Contents: Removal 🠛 Installation 🠛 Headlight bulb replacement 🠛 Xenon headlights 🠛 Beam position regulator 🠛 Regulator connector 🠛
Note: The headlight and turn signal are mounted in one unit.
Removal
- disconnect the negative battery cable;
- remove the front bumper and radiator grille (see section "Body");
Figure 8.19. Headlight mounting bolts
- unscrew the headlight mounting bolts (Figure 8.19);
- disconnect the contact connectors and remove the headlight.
Installation
Installation is carried out in the reverse order of removal.
After installation, it is necessary to adjust the beam of the headlights. To do this, do the following:
- place the car on a level surface (do not apply the parking brake);
- make sure the vehicle is not loaded and the fuel tank is full (if possible);
- set the headlight beam adjuster knob to position "0";
Figure 8.20. Headlight beam adjustment screws: A - in the vertical plane; B - in the horizontal plane
- adjust the headlight beam as shown below. The screws for adjusting the headlight beam direction are shown in Figure 8.20.
Headlight bulb replacement
Replacement procedure:
- disconnect the negative battery cable;
- disconnect the contact connector from the headlight in the engine compartment;
- remove the rubber seal from the back of the headlight;
- remove the spring clip of the lamp;
Figure 8.21. Removing the headlight bulb
- carefully remove the lamp from the socket, holding it by the contact terminals (Figure 8.21).
When installing, do not touch the glass part of the halogen lamp with your fingers. Before installation, wipe the lamp bulb with a clean cloth soaked in alcohol. Traces of dirt and grease cause excessive heating of the lamp bulb and its rapid burnout.
The lamp is installed in the reverse order of removal. Check the operation of the headlight.
Xenon headlights
Xenon headlights do not have a filament. Light radiation in such lamps is generated by two electrodes enclosed in a quartz flask containing gas (xenon) compressed under high pressure.
The electronic unit built into the headlight is powered by a car battery (12 V), creates a 20,000 V voltage pulse required to ionize the inert gas, and then generates an alternating voltage of 85 V to maintain the discharge.
All work related to servicing xenon headlights is recommended to be performed at a Renault station.
Beam position regulator
Removal
1. Remove the headlight.
2. Turn the adjuster (A) 1/8 turn and remove it from the headlight housing.
3. Disconnect the governor drive ball joint by tilting the governor slightly.
Installation
Installation is carried out in the reverse order. After installing the headlight, adjust the beam position with screws (B) and (C).
Regulator connector
Terminal 1 - "Ground", Terminal 2 - Control, Terminal 3 - Power.