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Volkswagen Passat Headlight Bulbs Q. Dear Sirs, I need to replace a bulb in the passenger side headlight, low beam, and I was hoping that you could guide me through it. I bought the appropriate bulb already but was afraid to go any further after looking under the hood. I have a 2000 Volkswagen Passat. Can you please help me out? Thank you, Eric Phoenix, AZ

A. I'm going to assume you do not have High Intensity Gas Discharge (HID) Lamps.

Low beam bulb, replacing:

CAUTION! Do not touch glass portion of bulb with bare hands. Even the smallest amount of moisture and/or contaminants from fingers that evaporates on the bulb during operation can cause the glass to cloud over.

• Remove large cover cap on rear of headlight housing.

• Disconnect electrical connector, 2, from bulb.
• Unclip retainer, 1, from lugs, 5, and flip over to side.
• Remove bulb, 4, from reflector/housing.
• Insert new bulb (making sure that the bulb mounting aligns with the locating lugs in the housing) and re-clip retainer.
• Connect electrical connector and reinstall cover cap.
• Check headlight (bulb) function.

High beam bulb or dual filament bulb for high beam and fog light, replacing:

CAUTION! Do not touch glass portion of bulb with bare hands. Even the smallest amount of moisture and/or contaminants from fingers that evaporates on the bulb during operation can cause the glass to cloud over.

• Remove small cover cap on rear of headlight housing.

• Disconnect electrical connector, 2, from bulb.
• Unclip retainer, 1, from lugs, 4, flip over to side.
• Remove bulb, 3, from reflector/housing.
• Insert new bulb (making sure that the bulb mounting aligns with the locating lugs in the housing) and re-clip retainer.
• Connect electrical connector and reinstall cover cap.
• Check headlight (bulb) function.