Changing front, right turn signal on 2005 Buick Terraza:
Open hood; when facing the front of vehicle, the right turn signal is on the passenger
side (left). The headlight assembly
needs to be removed to easily reach the turn signal. On my vehicle, there is a 10 mm screw on the
left side. Remove it. There is L-shaped pin on the right side of
the headlight assembly. Swing the pin counter-clockwise
(to the left). Pull the pin straight up
to remove. The headlight assembly is now
loose, but there is a pin snapped in a socket on the back of the assembly that
still holds the assembly. Pull the
headlight assembly hard and straight to the front of the vehicle. When it snaps loose, the assembly is now held
just by the rubber gasket surrounding the assembly. You need to gently work the right side of the
gasket out of the grill cowling. The
assembly should pull straight out. The
wires are long enough to lay the headlight assembly in the engine compartment. Finally, the turn signal is now accessible. Twist the light holder counter-clockwise and
pull out the light holder. Change the
bulb. Do not punch your man-card for
credit until you have successfully reinstalled the headlight assembly. It goes back in a little easier the second
time. Once you have put the L-pin in
place, the screw back, and successfully tested the lights, you can now punch
your man-card.
I give the mechanical engineers and designers a
D-minus instead of an F only because I was successful on the first try. No light bulb on anything commonly used by
people should be this hard to figure out.
Thanks to your expertise I was able to sucessfully change my right turn signal without help from a man. (other than you) the only thing not discussed was how to remove the fried brokenbulb from the signal holdr but was able to manage that. I was so glad I looked this up on the internet, because I was told to come in from the bottom by removing the firewall protector. I felt there had to be a better way, and you showed me that. Thankyou so much. I do agree this design is a nitemare. This vehicle design is not user friendly for the armchair machanic.
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You don't need to totally remove the headlight to access the turn signal lamp. For the right turn signal. There is a 10 mm screw on the left side. Remove it. There is L-shaped pin on the right side of the headlight assembly. Swing the pin counter-clockwise (to the left). Pull the pin straight up to remove. The headlight assembly is now loose, but there is a pin snapped in a socket on the back of the assembly that still holds the assembly. You don't need to pull the headlight out of the pin snapped in the socket. Simply work the headlight assembly loose by working the gasket on the right side to the outside of the bumper. You can then swing the headlight assembly out enough to gain access to the turn signal below the headlight assembly. Twist the light holder counter-clockwise and pull out the light holder. Change the bulb. Replace the light holder by turning clockwise into the turn signal holder. Replace the headlight assembly and replace the L-shaped pin and 10 mm screw. Check your work and your done.
SOURCE: How do I change a
open the rear hatch and on the left inside behind the tail light should be an cover. That will open to see the back of the light and then remove the bulb and replace with new
SOURCE: the keyless remote on my 2005 buick terraza does
you can get a new one at Autozone about $30.00 or a bit more.
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