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63 10... Adjust the high-beam headlight (with electronic headlight adjustment device MAHA Lite 3)

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IMPORTANT: The high-beam headlight can only be adjusted in the following cases: 
  • The low-beam headlight and high-beam headlight are located in separate housings and each has a separate range of adjustment (e.g. E52).
  • Low-beam headlight and high-beam headlight are located in one housing with one separate range of adjustment each.
  • With separately mounted additional headlight (e.g. MINI).

For vehicles from 1995, a separate adjustment of the high-beam headlight is not possible (except E52, accessory headlight MINI). 

Comply with TEST REQUIREMENTS FOR HEADLIGHT ADJUSTMENT .

Necessary preliminary tasks: 

ADJUST THE LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHT 

Switch on the headlight adjustment device by pressing any button.

Press F2  button. The shown display screen appears.

Perform the following settings: 

  1. The passenger car must be selected.
  2. Enter the setting dimension of the headlight via the buttons F1/F2: - 1.0 % to - 1.1 % 

    (see "light/dark boundary of the headlight in the headlight adjustment device" in TEST REQUIREMENTS ).

  3. The right/left-hand traffic must be selected according to the country.
  4. Select the headlight type via the button F3: 
    • EC:  for halogen and xenon headlights
    • EC LED:  for LED headlight

The adjusted values are adopted for future measurements.

Fig 1: Identifying Lamp Settings Display Screen
G08505783Courtesy of BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.

Briefly  press the button for the applicable side of the vehicle (1) until symbol (2) appears.

The following symbols appear in the display:

Fig 2: Identifying Adjusted Values Screen Display
G08505784Courtesy of BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.