Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class 2006 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 415)

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Practical hints
Replacing bulbs
Replacing bulbs for front lamps
1 Housing cover for low beam halogen or
Bi-Xenon* headlamp
2 Housing cover for high beam head-
lamp/high beam flasher bulb and for
parking and standing lamp bulb
3 Bulb socket for turn signal lamp bulb
4 Bulb holder of high beam bulb
5 Bulb socket for parking and standing
lamp bulb
6 Bulb holder of low beam bulb
Before you start to replace a bulb for a
front lamp, do the following first:
̈ Turn the exterior lamp switch to
position
M ( ୴ page 134).
̈ Open the hood ( ୴ page 293) (except
for side marker lamps).
Low beam bulb (halogen headlamps
only)
̈ Turn housing cover 1 counterclock-
wise and remove it.
̈ Turn bulb holder 6 with the bulb coun-
terclockwise and remove it.
̈ Pull the bulb at its socket out of bulb
holder
6.
̈ Insert the new bulb so that its socket
locates in the recess of bulb holder
6
and is level to it.
̈ Reinsert bulb holder 6 with the bulb in
the lamp and turn clockwise.
̈ Align housing cover 1 and turn it
clockwise.
Warning!
G
Do not remove the cover 1 for the Bi-Xe-
non* headlamp. Because of high voltage in
Xenon* lamps, it is dangerous to replace the
bulb or repair the lamp and its components.
We recommend that you have such work
done by a qualified technician.