No matter if it’s for your personal security, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, ensuring your turn signal bulbs are constantly functional is imperative. Obviously, bulbs are wearing parts that will predictably burn out after a while and as a result need to be replaced. You’re most likely here because one of your rear turn signals is burnt out and you’re worried about how to change the bulb of a rear turn signal on you Hyundai Veloster, we’ve written this article to help you do it alone without having to go to your technician. In a first step, we will check out examining a burnt-out rear turn signal bulb on your Hyundai Veloster and in a second step, how to change the rear turn signal bulb on your Hyundai Veloster.
How do you know if the rear turn signal bulb on your Hyundai Veloster is burnt-out or needs to be replaced?
When you drive your car you don’t constantly have the opportunity to check all the security features of your Hyundai Veloster. Obviously, you are more often than not in a rush and are likely to get into your car, make your trip and put it down right away without taking the time to do an occasional check-up. It is therefore crucial to make the effort to once in a while check the condition of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a burnt-out rear turn signal on your Hyundai Veloster, but you didn’t identify it. Here are the two simple methods to check if a rear turn signal on your car is out of order or if you need to change it quickly:
- When you stop, turn on the ignition on your Hyundai Veloster, then alternately turn on your left and right rear turn signals and get out of the car to check that they are functional.
- By paying attention 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 Hyundai Veloster, you will recognise 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 methodology shown above.
You may have another bulb to change, like the one of your low beam Hyundai Veloster or your position lights on Hyundai Veloster, don’t be reluctant to consult our articles to help you to achieve this replacing.
Changing the rear turn signal bulb on my Hyundai Veloster
Now let’s go to the most instersting step of this content page, how to change the rear turn signal bulb on Hyundai Veloster? Please be aware that this operation is quite 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 Hyundai Veloster, see our dedicated article. Nevertheless, here are the detailed steps to carry out in order to carry out this work correctly:
- To access the tail light assembly, take off 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 off 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 direction
- Replace the rear turn signal bulb on your Hyundai Veloster. There are two types of bulbs, transparent bulbs when the cover is orange, or orange bulbs when the cover is transparent, select the right model for your car
- Remount your rear turn signal bulb and close your tail light block, then, check your new turn signal bulb is operating effectively
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If perhaps you have any further questions about the Hyundai Veloster, do not hesitate to consult our Hyundai Veloster category.
