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Lock Carrier, Service Position, Setting







Service Position, Setting

- Remove the left and right bolts - 3 - on the back of the headlamp.











- Remove the front bumper cover. Refer to => [ Front Bumper Cover ] Front Bumper Cover.

- Disconnect the cable from the cable coupling. Refer to => [ Hood Release Cable, Disconnecting ] Hood Release Cable, Disconnecting.

- If the vehicle has a charge air cooler, disconnect the pressure hoses. Refer to => [ Pressure Hoses ] Pressure Hoses.

- Remove only one bolt - 4 - from the left and right longitudinal members.

- Install a guide pin (T 10093) into the holes in the left and right longitudinal member where the bolts were.

- Remove the remaining bolts - 4 - in the left and right longitudinal members.

Have a second technician hold the hood and support rod.

- Remover the upper left and right bolts - 3 - from the brackets - 2 -.

- Pull the lock carrier and attachments - 1 - forward approximately 10 cm on the guide rod (T 10093) - arrows -. Be careful of the electric wires on the lock carrier. Disconnect the connectors if necessary.