Xenon Lamps; Low Beams; High Beams - BMW 325Ci Owner's Manual

Lamps and bulbs
T h e illu stratio n s h o w s th e le ft- h a n d sid e
of th e e n gin e c o m p artm e nt.

1 Low beams

H 7 b ulb , 5 5 w atts

2 High beams

H 7 b ulb , 5 5 w atts
T h e H 7 b ulb is pre ss uriz e d . T h ere -
fore , w e ar s afe ty gla ss e s a n d
prot e ctiv e glo v e s. F ailure to c o m ply
w ith this pre c a utio n c o uld le a d to injury
if th e b ulb is a c cid e ntally d a m a g e d
d urin g re pla c e m e nt.<
1 Pre ss th e t w o lo c k s at th e fro nt a n d
turn le ft to rele a s e th e b ulb h old er.
2 R e m o v e a n d re pla c e th e b ulb .
W h e n cle a nin g th e h e a dla m p s,
ple a s e o b s erv e th e follo w in g: d o
n ot w ip e dry w ith a cloth (s cratc h e s).
N e v er u s e a bra siv e s or stro n g s olv e nts
to cle a n th e c o v ers. R e m o v e dirt a n d
c o nta min atio n (s u c h a s in s e cts) b y
s o a kin g w ith B M W C ar S h a m p o o a n d
th e n rin sin g w ith ple nty of w at er.
A l w a ys u s e a d eic er s pra y to re m o v e
a c c u m ulat e d ic e a n d s n o w – n e v er u s e
a s cra p er.<
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Xenon lamps

T h e s ervic e life of th e s e b ulb s is v ery
lo n g a n d th e pro b a bility of a failure is
v ery lo w , pro vid e d th at th e y are n ot
s w itc h e d o n a n d off a n u n u s u al n u m b er
of tim e s. N e v erth ele ss, if o n e of th e
la m p s s h o uld fail, y o u c a n c o ntin u e
drivin g u sin g th e fo g la m p s if lo c al la w s
p ermit this.
B e c a u s e of th e e xtre m ely hig h
v olta g e s inv olv e d , a n y w ork o n th e
lig htin g syst e m , in clu din g b ulb re pla c e -
m e nt, s h o uld b e p erform e d o nly b y
t e c h nicia n s w ith th e a p pro priat e q u alifi-
c atio n s. F ailure to c o m ply w ith this
cre at e s a ris k of fatal injury.<
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