Chevrolet 2010 Equinox Automobile User Manual


 
9-28 Vehicle Care
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Should not have any snow, ice,
or mud on it.
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Should be fully assembled and
all other work stopped while
headlamp aiming is being
performed.
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Should be normally loaded with
a full tank of fuel and one person
or 75 kg (160 lbs) sitting on the
driver's seat.
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Tires should be properly inflated.
Headlamp aiming is done with the
vehicle's low-beam headlamps. The
high-beam headlamps will be
correctly aimed if the low-beam
headlamps are aimed properly.
To adjust the vertical aim, do the
following:
1. Open the hood. See Hood
on
page 95
for more information.
2. Locate the aim dot on the lens of
the lowbeam headlamp.
3. Measure the distance from the
ground to the aim dot on the
lowbeam headlamp. Record the
distance.
4. At the wall measure from the
ground upward (A) to the
recorded distance from
Step 3 and mark it.
5. Draw or tape a horizontal line (B)
on the wall the width of the
vehicle at the height of the mark
in Step 4.