning is imperative. In fact, bulbs are wearing parts that will definitely burn out after some time and as a result need to be swapped out. You’re probably on this 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 Opel Zafira Tourer, we’ve made this document to help you do it all on your own and not have to go to your auto mechanic. In a first step, we will examine controling a burnt-out front turn signal bulb on your Opel Zafira Tourer 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 Opel Zafira Tourer is burnt out or needs to be changed?

When you drive your motor vehicle you don’t always have the opportunity to verify all the safety equipments of your Opel Zafira Tourer. In fact, you are often in a hurry and tend to get into your motor vehicle, make your trip and put it down instantly without taking the time to do an unexpected check-up. It is consequently crucial to take the time to once in a while verify the state of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a front turn signal on your Opel Zafira Tourer, but that you didn’t realize it. Here are the two simple ways to verify 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 verify that they are functioning.
  • By hearing to the sound of your blinkers. In fact, there is an audible sign on each car that warns you of a front turn indicator bulb burnt out on your Opel Zafira Tourer, you will find out that the time between each “click” is much shorter, this means that you will have to swap the front turn signal bulb or before. It’s up to you to verify and check which one is burnt out by a visual verify as on the first technique shown earlier mentioned.

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 perform this replacement.

Replacing the front turn signal bulb on your Opel Zafira Tourer

Now let’s go to the main step of this document, how to replace the front turn signal bulb of your Opel Zafira Tourer? Take note that this procedure is fairly simple, 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 replace the burnt out front turn signal bulb of your Opel Zafira Tourer. If it is a bulb on your rear turn signal, see our dedicated document. However, here are the details of the guidelines to stick to to be able to carry out this act accurately according to the strategy you desire to adopt.

Replace front turn signal bulb on your Opel Zafira Tourer 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 Opel Zafira Tourer by the new one (be sure to verify if it’s an orange or transparent bulb).
  • Reassemble and test that the brand-new front turn signal bulb is effective.

    • Replace the front turn signal bulb of your Opel Zafira Tourer through the wheel arch:

    This procedure is specifically 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 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 Opel Zafira Tourer 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 process, we will explain them right now:

    • Put your Opel Zafira Tourer 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 away your headlight block and change the front turn indicator bulb of your Opel Zafira Tourer following the steps seen in the parts seen previously.
    • Put the whole thing back together again.

    Whenever you have any additional questions about the Opel Zafira Tourer, do not hesitate to consult our Opel Zafira Tourer category.