Whether for your own security, for roadworthiness tests or to avoid a fine, making sure your turn signal bulbs are always functioning is very important. Obviously, bulbs are wearing parts that will predictably burn out over time and consequently need to be replaced. 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 Peugeot Boxer, we’ve posted this post to teach you do it by yourself without having to go to your auto technician. In a first step, we will examine inspecting a burnt-out rear turn signal bulb on your Peugeot Boxer and in a second step, how to replace the rear turn signal bulb on your Peugeot Boxer.
How to find out if the rear turn signal bulb on your Peugeot Boxer is burnt-out or needs to be changed?
When you drive your car you don’t always have the possibility to examine all the security features of your Peugeot Boxer. Obviously, you are often times on the go and are likely to get into your car, make your journey and put it down straight away without taking the time to do an occasional check-up. It is therefore necessary to take some time to in some instances examine the condition of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a burnt-out rear turn signal on your Peugeot Boxer, but you didn’t detect 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 fairly quickly:
- When you stop, turn on the ignition on your Peugeot Boxer, then alternately turn on your left and right rear turn signals and get out of the car to examine 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 Peugeot Boxer, you will realize that the time between each “click” is much shorter, this means 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 approach shown above.
You may have another bulb to replace, like the one of your low beam Peugeot Boxer or your position lights on Peugeot Boxer, don’t hesitate to have a look at our articles to help you to achieve this replacement.
Changing the rear turn signal bulb on my Peugeot Boxer
Now let’s go to the most instersting step of this article, how to replace the rear turn signal bulb on Peugeot Boxer? Take note that this operation is quite 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 Peugeot Boxer, see our specific content. However, here are the detailed description to adhere to in order to do this act 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 out the rear indicator bulb from your burnt-out turn signal that you have sooner identified 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 Peugeot Boxer. There are two types 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, examine your new turn signal bulb is working correctly
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