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Replacing bulbs for front lamps
Before you start to replace a bulb for a front
lamp, do the following first:
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Switch off the ignition.
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Turn the exterior lamp switch to position
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Open the hood (Y page 223).
1
Housing cover for low beam (halogen
headlamps only)
Housing cover for Bi-Xenon headlamps.
Do not remove!
2
Bulb socket for turn signal lamp
3
Bulb socket for high beam/high-beam
flasher lamp
4
Bulb socket for parking and standing lamp
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Warning!
Do not remove the cover for the Bi-Xenon
headlamp. Because of high voltage in
Xenon lamps, it is dangerous to replace the
bulb or repair the lamp and its components.
We recommend that you have such work
done by a qualified technician.
Low-beam bulb (halogen headlamps
only)
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Bulb socket for low-beam headlamp
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Turn housing cover 1 counterclockwise
and remove it.
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Turn bulb socket 5 with the bulb counter-
clockwise and remove it.
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Pull the bulb out of bulb socket 5.
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Press the new bulb gently into bulb socket
5.
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Place bulb socket 5 back into the housing
and turn it clockwise.
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Align housing cover 1 and turn it clock-
wise until it engages.
High-beam and high-beam flasher bulb
(halogen headlamps)/high-beam
flasher bulb (Bi-Xenon headlamps)
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Turn bulb socket 3 with the bulb counter-
clockwise and remove it.
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Pull the bulb out of bulb socket 3.
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Press the new bulb gently into bulb socket
3.
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Place bulb socket 3 back into the housing
and turn it clockwise until it engages.
Front turn signal lamp bulb
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Turn bulb socket 2 with the bulb counter-
clockwise and remove it.
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Press gently onto the bulb and turn it coun-
terclockwise out of bulb socket 2.
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