CAUTION
Remove the ignition key before working
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on the electric system. Otherwise, a short
circuit could occur.
Switch off the lights and the parking light
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before changing a bulb.
Take good care to avoid damaging any
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components.
For the sake of the environment
Please ask your specialist retailer how to
dispose of used bulbs in the proper manner.
Note
Please check at regular intervals that all
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lighting (especially the exterior lighting) on
your vehicle is functioning properly. This is
not only in the interest of your own safety,
but also that of all other road users.
Before changing a bulb, make sure you
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have the correct new bulb.
Do not touch the glass part of the bulb
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with your bare hands, use a cloth or paper
towel instead, since the fingerprints left on
the glass will vaporise as a result of the
heat generated by the bulb, they will be
deposited on the reflector and will impair
its surface.
Depending on the level of equipment fit-
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ted in the vehicle, LEDs may be used for
part or all of the interior and/or exterior
lighting. LEDs have an estimated life that
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Emergencies
exceeds than that of the car. If an LED light
fails, go to an authorised workshop for its
replacement.
Dipped beam headlight bulb
In the engine compartment: remove
Fig. 53
the cover.
In the engine compartment: dipped
Fig. 54
beam headlight bulb.
Raise the bonnet.
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Move the loops
Fig. 53
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of the arrow and remove the cover.
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Remove connector
Fig. 54
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bulb.
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Unclip the retainer spring
Fig. 54
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pressing clockwise and inwards.
Extract the bulb and fit the replacement so
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that the lug on the base fits into the recess
on the reflector.
Installation involves all of the above steps in
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reverse sequence.
in the direction
from the
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