478 Practical advice
Cha
ngingthe bulbs Before changin
gbulbs
! Only fit 12 Vbulbs ofthe sa metypeas
be fore and of th ecorrect watt age.
! Switchth elights offbe fore cha nging a
bu lb to preve ntas hort -circu it.
! Only ho ldbulbs with a clea n, lint-f ree
cloth.
! Donotw ork with wet or gre asyfinge rs.
! Ifth ene wb ulb still do esnotlight up,
co nsulta qu alifi edspecialist worksho p,
e. g. aMe rcedes -Ben zSe rvice Centre.
! Have the follo wing bulbs ch anged at a
qu alified specialist worksho p,e.g. a
Mercedes -Ben zSe rvice Ce ntre:
! The dipped beam headla mps
! Thefront turn signa ls
! The side lamps
! Thefront foglam p bulbs
! Thead dition altur nsigna lsin the
ex terior mirro rs
! The third brake lamp
! The brakelam ps/the taillamps !
The rear fog lamp
! The rear turn sign als
! The lice nc eplate li ghting
i Haveth ehe adlamp adj ustm ent ch ecked
regularly at a quali fied speciali stwor ksho p,e.g.
a Me rcedes-Benz Service Centre.
Le ft-h andhead lamp
1 Cover
2 Retain ing clip
6 To rem ovethe cover: pull retaining
clip 2in th edirec tion of thea rrow. Chan
ging the ma inbeam headlamps an
dMo torway mod espotli ght
6 Switch off thelig hts.
6 Open the bo nnet.
6 Remov ethe cov er ( =page 478). P.
82.10-4415-31 G
Risk of inju ry Bi-
xenon bulbs are under high vo ltage.Do
no t, therefore, re movethec over on bi-xe-
no n bu lbs. Do not chang ebi- xeno nbu lbs
yo ursel f,but haveth em replac ed ataqua li-
fied special ist workshop whichha s th ene c-
es sary spe cial istknow ledge and tools to
ca rry out the workrequire d. 216_
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