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 working is important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing parts that will predictably burn out after a while and as a consequence need to be changed. You’re perhaps 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 Suzuki Sx4, we’ve made this content page to help you do it alone and not have to go to your repair shop. In a first part, we will examine the checking a burnt-out front turn signal bulb on your Suzuki Sx4 and in a second part, 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 Suzuki Sx4 is burnt out or needs to be swapped out?

When you drive your car you don’t always have the opportunity to check all the security features of your Suzuki Sx4. Indeed, you are in many cases in a hurry and tend to get into your car, make your journey and put it down instantly without taking the time to do an occasional check-up. It is consequently essential 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 Suzuki Sx4, but that you didn’t become aware of it. Here are the two simple techniques to control if a front turn signal is burnt out or if you need to replace it rather 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 control that they are functioning.
  • By hearing to the sound of your blinkers. Indeed, there is an audible indication on each car that informs you of a front turn indicator bulb burnt out on your Suzuki Sx4, you will notice 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 check and check which one is burnt out by a visual control as on the first process 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 browse our blog posts to help you to achieve this substitution.

Changing the front turn signal bulb on your Suzuki Sx4

Now let’s go to the most significant part of this content page, how to replace the front turn signal bulb of your Suzuki Sx4? Please be aware that this task is really easy, 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 replace the burnt out front turn signal bulb of your Suzuki Sx4. If it is a bulb on your rear turn signal, see our dedicated content page. On the other hand, here are the details of the actions to follow in order to accomplish this action properly depending on the technique you desire to adopt.

Replace front turn signal bulb on your Suzuki Sx4 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 Suzuki Sx4 by the new one (ensure to check 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 Suzuki Sx4 through the wheel arch:

    This process is in particular practical 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 replace 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 Suzuki Sx4 through the bumper:

    On some years or finishes, dependant on 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 procedure, we will explain them right now:

    • Put your Suzuki Sx4 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 mindful with the plastic staples which can be fragile.
    • Remove your headlight block and replace the front turn indicator bulb of your Suzuki Sx4 following the steps seen in the parts seen earlier.
    • Put the whole thing back together again.

    If you want more guides on the Suzuki Sx4, go to our Suzuki Sx4 category.