Whether for your personal safety, for roadworthiness tests or to avoid a fine, being certain your turn signal bulbs are always functioning is extremely important. Obviously, bulbs are wearing devices that will predictably burn out with time and therefore need to be replaced. You’re most probably in this article because one of your rear turn signals is burnt out and you’re concerned about how to change the bulb of a rear turn signal on you Ford C-max 2, we’ve written and published this post to teach you do it all on your own without having to go to your motor mechanic. In a first step, we will check out the checking a burnt-out rear turn signal bulb on your Ford C-max 2 and in a second part, how to change the rear turn signal bulb on your Ford C-max 2.
How to find out if the rear turn signal bulb on your Ford C-max 2 is burnt-out or needs to be changed?
When you drive your car you don’t always have the occasion to verify all the safety features of your Ford C-max 2. Obviously, you are quite often on the go and are likely to get into your car, make your journey and put it down immediately without taking the time to do an occasional check-up. It is due to this fact necessary to make the effort to on occasions verify the condition of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a burnt-out rear turn signal on your Ford C-max 2, but you didn’t become aware of it. Here are the two ordinary ways to verify if a rear turn signal on your car is out of order or if you need to change it as soon as possible:
- When you stop, turn on the ignition on your Ford C-max 2, then alternately turn on your left and right rear turn signals and get out of the car to verify that they are functioning.
- By listening to the sound of your turn signals. In fact, there is an audible signal on each car that notifies you of a rear turn signal bulb burnt out on your Ford C-max 2, you will perceive that the time between each “click” is much shorter, this suggests that that you will have to change the rear turn signal bulb or before. It’s up to you to check and validate which one is burnt out by a visual check as on the first approach shown above.
You may have another bulb to change, like the one of your low beam Ford C-max 2 or your position lights on Ford C-max 2, don’t hesitate to browse our publications to help you to achieve this substitution.
Replacing the rear turn signal bulb on my Ford C-max 2
Now let’s go to the most important part of this article content, how to change the rear turn signal bulb on Ford C-max 2? Please be aware that this procedure is quite easy, 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 Ford C-max 2, see our dedicated article. On the other hand, here are the detailed steps to carry out in order to complete this process correctly:
- To access the tail light assembly, remove 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.
- Take out the rear indicator bulb from your burnt-out turn signal that you have earlier in this article diagnosed by an external visual inspection, for this you will need to make a quarter turn in a counter-clockwise way
- Change the rear turn signal bulb on your Ford C-max 2. There are two sort of bulbs, transparent bulbs when the cover is orange, or orange bulbs when the cover is transparent, choose the right model for your car
- Remount your rear turn signal bulb and close your tail light block, then, verify your new turn signal bulb is working properly
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