Removing and installing left headlight range control motor V48 or right headlight range control motor V49 (vehicles ▸ 09.00) — VW
Removing and installing left headlight range control motor V48 or right headlight range control motor V49 (vehicles ▸ 09.00) on VW: 10 steps.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Passat B5 (3B)
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers and pull out ignition key.
- Disconnect connector on headlight range control motor.
- Release left-hand headlight control motor by turning to left and right-hand control motor by turning to right.
- Remove small cover cap on reverse side of headlight.
- Pull positioning pin ball head sideways out from ball head mounting on reflector.
- Secure reflector by holding the housing opening for the main beam bulb and push the adjustment shaft ball head into the ball head mounting on reflector.
- Lock control motor in position by turning.
- Mount connector from headlight range control motor.
- Seal main beam bulb opening with small cover cap.
- Check headlight settings and adjust if necessary 36.
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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