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Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing daytime running light bulb -L174-/-L175-, gas discharge headlights

Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual / Electrical system / Lights, lamps, switches outside / Headlight / Removing and installing daytime running light bulb -L174-/-L175-, gas discharge headlights

  Note
Removal and installation are described for the left side. Removal and installation on the right side are carried out in the same way.
The left daytime running light bulb -L174- or right daytime running light bulb -L175- also serves as the left side light bulb -M1- or right side light bulb -M3-, respectively.
Removing
   
–  Turn housing cover -1- in direction of arrow -A- and remove it from headlight.
 

Removing and installing daytime running light bulb -L174-/-L175-, gas discharge headlights

–  Pull grip of left daytime running light bulb -L174--1- towards rear -arrow A- to remove left daytime running light bulb from reflector.
–  Pull left daytime running light bulb -L174- out of grip.
Installing
Install in the reverse order of removal, observing the following:
  Caution
Risk of damage to the headlight.
Do not touch the glass part of the bulb with bare fingers. Fingers leave traces of grease on the glass bulb, which vaporise when the bulb is switched on and cause the glass bulb to cloud over.
Wear, for example, clean fabric gloves when inserting bulbs.
Make sure the housing cover is correctly seated when installing. The ingress of water will lead to permanent damage to the headlight.
–  Test functionality.
–  Check headlight setting and adjust headlight if necessary → Booklet36.1
 

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