Volkswagen Golf Variant / Jetta. Manual - part 825

– Check headlight functions.
– Check headlight settings and adjust headlights if necessary

⇒ Maintenance ; Booklet  20.1 ; Descriptions of work .

3.5.3

Renewing side light bulb

Note

The following diagrams show renewal of the left side light bulb -

M1- of the left headlight.

Caution

♦ Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers.
♦ Remove the ignition key.

Removing
– Remove cover cap -1-.

– Pull bulb holder -2- with left side light bulb -M1- out of reflector

-1- (be careful not to stretch wiring).

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Installing

Caution

♦ Do not touch glass envelope when fitting bulb. Fingers

leave traces of grease on the glass envelope, which evap‐

orate when the bulb is switched on and cause the glass

envelope to cloud over.

♦ When installing cover cap, ensure that it seats properly.

The ingress of water will lead to permanent damage to the

headlight.

Carry out installation in the reverse sequence, noting the follow‐

ing:
– Check headlight functions.
– Check headlight settings and adjust headlights if necessary

⇒ Maintenance ; Booklet  20.1 ; Descriptions of work .

3.5.4

Renewing front turn signal bulb

Note

The following diagrams show the renewal of the front left turn sig‐

nal bulb -M5- for the left headlight.

Caution

♦ Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers.
♦ Remove the ignition key.

Removing
– Remove cover cap -1-.

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to stretch wiring).

– Push front left turn signal bulb -M5- -2- down in bulb holder

-1- and turn front left turn signal bulb -M5- -2- in

-direction of arrow-.

– Pull front left turn signal bulb -M5- -2- out of bulb holder -1-.
Installing

Caution

♦ When installing cover cap, ensure that it seats properly.

The ingress of water will lead to permanent damage to the

headlight.

♦ Do not touch glass envelope when fitting bulb. Fingers

leave traces of grease on the glass envelope, which evap‐

orate when the bulb is switched on and cause the glass

envelope to cloud over.

Carry out installation in the reverse sequence, noting the follow‐

ing:
– Check headlight functions.
– Check headlight settings and adjust headlights if necessary

⇒ Maintenance ; Booklet  20.1 ; Descriptions of work .

3.6

Removing and installing headlight range

control motor

Note

♦

If control motors are removed and reinstalled or renewed, the

headlight adjustment must be checked and the headlights ad‐

justed ⇒ Maintenance ; Booklet  20.1 ; Description of work .

♦

The illustrations show the renewal of the left headlight range

control motor -V48- for the left headlight.

Caution

♦ Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers.
♦ Remove the ignition key.

Removing
– Remove headlight 

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To gain access to the second bolt of the left headlight range con‐

trol motor -V48- , break open the assembly opening at the pre‐

determined breaking point on the back of the headlight housing.

This opening must be sealed on completion of repairs with sep‐

arately available sealing plug.

– Fit a socket -1- on the plastic hexagon on the back of the

headlight housing.

– Press and turn the plastic hexagon out of the headlight hous‐

ing to break open the assembly opening.

Note

The broken open sealing piece must not remain in the headlight.

Remove it from the headlight housing.

– Turn gas discharge light starter unit -N195- -1- in direction of

starter unit lettering „OPEN“ onto stop.

Note

Connector -1- is automatically ejected when the igniter for gas

discharge lamps -N195- is turned in direction of „OPEN“ onto

stop.

– Pull off gas discharge light starter unit -N195- straight back‐

wards from headlight

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