Headlights: Checking For Correct Adjustment - Audi A8 2010 Maintenance Manual

3.30 Headlights: checking for correct adjust‐
ment
WARNING
Risk of injury as engine of high-voltage vehicle can start un‐
expectedly!
♦ Observe warnings for high-voltage system:
♦ For work that must be performed with the ignition switched
on ⇒ page 11 .
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‐
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light adjustment check.
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with respect to the correctness of information in this document. Copyright by AUDI AG.
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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