It doesn’t matter if for your personal safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, ensuring your turn signal bulbs are always functioning is imperative. In reality, bulbs are wearing parts that will surely burn out after a while and as a result need to be swapped out. You’re most likely here because one of your front turn signals is burnt out and you’re questioning how to change the bulb of a front turn signal on your Peugeot 108, we’ve made this content to help you do it alone and not have to go to your technician. In a first section, we will look at controling a burnt-out front turn signal bulb on your Peugeot 108 and in a second section, how to change the front turn signal bulb on your car..

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How to recognize if the front turn signal bulb on your Peugeot 108 is burnt out or needs to be swapped out?

When you drive your automobile you don’t constantly have the opportunity to check all the safety features of your Peugeot 108. In reality, you are often times in a rush and tend to get into your automobile, make your trip and put it down right away without taking the time to do an occasional check-up. It is as a consequence important to take the time to sometimes check the state of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a front turn signal on your Peugeot 108, but that you didn’t become aware of it. Here are the two simple solutions to check 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 check that they are operational.
  • By hearing to the sound of your blinkers. In reality, there is an audible signal on each car that signals you of a front turn indicator bulb burnt out on your Peugeot 108, you will recognise that the time between each “click” is much closer, this suggests 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 check as on the first methodology shown earlier mentioned.

You may have an additional bulb to swap, like the one of your low beam or your position lights, don’t hesitate to consult our articles to help you to complete this substitution.

Replacing the front turn signal bulb on your Peugeot 108

Now let’s go to the main section of this content, how to change the front turn signal bulb of your Peugeot 108? Please note that this operation is very 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 change the burnt out front turn signal bulb of your Peugeot 108. If it is a bulb on your rear turn signal, see our dedicated content. Nevertheless, here are the details of the actions to follow in order to execute this action efficiently dependant on the solution you want to adopt.

Replace front turn signal bulb on your Peugeot 108 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 Peugeot 108 by the new one (make sure to check if it’s an orange or transparent bulb).
  • Reassemble and check that the new front turn signal bulb operates.

    • Replace the front turn signal bulb of your Peugeot 108 through the wheel arch:

    This technique is specifically valuable when you don’t have enough space in the bonnet to access the front turn signal on your car:

    • Lift your car, and take away 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 steps as on the part previously seen.

    Replace the front turn signal bulb of your Peugeot 108 through the bumper:

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

    • Put your Peugeot 108 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 out your headlight block and swap the front turn indicator bulb of your Peugeot 108 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 Peugeot 108, do not hesitate to consult our Peugeot 108 category.