It doesn’t matter if for your own security, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, making sure your turn signal bulbs are always functioning is very important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing parts that will predictably burn out after a while and as a result need to be changed. You’re almost certainly in this article 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 Peugeot 3008, we’ve created this article content to help you do it without help and not have to go to your auto technician. In a first section, we will examine the checking a burnt-out front turn signal bulb on your Peugeot 3008 and in a second section, how to change the front turn signal bulb on your car..

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How to find out if the front turn signal bulb on your Peugeot 3008 is burnt out or needs to be replaced?

When you drive your car you don’t always have the opportunity to verify all the security features of your Peugeot 3008. Indeed, you are most likely in a hurry and tend to get into your car, make your trip and put it down immediately without taking the time to do an regular check-up. It is as a consequence crucial to take the time to in some cases verify the state of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a front turn signal on your Peugeot 3008, but that you didn’t become aware of it. Here are the two simple ways to check 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 check that they are working.
  • By listening to the sound of your blinkers. Indeed, there is an audible signal on each car that warns you of a front turn indicator bulb burnt out on your Peugeot 3008, you will find out that the time between each “click” is much shorter, this denotes that you will have to change the front turn signal bulb or before. It’s up to you to verify and examine which one is burnt out by a visual check as on the first process shown above.

You may have an additional bulb to change, like the one of your low beam or your position lights, don’t hesitate to read our articles to help you to do this replacement.

Replacing the front turn signal bulb on your Peugeot 3008

Now let’s go to the main section of this article content, how to change the front turn signal bulb of your Peugeot 3008? Please note that this technique is uncomplicated, you will need 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 Peugeot 3008. If it is a bulb on your rear turn signal, see our dedicated article content. Nevertheless, here are the details of the actions to stick to to be able to perform this act correctly dependant on the method you desire to choose.

Replace front turn signal bulb on your Peugeot 3008 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 3008 by the new one (ensure to verify if it’s an orange or transparent bulb).
  • Reassemble and check that the brand-new front turn signal bulb functions.
  • Replace the front turn signal bulb of your Peugeot 3008 through the wheel arch:

    This solution is especially valuable when you don’t have enough space in the hood to access the front turn signal on your car:

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

    Replace the front turn signal bulb of your Peugeot 3008 through the bumper:

    On some years or finishes, dependant 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 point them now:

    • Put your Peugeot 3008 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 breakable.
    • Remove your headlight block and change the front turn indicator bulb of your Peugeot 3008 following the steps seen in the parts seen earlier.
    • Put the whole thing back together again.

    If you wish more guides on the Peugeot 3008, go to our Peugeot 3008 category.