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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 PREREQUISITES FOR THE HEADLIGHT ADJUSTMENT .

Refer to the manufacturer's operating instructions for the headlight adjustment device! 

Necessary preliminary tasks: 

Adjust the LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHT 

Switch on the headlight adjustment device by pressing any button.

Press F1  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 PREREQUISITES FOR THE HEADLIGHT ADJUSTMENT ).
    Fig 1: Display - Headlight Adjustment Device Screen
    G08505783Courtesy of BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.
  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.

Press the button for the applicable side of the vehicle (1) briefly.  The measured values are shown in the display. Symbol (2) will be displayed.

When the high-beam headlight has been adjusted correctly, "OK" will be displayed:

When a high-beam headlight adjustment is incorrect, arrows (3) will be displayed. Use the arrows (3) to adjust the high-beam headlight.

Fig 2: Display - High-Beam Headlight Measured Values
G08505784Courtesy of BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.