Headlight Adjustment: Check Gas Discharge Headlights With Dla, Adjust If Necessary - Volkswagen Touareg 2010 Manual

Touareg 2010 ➤
Maintenance - Edition 11.2011
– Adjust adjustment bolts using a hexagon key.
1 - Lateral adjustment
2 - Height adjustment
– Turn vertical adjustment bolt -2- until correct setting is at‐
tained.
Note
In some markets, the adjustment bolt for lateral adjustment is
♦
-1- encapsulated. Lateral adjustment is not permissible here.
For vehicles for North America the side adjustment of head‐
♦
light is not permitted and has therefore an adjustment bolt
secured against turning.
– Turn lateral adjustment bolt -1- until correct setting is attained.
– Press „GoTo" „End" buttons to exit the „Guided functions".
Note
Adjustment of the right headlight is carried out in the same
♦
sequence.
The adjustment bolts for the right headlight are a mirror image.
♦
4.37 Headlight adjustment: Check gas dis‐
charge headlights with DLA, adjust if
necessary
DLA: „Dynamic Light Assist", dynamic high beam regulation.
Identifying vehicles with „Dynamic Light Assist"
Checking and adjusting prerequisites:
Checking headlight adjustment (using test screen without 15°
setting line) ⇒ page 99
Gas discharge headlights with dynamic main beam control „Dy‐
namic Light Assist": Adjusting
4.37.1 Checking and adjusting prerequisites:
♦ Tyre inflation pressure OK.
♦ Headlight lenses must not be damaged or dirty.
♦ Reflectors and bulbs OK
♦ Vehicle must be loaded.
♦ The vehicle must be rolled forward or backward several me‐
tres or front and rear springs must be bounced fully several
times so that springs settle.
♦ Vehicle and headlight adjuster must be on a flat surface →
Operating instructions for headlight adjusters VAS 5046, VAS
5047, VAS 5208A, VAS 5209A.
♦ Vehicle and headlight adjuster must be aligned.
♦ Inclination must be set.
♦ Event memory must be cleared.
98
4. Descriptions of work
⇒ page 101
⇒ page 98
⇒ page 101