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Message: 981 front signal light bulb change
Changed By: Laz
Change Date: January 30, 2016 04:06PM
981 front signal light bulb change
Change Date: January 30, 2016 04:06PM
981 front signal light bulb change
Got a message on the multifunction display that the left front signal light was out. Activated when using the turn signal, and subsequently could hear the relay clicking quickly along with a quicker signal light indicator. When I got the car, I purchased one each of the conventional external light bulbs, in this case the side marker, the front signal, and the appropriate halogen for the high beam. (There might be a different bulb for an all-halogen equipped car.) These spares are kept in the car. (Of course!)
So, the procedure is fairly clear in the owner's manual and slipping out the headlight unit is similar to that of a 986. The tool is located in the front trunk driver's side tool kit "module" that pops out of the fender. Access to the driver's side headlight unit lock is behind this kit, and was is the side the burned bulb was anyway. I imagine the other side's lock is behind the compressor kit. Theres a rectangular tool kit in that module that you pull out and slide open. The tool is similar to the 986's, but has a longer reach and the business end is female.
I found it wasn't at all necessary to unplug the electrical harness from the unit: all that needs to be done is to carefully flip it around its longitudinal axis and the [i]lower[/i] round access cap is the one that has the signal bulb inside. Locking the unit back into the fender seemed to take more force on the tool than did the 986's, and it makes a much nastier sounding snap.
As I didn't want the aiming motors to operate when the unit was still loose (just a little worry!) I didn't test the signal until I did the full reinstallation.
Should 981 owners get spares, note that the signal bulb looks similar to the side marker's but is 21 Watts, and the marker is 3 Watts.
So, the procedure is fairly clear in the owner's manual and slipping out the headlight unit is similar to that of a 986. The tool is located in the front trunk driver's side tool kit "module" that pops out of the fender. Access to the driver's side headlight unit lock is behind this kit, and was is the side the burned bulb was anyway. I imagine the other side's lock is behind the compressor kit. Theres a rectangular tool kit in that module that you pull out and slide open. The tool is similar to the 986's, but has a longer reach and the business end is female.
I found it wasn't at all necessary to unplug the electrical harness from the unit: all that needs to be done is to carefully flip it around its longitudinal axis and the [i]lower[/i] round access cap is the one that has the signal bulb inside. Locking the unit back into the fender seemed to take more force on the tool than did the 986's, and it makes a much nastier sounding snap.
As I didn't want the aiming motors to operate when the unit was still loose (just a little worry!) I didn't test the signal until I did the full reinstallation.
Should 981 owners get spares, note that the signal bulb looks similar to the side marker's but is 21 Watts, and the marker is 3 Watts.
Original Message
Author: LazDate: January 30, 2016 03:57PM
981 front signal light bulb change
Got a message on the multifunction display that the left front signal light was out. Activated when using the turn signal, and subsequently could hear the relay clicking quickly along with a quicker signal light indicator. When I got the car, I purchased one each of the conventional external light bulbs, in this case the side marker, the front signal, and the appropriate halogen for the high beam. (There might be a different bulb for an all-halogen equipped car.) These spares are kept in the car. (Of course!)
So, the procedure is fairly clear in the owner's manual and slipping out the headlight unit is similar to that of a 986. The tool is located in the front trunk driver's side tool kit "module" that pops out of the fender. Access to the driver's side headlight unit lock is behind this kit, and was the side the burned bulb was anyway. I imagine the other side's lock is behind the compressor kit. Theres a rectangular tool kit in that module that you pull out and slide open. The tool is similar to the 986's, but has a longer reach and the business end is female.
I found it wasn't at all necessary to unplug the electrical harness from the unit: all that needs to be done is to carefully flip it around its longitudinal axis and the [i]lower[/i] round access cap is the one that has the signal bulb inside. Locking the unit back into the fender seemed to take more force on the tool than did the 986's, and it makes a much nastier sounding snap.
As I didn't want the aiming motors to operate when the unit was still loose (just a little worry!) I didn't test the signal until I did the full reinstallation.
Should 981 owners get spares, note that the signal bulb looks similar to the side marker's but is 21 Watts, and the marker is 3 Watts.
So, the procedure is fairly clear in the owner's manual and slipping out the headlight unit is similar to that of a 986. The tool is located in the front trunk driver's side tool kit "module" that pops out of the fender. Access to the driver's side headlight unit lock is behind this kit, and was the side the burned bulb was anyway. I imagine the other side's lock is behind the compressor kit. Theres a rectangular tool kit in that module that you pull out and slide open. The tool is similar to the 986's, but has a longer reach and the business end is female.
I found it wasn't at all necessary to unplug the electrical harness from the unit: all that needs to be done is to carefully flip it around its longitudinal axis and the [i]lower[/i] round access cap is the one that has the signal bulb inside. Locking the unit back into the fender seemed to take more force on the tool than did the 986's, and it makes a much nastier sounding snap.
As I didn't want the aiming motors to operate when the unit was still loose (just a little worry!) I didn't test the signal until I did the full reinstallation.
Should 981 owners get spares, note that the signal bulb looks similar to the side marker's but is 21 Watts, and the marker is 3 Watts.