Headlight Unit; Front Direction Indicator Light Unit; Headlight Beam Alignment - PEUGEOT 205 Manual

12•12 Body electrical system
9.13 Heater control panel illumination light
bulb (arrowed) on early models
Heater control panel illumination
bulbs (pre-1988 models)
12 Remove the facia centre air vents, with
reference to Chapter 11.
13 Pull the bulbholder from the rear of the
panel and extract the bulb (see illustration).
Heater control panel illumination
bulbs (1988 models onward)
14 Disconnect the battery negative lead.
15 Remove the trapezium-shaped coin
compartment or cover from the top of the
facia by lifting the bottom edge.
10.3 Releasing the headlight spring clips
11.3a Remove the headlight adjustment assembly screw . . .
9.18 Removing the heater control panel
illumination bulb on later models
16 Pull off the heater control knobs, using
card or thick cloth and pliers on the central
bars.
17 Remove the screws beneath the control
knobs, and withdraw the upper front panel
surround.
18 Pull the bulb from the control panel (see
illustration).
10 Headlight unit - removal and
refitting
Removal
1 Remove the headlight and front parking
light bulbs (see Section 8).
2 Remove the front radiator grille as
described in Chapter 11.
3 Release the spring clips from the pivot pins
on each side of the
illustration).
4 Press the load level adjustment arm from
the lever ball and withdraw the headlight.
Refitting
5 Refitting is a reversal of removal.
11.3b . . . and withdraw the front direction indicator light unit
11 Front direction indicator
light unit - removal and
refitting
Removal
1 Remove the headlight, as described in
Section 10.
2 Remove the indicator bulb (see Section 8).
3 Remove the screw securing the light to the
headlight adjustment assembly and withdraw
the light unit (see illustrations).
Refitting
4 Refitting is a reversal of removal.

12 Headlight beam alignment -

checking and adjusting
It is recommended that beam alignment is
be carried out by a Peugeot dealer or other
specialist heaving the necessary optical
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alignment equipment.
Each headlight incorporates a manual
adjustment to compensate for different loads.
If this fails to provide the correct beam,
emergency adjustment is possible by turning
the screw in the top of the manual adjustment
for vertical movement, and the knob at the
rear of the headlight for horizontal movement.
13 Dim-dip lighting system -
general information
headlight (see
All models manufactured from late 1986 are
fitted with a dim-dip lighting system, which
essentially prevents the vehicle from being
driven with the sidelights alone switched on.
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