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Please see the booklet Looking after your car
for notes on care of the headlights.
Halogen headlights
The picture shows the left side of the engine
compartment.
1 Cover for low-beam headlight
2 Cover for high-beam headlight
Turn the cover to the left and take it off.
The H7 bulb is pressurised, so wear gog-
gles and gloves. There is otherwise a risk
of injury if the bulb should be damaged.<
Low-beam headlights
H7 bulb, 55 Watt
1. Turn the bulb holder to the left and take it
off.
2. Pull out the bulb and change it.
High-beam headlights
H7 bulb, 55 Watt
1. Turn the bulb holder to the left and take it
off.
2. Pull out the bulb and change it.
Side and parking lights
5 Watt bulbs, W 5 W
1. Turn the cover for the low-beam or high-
beam headlight to the left and take it off.
2. Pull out the bulb holder.
3. Pull out the bulb and change it.
Xenon headlights*
The operating life of these light units is
extremely long and the likelihood of failure very
low, provided that they are not switched on and
off a very great number of times.If a xenon
headlight should none the less fail, switch on
the fog lights and continue the journey with
great care, bearing in mind that visibility will be
poorer, provided that local legislation does not
prohibit this.
Have any work on the xenon headlight
system, including bulb-changing, per-
formed only by BMW Service or by a workshop
that operates to BMW specifications and has
suitably trained personnel. Otherwise there is a
risk of potentially fatal accidents if work is per-
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