Whether for your own safety, for roadworthiness tests or to prevent a fine, making sure your turn signal bulbs are constantly functioning is extremely important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing devices that will predictably burn out as time passes and as a result need to be replaced. You’re probably here 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 Mini Cooper, we’ve written this content to teach you do it without any help without having to go to your motor mechanic. To begin , we will take a look at examining a burnt-out rear turn signal bulb on your Mini Cooper and in a second part, how to change the rear turn signal bulb on your Mini Cooper.
How to be sure if the rear turn signal bulb on your Mini Cooper is burnt-out or needs to be replaced?
When you drive your car you don’t constantly have the possibility to verify all the safety features of your Mini Cooper. Indeed, you are generally on the go and are likely to get into your car, make your journey and put it down instantly without taking the time to do an occasional check-up. It is due to this fact important to make the effort to once in a while verify the condition of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a burnt-out rear turn signal on your Mini Cooper, but you didn’t notice it. Here are the two basic ways to verify 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 Mini Cooper, then alternately turn on your left and right rear turn signals and get out of the car to verify that they are efficient.
- By listening to the sound of your turn signals. In actual fact, there is an audible signal on each car that notifies you of a rear turn signal bulb burnt out on your Mini Cooper, 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 examine and validate which one is burnt out by a visual check as on the first strategy shown above.
You may have another bulb to change, like the one of your low beam Mini Cooper or your position lights on Mini Cooper, don’t hesitate to browse our content articles to help you to complete this substitution.
Changing the rear turn signal bulb on my Mini Cooper
Now let’s go to the most instersting part of this article, how to change the rear turn signal bulb on Mini Cooper? You should be aware that this technique is fairly 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 Mini Cooper, see our specific content. On the other hand, here are the detailed steps to adhere to to be able to execute this act accurately:
- 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 diagnosed 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 Mini Cooper. 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
- Put back in place your rear turn signal bulb and close your tail light block, then, verify your new turn signal bulb is functioning correctly
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