Maintenance -> Adjusting the Headlamps for Your Ford Focus 4 Door Third generation(2010-2017)

Maintenance  
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Note: There may be an identifying mark on  
the lens to help you locate the center of the  
bulb.  
Note: To see a clearer light pattern while  
adjusting one headlamp, you may want to  
block the light from the other headlamp.  
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5. Locate the vertical adjuster on each  
headlamp. Use a suitable tool, for  
example a screwdriver or hexagonal  
socket, to turn the adjuster clockwise  
or counterclockwise to adjust the  
vertical aim of the headlamp. The  
horizontal edge of the brighter light  
should touch the horizontal reference  
line.  
3. Switch on the low beam headlamps  
and open the hood.  
6. Close the hood and switch off the  
lamps.  
Horizontal Aim Adjustment  
The horizontal aim of the headlamp beam  
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on your vehicle is not adjustable.  
4. On the wall or screen you will observe  
a flat zone of high intensity light  
located at the top of the beam pattern.  
If the top edge of the flat zone of high  
intensity light is not on the horizontal  
reference line, adjust the aim of the  
headlamp beam.  
REMOVING A HEADLAMP  
1. Open the hood. See Opening and  
Closing the Hood (page 212).  
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Maintenance  
CHANGING A BULB  
WARNING  
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Handle a halogen headlamp bulb  
carefully and keep out of childrens  
reach. Grasp the bulb by only its  
plastic base and do not touch the glass.  
The oil from your hand could cause the  
bulb to break the next time the headlamps  
are operated.  
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Note: If you accidently touch the bulb, you  
should clean it with rubbing alcohol.  
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Headlamp  
A
B
C
D
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2. Remove the screws.  
3. Pull the headlamp as far as possible  
towards the front of the vehicle to  
disengage it from the lower fixing point.  
4. Lift the outer side of the headlamp and  
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remove it.  
A.  
B.  
C.  
D.  
Side marker bulb.  
Low beam headlamp bulb.  
High beam headlamp bulb.  
Direction indicator bulb.  
Cornering lamp bulb.  
Headlamp Low Beam  
1. Remove the headlamp. See  
Removing a Headlamp (page 227).  
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5. Disconnect the electrical connector.  
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