download Test Requirements Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
Head light adjusting unit VAS 5046 or Headlight adjuster VAS 5047
Test- and adjustment requirements: Tire pressure must be OK. Lenses
must not be damaged or dirty. Reflectors and bulbs OK. Vehicle must be
properly loaded. Move vehicle back and forth for 1 meter (3 to 4 feet)
or bounce front and rear of vehicle several times up and down to settle
suspension. Vehicle and headlight adjuster must be on a level surface.
Operating instructions of headlight adjuster VAS 5046 or Operating
instructions of headlight adjuster VAS 5047 Inclination must be set. If
the vehicle is equipped with separate low beams and high beams, high
beam must be adjusted extra. Note that the adjuster must be set to 0%
when adjusting the high beams. In the trim above the headlight,
inclination measurements are stamped in “%” .
The headlamps must be
adjusted according to these measurements. Percentage information is
based on a projection distance of 10 meters. For example: inclination of
1.0 % converts to approx. 10 cm. For vehicles with halogen headlamps
and manual headlamp range control Note: For certain markets, no manual
headlamp range control is offered in conjunction with halogen
headlamps. The headlight range adjuster thumb wheel, if present, must
be in basic setting – 0 – . Load: Vehicle must be loaded with one
person on the drivers seat, weighing 165 lbs (75 kg), otherwise vehicle
must be empty (curb weight). The curb weight is the weight of the
vehicle ready to be operated with filled fuel tank (at least 90%
filled), including the weight of all equipment usually carried in the
car such as spare wheel, tools, car jack, fire extinguisher, etc. If
the fuel tank is not at least 90% full, adjust the weight as follows:
Read fuel level from fuel gauge. Calculate additional weight needed
using the following table. Place extra weight in luggage compartment.
Tank filling table