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Front Interior Lamp







Front Interior Lamp

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

Removal Wedge (3409)

The following components are integrated in the front interior light, depending on equipment:

Front Interior Lamp Button (E326)

Driver Reading Lamp Button (E457)

Front Passenger Reading Lamp Button (E458)

Front Interior Lamp (W1)

Left Center Reading Light (W39)

Right Center Reading Light (W40)

Tilt Sunroof Button 1 (E582)

Sunroof Switch Illumination (L65)

Telephone Microphone (R38)

When removing and installing components in a visible area (switches, covers, trim, etc.), mask off the areas at which a prying tool ( (3409) , screwdriver) will be positioned, using commercially available adhesive tape.

The following illustrations show how to removed and install the front interior lamp in a vehicle with a panorama glass roof. The same procedure is used to remove and install the front interior lamp on vehicles without the panorama glass roof.

Removing

- Switch off the ignition and all electrical consumers and move the ignition key or start button into the 0 position (preliminary engaged position).

- Carefully pry the trim - 1 - out at the retainers - arrows -.






- Remove the bolts - 1 -, release the retaining tabs - 3 arrows - and remove the interior lamp - 2 - from the headliner in the - direction of arrow A -. Be careful of the connected wires.






- Release and disconnect the connectors - 1 -, - 2 - and - 3 -.






- Remove front interior light.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal.