Should it be so hard? Got a text from my daughter telling me that her front o/s indicator wasn't working. So I picked up a bulb on my way home, popped open the bonnet to perform what can surely be only a 5 minute job....
Can anyone explain how this is done? I don't have a Haynes manual for the car yet but bulb replacement should be a doddle - in this case it isn't and the job has not been done so appreciate any tips.
IIRC from someone else, you take off the wheel, undo the under wing shield and then access to the lamp unit is available
I've done it on a '97 model, and if the housing hasn't changed design since then, it should be easy. There is a clip holding on a flat plastic plate. Move the clip, and the plate comes off. The bulbs are under the plate.
Would seem to be the wrong answer. The indicator bulb actually goes in from the side just behind the grill. It's all a bit tight and fiddly though.
It's a 99, you're right for the other bulbs but not the indicator - which is on the side of the unit at the front (its angle of entry to the unit is perpendicular to the others. Job done now.
perhaps it was the headlight bulb he was talking about. I am lucky, I have no customers silly enough to buy one!
I'm sure it was an indicator, because it was doing that thing where the flasher unit speeds up when one bulb isn't working. As usual, it was only necessary to polish the soldered contact on my trouser leg, rather than actually get a new bulb. I've never had to do anything with the headlamps on the thing.
Perhaps what I remember is looking under the plate when I was trying to find the bulb.
Had fun with it this week, though. It was revving like mad between gear changes, so rather than splash out on a new throttle position sensor, I wired in a variable pot in parallel with it to get the voltage back down to
0.4V. Worked a treat, although I bet the PCM is probably a bit confused at times. I didn't want to spend £40 on a TPS because I think the beast will probably be getting weighed in any week now.Open bonnet look for the the amber section (indicator lens)on the side, under grill you will see a bulb holder remove connecter, twist unit anti-clockwise small strong hand required remove and replace bulb. Replacement is reverse of above. Good luck!!
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Open bonnet look for the the amber section (indicator lens)on the side, under grill you will see a bulb holder remove connecter, twist unit anti-clockwise small strong hand required remove and replace bulb. Replacement is reverse of above. Good luck!!
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Thanks that is exactly right, got it sorted already but thanks for the response.
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