Removing and installing headlight range control motor for headlights with gas discharge bulb — VW

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform code 6N1

📋 Procedure

1. Disconnect battery .
2. Remove headlight .
3. Remove gas discharge bulb control unit .
4. Unscrew bolt (1) and remove cover cap (2).
5. Disconnect headlight range control motor connector (1).

6. Release left-hand headlight control motor (arrow) by turning to right and right-hand control motor by turning to left.
7. Pull positioning pin ball head sideways out of guide on reflector.
8. Carefully insert positioning pin of control motor (1) into ball head guide (2). Push up reflector base plate when doing so.
9. Lock control motor in position by turning.
10. Reconnect connectors.
11. Fit sealing cap.
12. Install gas discharge bulb control unit .
13. Install headlight .
14. Check function of headlight.
15. Check headlight settings and adjust if necessary Descriptions of work.

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