Adjusting left headlight
1 - Height adjustment
2 - Lateral adjustment
– Turn height adjustment screw -1- until setting is correct.
– Turn lateral adjustment screw -2- until setting is correct. The
lateral adjustment mechanism is sealed on SAE-compliant
headlights.
4.31 Headlight adjustment: checking matrix
LED headlights
Note
♦
Additional weights are no longer used.
♦
Instead, a different inclination setting on the headlight adjust‐
ment unit is used.
♦
If the maintenance tables are used, the settings are dis‐
played in the vehicle-specific maintenance list.
♦
In the US, Canadian and Mexican markets, SAE-compliant
headlights are used.
♦
The headlight adjustment is subject to a separate charge.
Test and adjustment conditions ⇒ page 58
Check headlight adjustment using headlight adjusting unit -VAS
621 001- ⇒ page 59 .
Check headlight adjustment using headlight adjusting unit -VAS
5046 A- or headlight adjusting unit -VAS 5047 A- ⇒ page 60
Matrix LED headlights: adjusting ⇒ page 61 .
4.31.1 Checking and adjusting – prerequisites
• Tyre pressure OK
• Headlight lenses must not be damaged or dirty.
• Reflectors and lights OK
• The initialisation of the headlight range control must have
been completed.
1)
• Standard running gear: The vehicle must be rolled forward
and backward several metres or front and rear springs must
be bounced fully several times so that springs settle.
• Vehicle and headlight adjuster must be on a level surface.
ID.4 2021 ➤
Maintenance - Edition 12.2020
58 4. Descriptions of work
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