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AIMING THE HEADLAMPS
The headlamps on your vehicle are properly aimed at the assembly plant.
If your vehicle has been in an accident, the alignment of your headlamps
should be checked by your authorized dealer.
Vertical aim adjustment
1. Park the vehicle directly in front of a wall or screen on a level surface,
approximately 25 feet (7.6 meters) away.
•(1) 8 feet (2.4 meters)
•(2) Center height of lamp to
ground
•(3) 25 feet (7.6 meters)
•(4) Horizontal reference line
2. Measure the height of the
headlamp bulb center from the
ground and mark an 8 foot
(2.4 meter) horizontal reference line
on the vertical wall or screen at this
height (a piece of masking tape works well).
3. Turn on the low beam headlamps to illuminate the wall or screen and
open the hood.
To see a clearer light pattern for adjusting, you may want to block the
light from one headlamp while adjusting the other.
4. On the wall or screen you will
observe an area of high intensity
light. The top of the high intensity
area should touch the horizontal
reference line, if not, the beam will
need to be adjusted using the next
step.
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5. Locate the vertical adjuster on
each headlamp. Using a Phillips #2
screwdriver, turn the adjuster either
clockwise (to adjust down) or
counterclockwise (to adjust up).
The horizontal edge of the brighter
light should touch the horizontal
reference line.
6. Close the hood and turn off the
lamps.
HORIZONTAL AIM IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS VEHICLE AND IS
NON-ADJUSTABLE.
TURN SIGNAL CONTROL
•Push down to activate the left
turn signal.
•Push up to activate the right turn
signal.
INTERIOR LAMPS
Dome lamps and map lamps
The map lamps are located on the
overhead console. Press the controls
to turn on the lamps.
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Low beam
6. Disconnect the electrical connector.
To install, reverse the removal procedure.
For passenger side replacement of the high beam bulb, do the
following:
1. Make sure the headlamp control is in the off position, then open the
hood.
2. Reach over the front bolster.
3. Disengage the windshield washer bottle flexible neck strap attachment
and move it to gain access to the bulb.
4. Remove the rubber headlamp bulb access cover.
5. Remove the bulb socket by
rotating it counterclockwise, then
pull it straight out of the lamp
assembly.
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3. Reaching through the wheel well,
remove the rubber bulb access
cover from the housing.
4. Remove the bulb socket by rotating it counterclockwise, then pull it
straight out of the lamp assembly.
5. Disconnect the electrical
connector from the bulb socket and
discard the old bulb socket.
WARNING:Handle a halogen headlamp bulb carefully and keep
out of children’s reach. Grasp the bulb only by its plastic base
and do not touch the glass. The oil from your hand could cause the
bulb to break the next time the headlamps are operated.
6. Connect the new bulb socket to the electrical connector.
7. Install the new bulb socket into the lamp assembly by aligning the
indexing fingers, then rotate clockwise to the locked position.
8. Install the rubber bulb access cover to the housing.
9. Re-apply pressure around the housing to make sure the protective
rubber cover is completely seated.
10. Turn the headlamps on and make sure they work properly. If the
headlamp was correctly aligned before you changed the bulb, you should
not need to align it again.
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Replacing headlamp bulbs (3.5L engine)
High beam/low beam bulb replacement
For driver side replacement of the high beam/low beam bulbs, do the
following:
1. Make sure the headlamp switch is in the off position, then open the
hood.
2. Reach over the front bolster and remove the rubber bulb access cover
from the headlamp housing.
3. Remove the bulb socket by rotating it counterclockwise, then pull it
straight out of the lamp assembly.
4. Disconnect the electrical connector.
For passenger side replacement of the high beam bulb, see your
authorized dealer.
For passenger side replacement of the low beam bulb, do the
following:
1. Turn the steering wheel all the way to the left.
2. Remove the press pins located in
the wheel well and pull the wheel
liner back.
3. Reaching through the wheel well, remove the rubber headlamp bulb
access cover.
4. Rotate the headlamp bulb counterclockwise and remove the headlamp
bulb
5. Disconnect the electrical connector.
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Replacing front parking lamp/turn signal bulbs (2.5L/3.0L engines)
1. Make sure headlamp control is in the off position, then open the hood.
2. Reach over the front bolster.
3. Disengage the windshield washer bottle flexible neck strap attachment
and move it to gain access to the bulb.
4. Remove the bulb socket by
rotating it counterclockwise, then
pull it out of the lamp assembly.
5. Carefully pull bulb straight out of
socket and push in the new one.
6. Install new bulb socket into the
lamp assembly by aligning the
indexing fingers, then rotate
clockwise to locked position.
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Replacing front parking lamp/turn signal bulb (3.5L engine)
For driver side replacement of the front parking lamp/turn signal
bulb, do the following:
WARNING:To reduce the risk of vehicle damage and/or
personal burn injuries do not start your engine with the air
cleaner removed and do not remove it while the engine is running.
1. Release the clamps (2) that secure the air filter housing cover.
2. Carefully separate the two halves of the air filter housing.
3. Locate the mass air flow sensor electrical connector on the air outlet
tube (1). This connector will need to be unplugged.
4. Remove the air filter assembly.
5. Remove the bolts on the air inlet (3), then remove the air inlet.
6. Reach over the front bolster to access the bulb.
7. Remove the bulb socket by rotating it counterclockwise, then pull it
straight out of the lamp assembly.
Reverse these steps to complete the process.
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For passenger side replacement of the front park/turn signal bulb, do
the following:
1. Turn the steering wheel left to gain access to the wheel well.
2. Remove the press pins located in
the wheel well and pull the splash
shield back.
3. Remove the bulb socket by rotating it counterclockwise, then pull it
straight out of the lamp assembly.
Replace with a new bulb, and reverse the removal steps to complete the
process.
Replacing front side marker bulbs
1. Make sure the headlamp control
is in the off position.
2. From underneath the vehicle,
partially remove the tire splash
shield by removing the press pins.
After removing to allow free access
to the front side marker lamp bulb
and electrical wire harness, the
splash shield should be able to be
repositioned.
3. Rotate the lamp clockwise while holding the electrical connector in
place. After rotating the lamp 90 degrees clockwise, pull and disengage
the wire harness and bulb from the lamp.
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