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Technician Safety Information





HEADLAMP (FOR USA) - XENON TYPE -


Caution:

- Installation or removal of connector must be done with lighting switch OFF.
- Disconnect the battery cable from the negative terminal or remove power fuse.
- When the lamp is illuminated (when lighting switch is ON), never touch harness, HID control unit, inside of lamp, or lamp metal parts.
- To check illumination, temporarily install lamp in vehicle. Be sure to connect power at vehicle side connector.
- If error can be traced directly to electrical system, first check for items such as blown fuses and fusible links, broken wires or loose connectors, dislocated terminals, and improper connections.
- Never work with wet hands.
- Using a tester for HID control unit circuit trouble diagnosis is prohibited.
- Disassembling HID control unit or harnesses (bulb socket harness, ECM harness) is prohibited.
- Immediately after illumination, light intensity and color will fluctuate, but there is nothing wrong.
- When bulb has come to end of its life, brightness will drop significantly, it will flash repeatedly, or light color will turn reddish.