OPEL MERIVA 2009 Owners Manual

185
Self-help, vehicle care
Picture no: 14214s.tif
The following fuses are Maxi fuses.
Bulb replacement Switch off the ignition and switch off the
relevant switch or close the doors.
Only hold a new bulb at the base! Do not
touch the bulb glass with your bare hands.
Replace the bulb, checking that the data
on the base matches that of the defective
bulb.
To replace a bulb, pull off the relay box on
the left side. On the right side, pull off the
air hose to the air filter.
Picture no: 16085s.tif
Halogen headlamp systemHeadlamp system has separate bulbs for
dipped beam 1 (bottom bulbs) and main
beam 2 (top bulbs).
No. Circuit
1 Interior fan
2 Power steering
3 ABS
4 Easytronic diesel preheating
system
5 Heated rear window
6 Engine cooling
7 Starter
8 Engine cooling

186 Self-help, vehicle care
Picture no: 16086s.tif
Dipped beam
1. Open bonnet and engage support.
2. Rotate the cap anticlockwise and remove.
Picture no: 16087s.tif
3. Press the bulb do wn in the holder.
4. Remove bulb with connector from reflector housing.
Picture no: 16088s.tif
5. Detach plug connector from bulb base.
6. Attach connector to new bulb.
7. Insert the bulb with connector so that the lug engages in the recess in the
reflector.
8. Place headlamp protective cover in position and close.

187
Self-help, vehicle care
Picture no: 16089s.tif
Main beam
1. Open bonnet and engage support.
2. Rotate the cap anticlockwise and remove.
Picture no: 16090s.tif
3. Detach plug connector from bulb.
4. Disengage spring wire clip from
retaining lugs by moving it forwards
and swivel it aside.
Picture no: 16091s.tif
5. Remove bulb from reflector housing.
6. When fitting the new bulb, insert lugs in the reflector recesses.
7. Engage spring wire clip, plug connector
onto bulb.
8. Place headlamp protective cover in position and close.

188 Self-help, vehicle careHalogen headlamp system
3,
Adaptive Forward Lighting (AFL)
Halogen headlamp system for dipped and
main beam in comb ination with curve
lighting and cornering light.
Picture no: 14222s.tif
Xenon headlamp systemHeadlamp system has separate bulbs for
dipped beam 1 (bottom bulbs) and main
beam 2 (top bulbs).
Dipped beam
Picture no: 14219s.tif
Main beam
1. Open bonnet and engage support.
2. Remove headlamp protective cover.
9 Warning
The xenon headlamps work with very
high electrical voltage. Do not touch.
Have bulbs changed by a workshop.
9 Warning
The xenon headlamps work with very
high electrical volt age. Do not touch.
Have bulbs changed by a workshop.

189
Self-help, vehicle care
Picture no: 14220s.tif
3. Detach plug connector from bulb.
4. Disengage spring wire clip from retaining lug and swivel upward.
Picture no: 14221s.tif
5. Remove bulb from reflector housing.
6. When fitting the new bulb, insert lugs in
the reflector recesses.
7. Engage spring wire clip, plug connector onto bulb.
8. Place headlamp protective cover in position and close.
Picture no: 16089s.tif
Parking lamps 1. Open bonnet and engage support.
2. Rotate the main beam headlamp cap anticlockwise and remove.
On vehicles with Xenon headlamps 3 ,
remove headlamp cover cap 3188,
Fig. 14219 S.

190 Self-help, vehicle care
Picture no: 16092s.tif
3. Push side lugs of parking lamp holder together and remove holder from
reflector.
Picture no: 16093s.tif
4. Remove bulb from holder.
5. Insert new bulb.
6. Insert bulb socket in reflector.
7. Place headlamp protective cover in position and close.
Picture no: 16094s.tif
Front indicator lamps 1. Open bonnet and engage support.
2 . R o ta te l ef t t u r n s i g n a l l a m p bu l b c a r r i e r and disengage.

191
Self-help, vehicle care
Picture no: 16095s.tif
3. Remove bulb mounting from reflector.
4. Detach bulb from bulb mounting.
5. Insert new bulb in bulb holder.
6. Insert new bulb so that the two lugs on
the bulb mounting engage in the
recesses in the reflector. 7. Rotate bulb carrier to right as far as it
will go.
Side turn signal lamps Have bulb replacement carried out by a
workshop. Fog lamps
3
Have bulb replacement carried out by a
workshop.
Picture no: 17953S.tif
Tail lamps 1. Unscrew the four screws from the bulb housing using a screwdriver 3.
2. Pull lamp housing, reflector and tail fog lamp out of retainers to rear.

192 Self-help, vehicle care
Picture no: 17954S.tif
3. Disengage the plug of the main bulb mounting by pressing (arrow in Fig.) and
pull from bulb mounting.
4. Disengage lug of fog tail lamp plug 3
(arrow in Fig.) and remove.
Picture no: 17955S.tif
5. Slacken both screws on the back of the
main bulb mounting. Press the catches
of the bulb mounting together and
remove the bulb mounting.
Picture no: 17956s.tif
Bulbs in main bulb carrier:
Remove bulb from holder. 1 = Turn signal lamp
2 =Brake lamp bulb
3 = Tail lamp
4 = Reversing light

193
Self-help, vehicle care
Picture no: 17957s.tif
Fog tail lamp bulb: Rotate bulb
mounting anticlockwise and disengage.
Remove bulb from holder.
6. Fit new bulbs. Click bulb mounting into housing.
7. Connect both plugs. Insert bulb housing with retaining pins in body and fasten
with screws.
Picture no: 17900s.tif
Number plate lamp 1. Insert screwdriver 3 vertically on right-
hand side of bulb housing, exert pressure
towards the right and disengage spring.
Remove the bulb housing downwards.
Picture no: 14232s.tif
2. Rotate bulb holder to left and
disengage.

194 Self-help, vehicle care
Picture no: 14233s.tif
3. Remove bulb from holder.
4. Insert new bulb. 5. Engage bulb holder
by rotating right in
lamp housing. Insert lamp housing and
engage.
Picture no: 11669s.tif
Courtesy lamps Front courtesy la mp, reading lamps 3
1. Unclip the scatter disc on the housing at the point shown.