Difficulty
Easy
Steps
5
Time Required
20 minutes
Sections
1
- Headlight
- 5 steps
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Introduction
Before you begin the guide, make sure your vehicle is turned off. If you turned on the vehicle earlier, the engine bay may still be hot. Let the engine cool down to room temperature before beginning this repair.
What you need
Step 1
Headlight
- Turn the ignition fully off and open the hood of your vehicle.
- The lever to open it is on the left hand side of the pedals. It’ll make a noticeable clunk sound when pulled the first time which releases the first of the two step hood opening procedure.
- Make your way to the front of the car and push up on the lever underneath the hood to fully open the hood.
- Use the hood prop rod to hold the hood open for the duration of the repair.
Turn the ignition fully off and open the hood of your vehicle.
The lever to open it is on the left hand side of the pedals. It’ll make a noticeable clunk sound when pulled the first time which releases the first of the two step hood opening procedure.
Make your way to the front of the car and push up on the lever underneath the hood to fully open the hood.
Use the hood prop rod to hold the hood open for the duration of the repair.
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Step 2
- Locate the plastic dust cover behind the burnt headlight and gently remove it. If the cover is stuck, you can use a screwdriver to pop it out.
Locate the plastic dust cover behind the burnt headlight and gently remove it. If the cover is stuck, you can use a screwdriver to pop it out.
Step 3
- Once the cover is off, twist the light harness from the fixture in a counter clockwise rotation.
- Pull the bulb to separate it from the connector.
- Insert the new bulb in the correct orientation as the previous, and tighten it back into the headlight by rotating it clockwise.
Once the cover is off, twist the light harness from the fixture in a counter clockwise rotation.
Pull the bulb to separate it from the connector.
Insert the new bulb in the correct orientation as the previous, and tighten it back into the headlight by rotating it clockwise.
Step 4
- Reapply the dust cover and close the hood of the vehicle.
Reapply the dust cover and close the hood of the vehicle.
Step 5
- Turn the ignition on and switch on the lights to test the new working headlight.
Turn the ignition on and switch on the lights to test the new working headlight.
To replace the other headlight. follow the same instructions.
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Dez Petrovic - Sep 9, 2021
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Am I missing something? Or is there a trick to those tabs to release the bulb?
Seyed-Mohammad Hosseiny - Sep 9, 2021
They are a pull to release mechanism. no need to undo tabs.
Ted Stoffers - Jan 7, 2022
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Don’t forget to wear gloves when handling halogen light bulbs!
Where’s the driving lights?
madmaxmedia - 2 days agoJan 21, 2023
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The Low Beam bulb is the one next to the side marker:
