No matter if it’s for your personal safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, being sure your turn signal bulbs are all the time working is very important. In reality, bulbs are wearing parts that will obviously burn out over time and as a result need to be swapped out. You’re likely in this article 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 Scion tC, we’ve put into writing this post to teach you do it by yourself without having to go to your auto technician. In a first step, we will examine the checking a burnt-out rear turn signal bulb on your Scion tC and in a second part, how to change the rear turn signal bulb on your Scion tC.
How do you know if the rear turn signal bulb on your Scion tC is burnt-out or needs to be replaced?
When you drive your vehicle you don’t all the time have the possibility to check all the safety features of your Scion tC. In reality, you are often times in a hurry and tend to get into your vehicle, make your trip and put it down instantly without taking the time to do an occasional check-up. It is as a result crucial to spend some time 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 Scion tC, but you didn’t notice it. Here are the two basic solutions 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 Scion tC, then alternately turn on your left and right rear turn signals and get out of the car to check that they are functioning.
- By paying attention to the sound of your turn signals. Indeed, there is an audible warning on each car that alerts you of a rear turn signal bulb burnt out on your Scion tC, you will recognize that the time between each “click” is much closer, this suggests that that you will have to change 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 procedure shown above.
You may have another bulb to change, like the one of your low beam Scion tC or your position lights on Scion tC, don’t hesitate to consult our publications to help you to achieve this replacement.
Changing the rear turn signal bulb on my Scion tC
Now let’s go to the most instersting part of this content, how to change the rear turn signal bulb on Scion tC? Take note that this method is very 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 Scion tC, see our specific content page. However, here are the full description to carry out to be able to carry out this work properly:
- 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 identified 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 Scion tC. 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 working correctly
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If you have any further questions about the Scion tC, do not hesitate to consult our Scion tC category.
