Whether for your personal security, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, ensuring that your turn signal bulbs are always working is important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing parts that will definitely burn out after a while and as a result need to be swapped out. You’re most likely 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 Volkswagen Fox, we’ve created this article to help you do it by yourself and not have to go to your repair shop. In a first step, we will have a look at the checking a burnt-out front turn signal bulb on your Volkswagen Fox and in a second step, how to change the front turn signal bulb on your car..

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How to know if the front turn signal bulb on your Volkswagen Fox is burnt out or needs to be changed?

When you drive your car you don’t always have the possibility to check all the security features of your Volkswagen Fox. Indeed, you are most of the time in a rush and tend to get into your car, make your trip and put it down instantly without taking the time to do an regular check-up. It is therefore relevant to take the time to sometimes check the condition of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a front turn signal on your Volkswagen Fox, but that you didn’t detect it. Here are the two simple solutions to check 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 check that they are operational.
  • By hearing to the sound of your blinkers. Indeed, there is an audible signal on each car that alerts you of a front turn indicator bulb burnt out on your Volkswagen Fox, you will perceive that the time between each “click” is much closer, this suggests that you will have to replace the front turn signal bulb or before. It’s up to you to check and examine which one is burnt out by a visual check as on the first methodology shown earlier mentioned.

You may have an additional bulb to replace, like the one of your low beam or your position lights, don’t hesitate to browse our blog posts to help you to perform this substitution.

Changing the front turn signal bulb on your Volkswagen Fox

Now let’s go to the most essential step of this article, how to replace the front turn signal bulb of your Volkswagen Fox? You should be aware that this technique is uncomplicated, you will require 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 Volkswagen Fox. If it is a bulb on your rear turn signal, see our special article. However, here are the details of the simple steps to follow in order to perform this action properly according to the strategy you wish to adopt.

Replace front turn signal bulb on your Volkswagen Fox 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 Volkswagen Fox by the new one (make sure to check if it’s an orange or transparent bulb).
  • Reassemble and check that the new front turn signal bulb operates.

    • Replace the front turn signal bulb of your Volkswagen Fox through the wheel arch:

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

    • Lift your car, and remove 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.

    Change the front turn signal bulb of your Volkswagen Fox through the bumper:

    On some years or finishes, depending 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 process, we will detail them right now:

    • Put your Volkswagen Fox 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 delicate.
    • Take away your headlight block and replace the front turn indicator bulb of your Volkswagen Fox following the steps seen in the parts seen previously.
    • Put the whole thing back together again.

    If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Volkswagen Fox, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Fox category.