My 2012 Sonata has a weak fog light bulb on the driver’s side. I saw a youtube video about how to replace this myself. It indicated that I need to jack up the car. Does anyone know if this is necessary?
What is preventing you from going out to the vehicle to check whether or not it needs to be jacked up for YOU to reach the bulb?
From the FSM.
1, Remove front bumper.
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Disconnect fog lamp connector.
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Remove fog lamp bulb. (turn bulb in counterclockwise direction to remove).
Tester
It should not be so much work. Engineers get paid to think this stuff up?
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I believe that Tester’s pic shows the starter location on the Cadillac Northstar engine.
Since GM used to refer to that marque as the “world standard of excellence”, I guess that this bizarre starter placement represented the world standard of engine design.
Had to change the headlight bulbs in my Trailblazer, watched this video, then went out for a look. I could pull the dustcover from the inside of the engine compartment and replaced the bulb, easy peasy.
Lexus used the same location, allows more room for the catalytic converters.
It only take 10 minutes to remove the bumper cover. The real labor is with some vehicles the multi-meter radar sensor is mounted to the bumper cover/grill assembly and must be calibrated after each remove and install of the bumper cover.
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Hmmm… Good to know!
I like to learn at least one new fact every day, so this adds to my body of knowledge.
This YouTube clip is a Lexus V8 swapped into a Volvo. The guy who swapped it in has a differing opinion to @Tester. He thinks it is a great location for a starter motor.
Yeah that’s where the starter was on my Olds V8. Luckily it never had to be replaced. Now replacing the serpentine belt is about an hour WITH the factory manual. I’m sure others could do it faster though.
An Hour for a serpentine belt? Why so hard?
Searching memory banks. Because there was no way or room to get it off and the new one on again. You had about a 1"x 1/2" opening that it had to be threaded through. The procedure is detailed in the service manual. Kinda like the radiator has to come out the bottom on a lift. Or the alternator. Not to mention the trans has to be removed to clean the EGR passages. So rest in peace. Been good to know ya.
Do I need to call the suicide hotline?
Mustangman this is my daughter’s car and was not with me. I was going to have limited time to do this when she came home for Thanksgiving.
My answer is still similar because we don’t know if you are thin and wiry or large, bulky and arthritic. One case may allow you lay down and reach under the car and change the bulb, the other would make it impossible without a lift.
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No, not me the car. Became a washing machine some years ago.
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