Whether for your own safety, for roadworthiness testing or to avoid a fine, ensuring your turn signal bulbs are constantly functioning is imperative. Indeed, bulbs are wearing auto parts that will inevitably burn out in the long run and consequently need to be swapped out. You’re most likely in this article 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 Tesla Model Y, we’ve made this content to teach you do it on your own without having to go to your auto mechanic. To begin , we will have a look at inspecting a burnt-out rear turn signal bulb on your Tesla Model Y and in a second part, how to replace the rear turn signal bulb on your Tesla Model Y.
How to be sure if the rear turn signal bulb on your Tesla Model Y is burnt-out or needs to be changed?
When you drive your vehicle you don’t constantly have the opportunity to verify all the safety features of your Tesla Model Y. Indeed, you are quite often in a rush and tend to get into your vehicle, make your trip and put it down right away without taking the time to do an occasional check-up. It is therefore essential to spend some time to in some instances verify the condition of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a burnt-out rear turn signal on your Tesla Model Y, but you didn’t detect it. Here are the two basic solutions to verify if a rear turn signal on your car is out of order or if you need to replace it quickly:
- When you stop, turn on the ignition on your Tesla Model Y, 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 fact, there is an audible indicator on each car that alerts you of a rear turn signal bulb burnt out on your Tesla Model Y, you will recognize that the time between each “click” is much closer, this means that you will have to replace 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 replace, like the one of your low beam Tesla Model Y or your position lights on Tesla Model Y, don’t hesitate to have a look at our content articles to help you to achieve this replacing.
Changing the rear turn signal bulb on my Tesla Model Y
Now let’s go to the most instersting part of this content, how to replace the rear turn signal bulb on Tesla Model Y? You should be aware that this method is quite easy, 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 Tesla Model Y, see our dedicated content. However, here are the full description to stick to in order to carry out this act properly:
- To access the tail light set up, 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.
- Remove 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
- Replace the rear turn signal bulb on your Tesla Model Y. 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
- Put back in place your rear turn signal bulb and close your tail light block, then, verify your new turn signal bulb is working properly
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If you have any additional questions about the Tesla Model Y, do not hesitate to consult our Tesla Model Y category.
