2007 Alfa Romeo 156 Owner handbook (in English)

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FRONT DIRECTION
INDICATORS To replace the bulb (orange colour), pro-
ceed as follows:
– Turn the bulb holder counter-clockwise
(A-fig. 30) and remove it.
– Remove the bulb (B-fig. 31) from the
bulb holder (A-fig. 31), pushing lightly
and turning counter-clockwise.
– Replace the bulb (B-fig. 31). Direction indicators
To replace the bulb proceed as follows:
– Turn the cover counter-clockwise
(A-fig. 29).
– Turn the bulb holder (B) counter-clock-
wise.
– Remove the bulb from the bulb holder,
pushing lightly and turning counter-clock-
wise.
– Replace the bulb and refit the bulb hold-
er in its housing.fig. 30
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Sidelights
To replace the bulb proceed as follows:
– Turn the protective cover (C-fig. 23)
counter-clockwise in order to reach the side-
light bulb.
– Remove the bulb (A-fig. 28) from the
bulb holder (B), pushing lightly and turning
counter-clockwise.
– Replace the bulb and refit the bulb hold-
er (B-fig. 28) in its housing.
– Refit the protective cover correctly
(C-fig. 23).
fig. 29
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– Refit the bulb holder (A-fig. 31) by
making its notches coincide with the grooves
in the headlight unit body and turn it clock-
wise.
fig. 32
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fig. 31
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DIPPED-BEAM HEADLAMPS(fig. 32)
To replace the bulb proceed as follows:
– Remove the protective cover
– Disconnect the electrical connector (A).
– Release the bulb catch (B).
– Withdraw the bulb and replace it.– Fit the new bulb making the tabs of the
metallic part coincide with the grooves in the
headlamp parabola and hook the bulb catch
(B).
– Reconnect the electrical connector (A).
– Refit the protective cover correctly.

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To adjust the front fog-
lights contact Alfa Romeo
Authorized Services.
FRONT FOG LIGHTS(where required)
To replace the bulb proceed under the car
as follows:
– Disconnect the connector (A-fig. 33)
from the light unit.
– Turn the cover counter-clockwise (B-
fig. 33) and remove it.
– Withdraw the supply cable terminal
(C-fig. 34).
– Release the bulb stopper (D-fig. 34)
and remove the bulb.– Fit a new bulb making the tabs of the
metallic part coincide with the grooves in
the lamp lens and hook the bulb stopper
(D-fig. 34).
– Re-connect the supply cable terminal
(C-fig. 34).
– refit the cover (B-fig. 33) and con-
nect the connector (A-fig. 33) to the light
unit.fig. 33
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fig. 34
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The efficiency of the lights
will be decreased and may
inconvenience other road users if the
light units are not correctly adjust-
ed. If in doubt contact Alfa Romeo
Authorized Services to have them
checked and adjusted if necessary.
WARNING

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FRONT SIDELIGHTS To replace the bulb proceed as follows:
– Remove the protective cover (A-
fig. 35).
– Remove the bulb holder (B-fig. 35)
which is snap-fitted.
– Remove the bulb (C-fig. 36) from the
bulb holder, pushing lightly and turning
counter-clockwise.
– Replace the bulb and refit the bulb hold-
er (B-fig. 36) in its housing.
– Refit the protective cover correctly
(A-fig. 35).
MAIN-BEAM HEADLAMPS (fig. 37)
To replace the bulb proceed as follows:
– Remove the protective cover.
– Release the clip holding the bulb (A).
– Withdraw the power supply (B) cable
connector.
– Remove and (C) replace the bulb.
– Reconnect the power cable (B) to the
bulb.
fig. 35
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fig. 36
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– Fit the new bulb making the tabs of the
metallic part coincide with the grooves in the
headlamp parabola.
– Lock the bulb in place with the clip (A).
– Refit the protective cover correctly.fig. 37
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REAR LIGHT UNITSRear light units contain the reversing lights,
rear fog guards, direction indicators, num-
ber plate lights, stop/side lights and the ad-
ditional stop light (3rd stop).REVERSING LIGHTS AND REAR
FOG GUARDS To replace the bulbs proceed as follows:
– Open the boot.
– Slacken the screws (Aor B-fig. 40)
fastening the boot trim in correspondence
with the light concerned.fig. 40
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SIDE DIRECTION INDICATORSTo replace the bulb proceed as follows:
– Push the transparent cover towards the
rear of the car to compress the tab (A-
fig. 38). Release the front part and re-
move the unit.
– Turn the bulb holder counter-clockwise
(B-fig. 39) and remove it from the trans-
parent cover (D-fig. 39).
Take care not to damage
the bodywork or the trans-
parent cover when remov-
ing the side direction indicator unit.fig. 38
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fig. 39
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– Withdraw the bulb (C-fig. 39) which
is of the pressure-fitted type and replace it.
– Insert the bulb holder (B-fig. 39) in
the transparent cover (D-fig. 39) and po-
sition the unit ensuring that the clip clicks in-
to place (A-fig. 38).

