REMOVAL
BULB - HEADLAMP - DOMESTIC
CAUTION: Do not contaminate the bulb glass by touching it with your fingers or by allowing it to contact other oily surfaces. Shortened bulb life will result.
1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. Disconnect the engine compartment wire harness connector from the connector receptacle integral to the headlamp bulb base (3) on the back of the headlamp unit housing (1).
3. Using the tabs on each side of the connector receptacle, firmly grasp the bulb base and rotate it counterclockwise about 30 degrees to unlock it.
4. Pull the bulb and base straight out from the keyed opening in the headlamp reflector (2).
BULB - HEADLAMP - EXPORT
CAUTION: Do not contaminate the bulb glass by touching it with your fingers or by allowing it to contact other oily surfaces. Shortened bulb life will result.
1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. Disconnect the engine compartment wire harness connector from the headlamp bulb base (3) on the back of the headlamp unit housing (1).
3. Firmly grasp one of the tabs (2) of the headlamp boot seal on the back of the housing.
4. Pull the tab away from the back of the headlamp unit housing to remove the boot seal from the housing and the headlamp bulb base.
5. Removal of the boot seal from the headlamp unit housing (1) will reveal the wire retainer (4) for the headlamp bulb (2) on the headlamp reflector (3).
6. Pinch the two ends of the wire retainer together and disengage them from the hooks that secure them to the bulb flange on the reflector.
7. Pivot the wire retainer up off of the flange of the headlamp bulb base and out of the way.
8. Pull the bulb straight out of the keyed opening in the headlamp reflector.
LAMP
1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. Remove the fascia from the front of the vehicle. (Refer to 13 - FRAME AND BUMPERS/BUMPERS/FRONT FASCIA - REMOVAL).
3. Remove the three nuts (2) that secure the headlamp unit (1) mounting brackets to the three studs (3) on the front fender and front end support structure.
4. Pull the headlamp unit away from the front of the vehicle far enough to access the wiring connections on the back of the lamp housing.
5. On domestic market vehicles only, disconnect the engine compartment wire harness (3) connector (4) from the headlamp bulb connector receptacle (2).
6. On export market vehicles only, disconnect the engine compartment wire harness (6) connector (4) from the headlamp bulb terminals (2), the connector (7) from the position lamp connector receptacle (8), and the connector (5) from the headlamp leveling motor connector receptacle (3).
7. Remove the headlamp unit (1) from the vehicle.
BULB - POSITION LAMP
NOTE: The following procedure applies only to vehicles manufactured for export markets. Vehicles manufactured for domestic markets do not have a position lamp bulb, socket or wiring provided in the headlamp unit.
1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. Disconnect the engine compartment wire harness connector from the position lamp bulb socket (4) on the back of the headlamp unit housing (1) near the bottom.
3. Firmly grasp the position lamp socket and rotate it counterclockwise about 30 degrees to unlock it.
4. Pull the socket and bulb straight out from the keyed opening in the housing.
5. Pull the base of the bulb straight out of the socket.