BMW 520D Manual Do Utilizador

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Please see the booklet Looking after your car 
for notes on care of the headlights.

The picture shows the left side of the engine 
compartment.

1 Cover for low-beam headlight
2 Cover for high-beam headlight
Turn the cover to the left and take it off.

The H7 bulb is pressurised, so wear gog-
gles and gloves. There is otherwise a risk 

of injury if the bulb should be damaged.

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H7 bulb, 55 Watt

1.

Turn the bulb holder to the left and take it 
off.

2.

Pull out the bulb and change it.

H7 bulb, 55 Watt

1.

Turn the bulb holder to the left and take it 
off.

2.

Pull out the bulb and change it.

5 Watt bulbs, W 5 W

1.

Turn the cover for the low-beam or high-
beam headlight to the left and take it off.

2.

Pull out the bulb holder.

3.

Pull out the bulb and change it.

The operating life of these light units is 
extremely long and the likelihood of failure very 
low, provided that they are not switched on and 
off a very great number of times.If a xenon 
headlight should none the less fail, switch on 
the fog lights and continue the journey with 
great care, bearing in mind that visibility will be 
poorer, provided that local legislation does not 
prohibit this.

Have any work on the xenon headlight 
system, including bulb-changing, per-

formed only by BMW Service or by a workshop 
that operates to BMW specifications and has 
suitably trained personnel. Otherwise there is a 
risk of potentially fatal accidents if work is per-

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