Whether for your personal security, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, ensuring your turn signal bulbs are always functional is very important. In fact, bulbs are wearing parts that will predictably burn out after some time and as a consequence need to be replaced. You’re probably on this site 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 Ram P/U, we’ve created this content to help you do it alone and not have to go to your auto mechanic. In a first step, we will look at the checking a burnt-out front turn signal bulb on your Ram P/U and in a second step, 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 Ram P/U is burnt out or needs to be changed?

When you drive your motor vehicle you don’t always have the possibility to check all the security components of your Ram P/U. In fact, you are often in a rush and tend to get into your motor vehicle, make your trip and put it down immediately without taking the time to do an periodic check-up. It is therefore important to take the time to in some cases check the state of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a front turn signal on your Ram P/U, 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 swap 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 functioning.
  • By listening to the sound of your blinkers. In fact, there is an audible signal on each car that alerts you of a front turn indicator bulb burnt out on your Ram P/U, you will notice that the time between each “click” is much shorter, this suggests that you will have to swap the front turn signal bulb or before. It’s up to you to check and check out which one is burnt out by a visual check as on the first technique shown above.

You may have another bulb to swap, like the one of your low beam or your position lights, don’t be reluctant to browse our content articles to help you to accomplish this replacement.

Changing the front turn signal bulb on your Ram P/U

Now let’s go to the most important step of this content, how to replace the front turn signal bulb of your Ram P/U? You should be aware that this process is quite 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 Ram P/U. 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 to be able to conduct this act accurately according to the strategy you want to adopt.

Replace front turn signal bulb on your Ram P/U 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 Ram P/U by the new one (ensure to check if it’s an orange or transparent bulb).
  • Reassemble and test that the new front turn signal bulb is effective.

    • Replace the front turn signal bulb of your Ram P/U through the wheel arch:

    This solution is particularly practical 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 guidelines as on the part previously seen.

    Change the front turn signal bulb of your Ram P/U through the bumper:

    On some years or finishes, depending on 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 describe them now:

    • Put your Ram P/U 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 breakable.
    • Take away your headlight block and swap the front turn indicator bulb of your Ram P/U following the steps seen in the parts seen previously.
    • Put the whole thing back together again.

    If perhaps you have any further questions about the Ram P/U, do not hesitate to consult our Ram P/U category.