It doesn’t matter if for your own security, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, being certain your turn signal bulbs are always operational is necessary. Indeed, bulbs are wearing parts that will undoubtedly burn out after some time and as a result need to be changed. You’re probably in this article 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 Renault Koleos, we’ve created this content to help you do it without help and not have to go to your repair shop. In a first step, we will examine the checking a burnt-out front turn signal bulb on your Renault Koleos and in a second step, how to change the front turn signal bulb on your car..

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How to recognise if the front turn signal bulb on your Renault Koleos is burnt out or needs to be swapped out?

When you drive your motor vehicle you don’t constantly have the possibility to verify all the security equipments of your Renault Koleos. Indeed, you are in general in a rush and tend to enter into your motor vehicle, make your journey and put it down immediately without taking the time to do an unexpected check-up. It is therefore essential 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 Renault Koleos, but that you didn’t detect it. Here are the two simple options to verify 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 verify that they are working.
  • By hearing to the sound of your blinkers. Indeed, there is an audible sign on each car that signals you of a front turn indicator bulb burnt out on your Renault Koleos, you will perceive 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 verify and verify which one is burnt out by a visual verify as on the first methodology 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 articles to help you to do this replacement.

Replacing the front turn signal bulb on your Renault Koleos

Now let’s go to the most essential step of this content, how to replace the front turn signal bulb of your Renault Koleos? Take note that this task is really easy, you will have to access, from the inside of your bonnet, through the wheel arch, or simply by your bumper to your headlight unit, open it and replace the burnt out front turn signal bulb of your Renault Koleos. If it is a bulb on your rear turn signal, see our special content. Nevertheless, here are the details of the actions to stick to in order to conduct this act correctly dependant on the method you desire to choose.

Change front turn signal bulb on your Renault Koleos 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 Renault Koleos by the new one (make sure to verify if it’s an orange or transparent bulb).
  • Reassemble and test that the brand-new front turn signal bulb functions.

    • Change the front turn signal bulb of your Renault Koleos through the wheel arch:

    This methodology is particularly useful 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 basic steps as on the part previously seen.

    Change the front turn signal bulb of your Renault Koleos through the bumper:

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

    • Put your Renault Koleos 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 replace the front turn indicator bulb of your Renault Koleos following the steps seen in the parts seen above.
    • Put the whole thing back together again.

    Whenever you have any additional questions about the Renault Koleos, do not hesitate to consult our Renault Koleos category.