Removing and installing headlight range control motor -V48-/-V49-, LED headlights

Special tools and workshop equipment required

Torque screwdriver -VAS 6494-

Removing

• Remove headlight → Chapter.
• Turn height adjustment screws at top of headlight anticlockwise (towards left) to stop.

• Pull housing cover -3- off headlight.
• Remove bolt -2-.
• Remove height adjuster element -2- upwards.
• Pull adjuster shaft located below height adjuster element out of headlight.

• Release left headlight range control motor -V48--1-: for left headlight, turn in -direction of arrow-; for right headlight, turn in opposite -direction of arrow-.
• Swing left headlight range control motor -V48--1- upwards so that the ball head is pushed downwards out of ball head mounting in headlight.

• Pull left headlight range control motor -V48--1- towards rear out of headlight until connector is accessible.
• Release and disconnect electrical connector -2-.
• Remove left headlight range control motor -V48--1-.

Installing

Install in the reverse order of removal, observing the following:

Caution Risk of damage to the headlight. Make sure the housing cover is correctly seated when installing. The ingress of water will lead to permanent damage to the headlight.

• Pull reflector on ball head mounting towards rear.
• Attach ball head on left headlight range control motor -V48- in ball head mounting in headlight.
• Test functionality.
• Check headlight setting and adjust headlight if necessary → Booklet36.1

Specified torques