Whether for your personal safety, for roadworthiness tests or to avoid a fine, making sure your turn signal bulbs are all the time functioning is fundamental. In actual fact, bulbs are wearing devices that will predictably burn out with time and consequently need to be replaced. You’re almost certainly on this page 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 Mercedes AMG GT, we’ve put into writing this content to enable you do it all on your own without having to go to your mechanic. In a first step, we will check out examining a burnt-out rear turn signal bulb on your Mercedes AMG GT and in a second step, how to change the rear turn signal bulb on your Mercedes AMG GT.
How do you know if the rear turn signal bulb on your Mercedes AMG GT is burnt-out or needs to be changed?
When you drive your car you don’t all the time have the opportunity to check all the safety features of your Mercedes AMG GT. In actual fact, you are quite often on the go and tend to get into your car, make your journey and put it down right away without taking the time to do an occasional check-up. It is as a result important to take the time to on occasions check the condition of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a burnt-out rear turn signal on your Mercedes AMG GT, but you didn’t notice 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 as soon as possible:
- When you stop, turn on the ignition on your Mercedes AMG GT, then alternately turn on your left and right rear turn signals and get out of the car to check that they are operational.
- By listening to the sound of your turn signals. Indeed, there is an audible warning on each car that informs you of a rear turn signal bulb burnt out on your Mercedes AMG GT, you will notice that the time between each “click” is much shorter, this means 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 Mercedes AMG GT or your position lights on Mercedes AMG GT, don’t be reluctant to read our content articles to help you to achieve this replacement.
Replacing the rear turn signal bulb on my Mercedes AMG GT
Now let’s go to the most important step of this guideline, how to change the rear turn signal bulb on Mercedes AMG GT? You should be aware that this technique is very simple, you will need to access, from the inside of your trunk, your headlight unit, open it and replace the burnt out rear turn signal bulb on your car. If it is a bulb on your front turn signal on your Mercedes AMG GT, see our specific article. However, here are the detailed description to stick to to be able to perform this process correctly:
- To access the tail light assembly, 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.
- Take out the rear indicator bulb from your burnt-out turn signal that you have earlier in this article identified 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 Mercedes AMG GT. 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, check your new turn signal bulb is functioning effectively
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