Headlights: Checking For Correct Adjustment - Audi A8 2003 Maintenance Manual

Audi A8 2003 ➤
Maintenance - Edition 06.2014
– If water jet does not contact headlight: Renew relevant washer
jets ⇒ Rep. gr. 92 ; Headlight washer system; Removing and
installing washer jets .
Note
The headlight washer jets are set by the manufacturer and there‐
fore cannot be adjusted.
3.31 Headlights: checking for correct adjust‐
ment
Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Headlight adjustment unit - VAS 5046 A-
♦ Or: headlight adjustment unit - VAS 5047 A-
♦ Or: headlight adjustment unit - VAS 5208A-
♦ Or: headlight adjustment unit - VAS 5209B-
Performed as part of an inspection, this check is merely an ab‐
breviated form of the headlight adjustment check required, for
example, after a repair, and does not take the place of a full head‐
light adjustment check.
Do not adjust the vehicle load or the tyre pressures for this pro‐
cedure.
Do not adjust the headlights to their basic setting using the vehicle
diagnostic tester.
Checking and adjusting the headlights according to the instruc‐
tions in the Workshop Manual is a repair measure and must be
charged separately.
Procedure:
– For vehicles with manually adjustable headlight range control:
Use manual adjuster to set to basic setting.
– Activate dipped headlights.
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