Removing and installing left headlight range control motor V48 or right headlight range control motor V49 (vehicles ▸ 10.00) — VW
Removing and installing left headlight range control motor V48 or right headlight range control motor V49 (vehicles ▸ 10.00) on VW: 11 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
- Remove headlight .
- Remove large cover cap on back of headlight.
- Disconnect headlight range control motor connector (1).
- Release left-hand headlight control motor (2) by turning to right and right-hand control motor by turning to left.
- Pull positioning pin ball head sideways out of guide on reflector.
- Carefully insert positioning pin of control motor (1) into ball head guide (arrow). Push up reflector base plate when doing so.
- Lock control motor in position by turning.
- Reconnect connector.
- Fit sealing cap.
- Install headlight .
- 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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