No matter if it’s for your own safety, for roadworthiness tests or to avoid a fine, being sure your turn signal bulbs are always functional is very important. Indeed, bulbs are wearing parts that will predictably burn out with time and consequently need to be replaced. You’re most probably here because one of your rear turn signals is burnt out and you’re questioning how to change the bulb of a rear turn signal on you Toyota 4Runner, we’ve put into writing this article to teach you do it all on your own without having to go to your repair shop. In a first step, we will look at inspecting a burnt-out rear turn signal bulb on your Toyota 4Runner and in a second part, how to change the rear turn signal bulb on your Toyota 4Runner.
How to find out if the rear turn signal bulb on your Toyota 4Runner is burnt-out or needs to be replaced?
When you drive your car you don’t always have the possibility to verify all the safety features of your Toyota 4Runner. Indeed, you are more often than not on the go and tend to get into your car, make your trip and put it down right away without taking the time to do an occasional check-up. It is as a result important to take a little time to occasionally verify the condition of your headlights and turn signals. It’s quite possible that you have a burnt-out rear turn signal on your Toyota 4Runner, but you didn’t identify it. Here are the two ordinary solutions 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 Toyota 4Runner, then alternately turn on your left and right rear turn signals and get out of the car to verify that they are operational.
- By listening to the sound of your turn signals. In actual fact, there is an audible indicator on each car that informs you of a rear turn signal bulb burnt out on your Toyota 4Runner, you will detect 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 strategy shown above.
You may have another bulb to change, like the one of your low beam Toyota 4Runner or your position lights on Toyota 4Runner, don’t hesitate to consult our publications to help you to achieve this substitution.
Replacing the rear turn signal bulb on my Toyota 4Runner
Now let’s go to the most important part of this content, how to change the rear turn signal bulb on Toyota 4Runner? Please note that this operation 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 Toyota 4Runner, see our specific article content. On the other hand, here are the detailed description to stick to to be able to execute this act properly:
- 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 off the rear indicator bulb from your burnt-out turn signal that you have sooner recognized 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 Toyota 4Runner. 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, verify your new turn signal bulb is functioning correctly
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