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Descriptions of work -> Headlight adjustment: checking LED headlights (Polo) for Your Volkswagen Taigo SUV First Generation (2021-2025)

Polo 2018 ➤, Polo 2022 ➤, Taigo 2022 ➤  
Maintenance - Edition 10.2021  
1 - Cowl panel in front of windscreen  
2 - Adjuster, Torx size 8  
3 - Fan jet  
4 - Bonnet  
– Adjust spray jet -3- by turning adjuster -2- using a Torx  
screwdriver.  
♦ “Clockwise” lower.  
♦ “Anti-clockwise” higher.  
Rear window spray jet setting:  
Note  
If the vehicle is equipped with a fan jet on its rear window, the  
fan jet cannot be adjusted.  
4.46.3  
Headlight washer system: checking  
spray jet settings  
Note  
Only control function of spray jets but do not adjust them.  
Washer spray jet: checking settings  
– Switch on dipped headlight.  
– Operate windscreen washing system.  
The headlights are washed if the windscreen wiper lever is hold  
in “Wipe position” for at least 1.5 seconds.  
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Polo 2018 ➤, Polo 2022 ➤, Taigo 2022 ➤  
Maintenance - Edition 10.2021  
The washer fluid jet must hit the headlight lens centrally.  
If spray pattern deviates from specifications, carry out repair  
measures.  
Note  
The same test pattern is also to be used for vehicles with halo‐  
gen headlights.  
4.46.4  
Wiper blades: checking park position  
Procedure  
⇒ Electrical system; Rep. gr. 92; Windscreen wiper system;  
Adjusting windscreen wiper arms  
Note  
Adjusting the wiper blades is a repair measure.  
The repair measure is carried out subject to a separate  
charge.  
4.46.5  
Rear window wiper blade: checking  
park position  
Procedure  
⇒ Electrical system; Rep. gr. 92; Rear window wiper system;  
Adjusting wiper arm  
Note  
Adjusting the wiper blades is a repair measure.  
The repair measure is carried out subject to a separate  
charge.  
4.47  
Headlight adjustment: checking halo‐  
gen headlights  
Note  
Additional weights are no longer used.  
Instead, a different inclination setting on the headlight adjust‐  
ment unit is used.  
If the maintenance tables are used, the settings are dis‐  
played in the vehicle-specific maintenance list.  
The headlight adjustment is subject to a separate charge.  
Test and adjustment conditions ⇒ page 144  
Headlight adjustment (ECE): checking ⇒ page 145  
Adjusting halogen headlights ⇒ page 146  
4.47.1  
Test and adjustment conditions  
Tyre pressure OK  
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4. Descriptions of work  
Polo 2018 ➤, Polo 2022 ➤, Taigo 2022 ➤  
Maintenance - Edition 10.2021  
Lenses must not be damaged or dirty.  
Reflectors and bulbs OK.  
The vehicle must be rolled forward and backward several  
metres or front and rear springs must be bounced fully sev‐  
eral times so that springs settle.  
Vehicle and headlight adjuster must be on a level surface.  
Vehicle and headlight adjuster must be aligned.  
Inclination must be set.  
Refer to the ⇒ operating instructions for headlight adjust‐  
ment units.  
The current software for the headlight adjustment unit -VAS  
621 001- is available on the equipment manufacturer’s  
homepage.  
4.47.2  
Headlight adjustment (ECE): adjusting  
Special tools and workshop equipment required  
♦ Headlight adjustment unit -VAS 621 001-  
♦ Headlight adjustment unit -VAS 621 005-  
Note  
For certain export markets, halogen headlights with manually  
regulated headlight range control are not offered.  
Depending on the equipment level, the headlight range control  
can be adjusted via the knurled wheel or in the menu Vehicle  
Settings of the infotainment system.  
– Check headlight height adjustment by setting the maximum  
level and monitoring the headlights' light.  
– Then (if fitted) set the headlight range control to position 0 .  
The inclination on the headlight adjustment unit is set according  
to the fuel level in the fuel tank.  
Inclination setting for ECE-compliant headlights  
Fill level of  
fuel gauge  
Inclination  
0 to 1/2  
1/2 to 1  
1.4%  
1.0%  
Check the following:  
– Whether, with the dipped beam switched on, the horizontal  
bright/dark boundary contacts the dividing line -1- of the test  
area and  
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