Attention! For Jetta cars, the removal and installation of the rear headlights is carried out in the same way as for Golf cars. The headlight segment on the rear fender is equipped with LEDs. If the LED fails, the taillight should be replaced as a set.
Headlight on the rear fender
Removing
1. Turn off the ignition and taillights.
2. Disconnect the battery.
3. Open the tailgate and disconnect the side trim of the trunk near the taillight, using the appropriate cut on the upholstery.
4. Disconnect the retainer 1 with a screwdriver and disconnect the plug 2 of the rear light power supply (see illustration).
5. Unscrew two nuts 3 and remove the side part of the headlight (see illustration 27.4).
Installation
Installation of a lateral part of a back headlight is carried out in sequence, return to removal.
6. Connect and secure the power plug.
7. Tighten the headlight mounting nuts to 4 Nm.
8. Make sure that the gaps between the headlight housing and adjacent body parts are the same and parallel.
Bulb replacement
9. Remove the headlight and place it on a suitable pad.
10. Press three leashes 1,3 and 4 out (see arrows in illustration) and remove board 2 with bulbs. Be careful not to break the leashes.
11. Press on the light bulb, turn it counterclockwise and remove it from the board.
12. Insert a new light bulb into the board and turn it clockwise to fix it.
13. Install the board with bulbs in the headlight and fix it.
14. Check the function of the new light bulb.
Headlight on tailgate
Removing
15. Turn off the ignition and taillights.
16. Disconnect the battery.
17. Open a tailgate and disconnect a bottom of an upholstery of a door, the corresponding chapter see.
18. Unscrew two nuts 1 and remove the taillight from the door (see illustration).
Installation
Attention! Before attaching the headlight, apply a drop of glue to the spacers of the mounting bolts so that they do not fall off during installation.
The headlight installation sequence is reverse to removal. The tightening torque of the headlight mounting nuts is 4 Nm.
19. Make sure that the gaps between the headlight and body parts are parallel and correspond to the nominal ones.
Bulb replacement
20. Open the tailgate.
21. Use a plastic wedge, eg HAZET 1965-20, to pry off the upholstery cover.
22. Disconnect the headlight power plugs.
23. Turn the bulb holder 1 on the back of the headlight and remove it together with the bulb from the reflector.
The rear fog light bulb should be turned counterclockwise (see arrow in illustration), and the reversing light bulb - clockwise.
24. Press the light bulb into the socket, turn it counterclockwise and remove it from the socket.
Installing a new light bulb is carried out in the reverse order of removal.
25. Check the function of the new light bulb.
Jetta cars
26. Press the two leashes out and remove the bulb holder from the headlight reflector on the trunk lid.
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