Adjusting the headlamps, Vertical aim adjustment, Maintenance 245 – FORD 2014 Focus v.1 User Manual

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ADJUSTING THE HEADLAMPS

The headlamps on your vehicle are properly aimed at the assembly plant.
If your vehicle has been in an accident, an authorized dealer should
check the alignment of your headlamps.

Vertical Aim Adjustment

1. Park the vehicle directly in front of a wall or screen on a level surface,
approximately 25 feet (7.6 meters) away.

• (A) 8 feet (2.4 meters)
• (B) Center height of lamp to

ground

• (C) 25 feet (7.6 meters)
• (D) Horizontal reference line

2. Measure the height of the headlamp bulb center from the ground and
mark an 8 foot (2.4 meter) horizontal reference line on the vertical wall
or screen at this height.

3. Turn on the low beam headlamps to illuminate the wall or screen and
open the hood.

To see a clearer light pattern for adjusting, you may want to block the
light from one headlamp while adjusting the other.

For Vehicles with Halogen Headlamps:

On the wall or screen you will
observe a flat zone of high intensity
light located at the top of the right
hand portion of the beam pattern.
If the top edge of the high intensity
light zone is not at the horizontal
reference line, the headlamp will
need to be adjusted.

C

A

B

D

Maintenance

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2014 Focus (foc)
Owners Guide gf, 1st Printing, October 2012
USA
(fus)

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