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DIRECTION INDICATORS/
SIDELIGHTS AND STOP LIGHTS To replace the bulbs proceed as follows:
– Open the boot.
– Slacken the two fastening screws
(A-fig. 43) and remove the protective cov-
er (B-fig. 43).
– Withdraw the bulb holder unit (A-
fig. 44) releasing the retainer tabs (B-
fig. 44). – Refit the bulb holder unit fastening it cor-
rectly in place with the retainer tabs (B-
fig. 41).
– Refit the boot trim fastening it with the
screws removed previously.
fig. 41
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fig. 42
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fig. 43
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– Lower the boot lid trim in the corre-
sponding area and remove the bulb holder
unit (C-fig. 41) releasing the retainer tab
(B-fig. 41).
– Remove and replace the spherical type
bulb with bayonet attachment pushing
it gently and turning counter-clockwise
(fig. 42):
(D) reversing light bulb
(E) rear fog guard bulb.

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– Remove and replace the bulb concerned
(spherical with bayonet coupling) pushing
it gently and turning counter-clockwise
(fig. 45).
(C) side light/stop light bulb
(D) direction indicator bulb.
– Refit the bulb holder unit fastening it
correctly in place with the retainer tabs (B-
fig. 44).
– Refit the protective cover (B-fig. 43)
fastening with nuts (A-fig. 43).
NUMBER PLATE LIGHTSTo replace the bulbs proceed as follows:
– Remove the number plate light unit us-
ing a flat screwdriver protected by a soft
cloth on the stopper (A-fig. 46).
– Remove the unit (B-fig. 46).
– remove the bulb holder (C-fig. 47)
turning lightly and replace the bulb (D-
fig. 47) which is pressure-fitted.– Refit the bulb holder (C-fig. 47) turn-
ing gently.
– Refit the complete unit (B-fig. 46)
firstly inserting the catches and then press-
ing in correspondence with the stopper
(A-fig. 46).
fig. 44
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fig. 45
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fig. 47
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fig. 46
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ADDITIONAL STOP LIGHT
(3
rdSTOP)
To replace the bulbs proceed as follows:
– Open the boot.
– Turn the fastening buttons (A-fig. 48)
until they release and lower the trim.
– Slacken the knob (B-fig. 49)and with-
draw the complete unit.
– Slacken the screws (C-fig. 50).
– Remove the transparent cover (D-
fig. 51) and replace the bulb concerned.– Refit the transparent cover and install the
unit locking it with the knob (B-fig. 49).
– Re-position the trim correctly and fasten
with its buttons (A-fig. 48).
IF ONE OF THE
INTERNAL LIGHTS
GOES OUTFRONT ROOF LIGHTTo replace the bulbs proceed as follows:
– Remove the roof light (A-fig. 52) lev-
ering in the points shown by the arrows.
– Open the cover (B-fig. 53).
– Replace the bulb concerned (C-
fig. 53) by pulling it outwards and freeing
it from the lateral contacts ensuring that the
new bulb is correctly fitted between the con-
tacts.
fig. 48
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fig. 50
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fig. 49
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fig. 51
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