Whether for your own safety, for roadworthiness testing or to prevent a fine, ensuring your turn signal bulbs are always functioning is critical. Obviously, bulbs are wearing devices that will surely burn out after a while and therefore need to be swapped out. You’re certainly here because one of your rear turn signals is burnt out and you’re wanting to know how to change the bulb of a rear turn signal on you Citroen C6, we’ve posted this article to teach you do it without any help without having to go to your auto technician. In a first step, we will look at the checking a burnt-out rear turn signal bulb on your Citroen C6 and in a second part, how to replace the rear turn signal bulb on your Citroen C6.
How do you know if the rear turn signal bulb on your Citroen C6 is burnt-out or needs to be replaced?
When you drive your vehicle you don’t always have the possibility to examine all the safety features of your Citroen C6. Obviously, you are generally in a hurry and tend to get into your vehicle, make your trip and put it down straight away without taking the time to do an occasional check-up. It is due to this fact essential to take some time to once in a while examine the condition of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a burnt-out rear turn signal on your Citroen C6, but you didn’t notice it. Here are the two basic solutions to examine if a rear turn signal on your car is out of order or if you need to replace it as soon as possible:
- When you stop, turn on the ignition on your Citroen C6, then alternately turn on your left and right rear turn signals and get out of the car to examine that they are working.
- By listening to the sound of your turn signals. In fact, there is an audible signal on each car that informs you of a rear turn signal bulb burnt out on your Citroen C6, you will notice that the time between each “click” is much shorter, this involves that you will have to replace the rear turn signal bulb or before. It’s up to you to check and verify which one is burnt out by a visual check as on the first technique shown above.
You may have another bulb to replace, like the one of your low beam Citroen C6 or your position lights on Citroen C6, don’t hesitate to consult our web content to help you to complete this replacing.
Changing the rear turn signal bulb on my Citroen C6
Now let’s go to the most important part of this content, how to replace the rear turn signal bulb on Citroen C6? Please note that this procedure is very simple, you will need to access, from the inside of your trunk, your headlight unit, open it and change the burnt out rear turn signal bulb on your car. If it is a bulb on your front turn signal on your Citroen C6, see our dedicated article content. Nevertheless, here are the full description to carry out to be able to complete this process accurately:
- To access the tail light set up, take out the carpeting or plastic cover to access the tail light assembly.
- Use a screwdriver or torx wrench (6-pointed star) to open the tail light assembly.
- Remove the rear indicator bulb from your burnt-out turn signal that you have earlier in this article recognized by an external visual inspection, for this you will need to make a quarter turn in a counter-clockwise direction
- Change the rear turn signal bulb on your Citroen C6. There are two kind of bulbs, transparent bulbs when the cover is orange, or orange bulbs when the cover is transparent, select the right model for your car
- Put back in place your rear turn signal bulb and close your tail light block, then, examine your new turn signal bulb is operating properly
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In the event that you have any further questions about the Citroen C6, do not hesitate to consult our Citroen C6 category.
