Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing headlight range control motor -V48-/-V49-, LED headlights

Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual / Electrical system / Lights, lamps, switches outside / Headlight / Removing and installing headlight range control motor -V48-/-V49-, LED headlights

Special tools and workshop equipment required

Torque screwdriver -VAS 6494-

Note

Removal and installation are described for the left side. Removal and installation on the right side are carried out in the same way.

Removing

–	Remove headlight → Chapter.

–	Turn height adjustment screws at top of headlight anticlockwise (towards left) to stop.

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

–	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.

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

–	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.

Note

If necessary, carefully push ball head on left headlight range control motor -V48- through opening in adjuster shaft 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

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

Component	Specified torque
Height adjuster element to headlight	1.7 Nm

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