Whether for your own security, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, making sure your turn signal bulbs are always operational is very important. In fact, bulbs are wearing parts that will undoubtedly burn out with time and as a result need to be changed. You’re quite likely on the website 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 Toyota Rav 4, we’ve made this content to help you do it alone and independently and not have to go to your repair shop. In a first part, we will have a look at the checking a burnt-out front turn signal bulb on your Toyota Rav 4 and in a second part, 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 Toyota Rav 4 is burnt out or needs to be replaced?

When you drive your car you don’t always have the possibility to examine all the security features of your Toyota Rav 4. In fact, you are often times in a hurry and tend to enter into your car, make your journey and put it down right away without taking the time to do an unexpected check-up. It is consequently relevant to take the time to once in a while examine the state of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a front turn signal on your Toyota Rav 4, but that you didn’t become aware of it. Here are the two simple methods to verify 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 verify that they are functioning.
  • By hearing to the sound of your blinkers. In fact, there is an audible indicator on each car that warns you of a front turn indicator bulb burnt out on your Toyota Rav 4, you will perceive that the time between each “click” is much closer, this denotes that you will have to change the front turn signal bulb or before. It’s up to you to examine and make sure which one is burnt out by a visual verify as on the first methodology shown above.

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

Replacing the front turn signal bulb on your Toyota Rav 4

Now let’s go to the most essential part of this content, how to replace the front turn signal bulb of your Toyota Rav 4? You should be aware that this operation is very simple, 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 Toyota Rav 4. If it is a bulb on your rear turn signal, see our specific content. On the other hand, here are the details of the simple steps to stick to to be able to carry out this action efficiently depending on the approach you want to adopt.

Change front turn signal bulb on your Toyota Rav 4 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 Toyota Rav 4 by the new one (make sure to examine if it’s an orange or transparent bulb).
  • Reassemble and test that the new front turn signal bulb functions.

    • Change the front turn signal bulb of your Toyota Rav 4 through the wheel arch:

    This solution is specially 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 out 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 swap the front turn signal bulb on your car following the same steps as on the part previously seen.

    Change the front turn signal bulb of your Toyota Rav 4 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 detail them now:

    • Put your Toyota Rav 4 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.
    • Remove your headlight block and swap the front turn indicator bulb of your Toyota Rav 4 following the steps seen in the parts seen above.
    • Put the whole thing back together again.

    In the event that you have any additional questions about the Toyota Rav 4, do not hesitate to consult our Toyota Rav 4 category.